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Developing Coastal Dune Models Specific to California’s Coast
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The research team is specifically conducting uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) field surveys to collect high resolution data that includes beach topograph ...
Mapping the Long Island Sound Seafloor - NCCOS
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Acoustic Intensity and Seafloor Topography – To provide meaningful information about the distribution and composition of seafloor habitats ...
New Study Suggests Marsh Models Require Mucking Through Marshes to Get ...
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The effort to gather the Lidar-derived and RTK-adjusted topography datasets are very different. Lidar derived digital elevation models (DEM’s), which ...
NCCOS | NWHI - Laysan Island - National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
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NWHI - Laysan Island. Approximately 1300 km WNW from Kaua'i and 900 kilometers ESE from Midway lies Laysan Island at longitude 171 degrees 45 minutes ...
Visually Exploring the Deep Sea Using Free and Open Source Software
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A new data visualization of deep sea life and topography has been created by NCCOS’ GIS Analyst, graduate student, and musical composer, Will Sautter ...
NOAA Bathymetric Data Viewer - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
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This interactive viewer allows for the identification of NOAA bathymetric data for both visualization and download. The viewer contains single-beam ...
Seafloor Characterization of the U.S. Caribbean
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This project uses NOAA ship and aircraft to collect and provide detailed information about the depth, topography, and composition of the seafloor ...
NCCOS | NWHI - Maro Reef - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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NWHI - Maro Reef. Approximately 1200 km WNW of Kauai and 1000 km ESE of Midway lies Maro Reef at longitude 170 degrees 35 minutes W and latitude 25 ...
A Virtual First Look at Unexplored Seafloor - Gulf of the Farallones ...
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A new mapping tool has given scientists a first glimpse of an area of the seafloor just west of the San Francisco Bay and, thanks to a new animation ...
Bathymetry and acoustic backscatter collected in Long Island Sound for ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/bathymetry-acoustic-backscatter-collected-long-island-sound-phase-long-island-sound-seafloor-mapping-project-2014-ncei-accession-0167946/
This dataset contains an integrated GeoTiff with 1×1 meter cell size representing the 2014 Long Island Sound Benthic Habitat Priority Area of Interest ...
Dynamic responses and implications to coastal wetlands and the ...
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Characteristics of the estuaries such as geometry, sediment availability, and topography, were compared to understand their role in the dynamic ...
Study Shows Newport Bay Marshes Can Keep Pace with Slow Sea Level Rise
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These punctuated events shape the future marsh topography and marsh growth and sediment compaction will continue to gradually act upon the new surface ...
Characterizing Potential Distributions of Deep-Sea Corals, Sponges, and ...
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We developed spatial predictive models for deep-sea corals, sponges, and benthic macrofauna offshore of the continental U.S. West Coast. Maps and ...
Development of Satellite-derived Bathymetry and Benthic Habitat Maps to ...
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In many areas throughout the world, reliable, up-to-date bathymetry, or submarine topography, is difficult or impossible to find. Even in developed ...
Understanding Processes Driving Sand Dune Erosion and Creation on an ...
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Coastal sand dunes are dynamic features that are continuously evolving due to winds and waves. The relative importance of these complex coastal ...
Potential Offshore Wind Energy Area in North Carolina Mapped
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Over the past year, the team from NCCOS, the University of North Carolina’s Institute of Marine Science, and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management ...
Model Quantifies Increased Flood Debris Risk in Southern California ...
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Southern California is especially vulnerable to debris flow hazards because of its steep topography, frequent wildfires, expansive urban development ...
Could Future Land Use Changes Increase Storm Surge Flooding?
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Conversely, changes in coastal topography had mixed effects, ranging from an 80 percent increase in flooding over projected sea level rise in some ...
An Earth's Future Special Collection: Impacts of the coastal dynamics ...
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Rising sea level represents a significant threat to coastal communities and ecosystems, including altered habitats and increased vulnerability to ...
Rolling in the Deep: NOAA Expeditions to Assess and Restore Gulf of ...
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Coastal Conversations Podcast: Episode 2. In the darkest, deepest zone of the Gulf of Mexico, a vibrant array of corals, fish, sea fans, and more ...