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Mapping Coastal Elevations and Water Depths Using Unmanned Vehicles ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/mapping-coastal-elevations-and-water-depths-using-unmanned-vehicles-drones/
The research is designed to support the NOAA Office of Coast Survey’s (OCS) nautical charting needs in shallow (<10 m) waters. OCS is developing ...
Coastal Aquaculture Planning Portal (CAPP) - NCCOS
coastalscience.noaa.gov/science-areas/aquaculture/coastal-aquaculture-planning-portal-capp/
Identify and download the NOAA Nautical Chart needed for a specific planning area. This simplifies the use of electronic navigational charts, and ...
NOAA Bathymetric Data Viewer
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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 ...
NOAA BlueTopo - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
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Aquaculture application: BlueTopo displays bathymetry in a layer behind a nautical chart, which provides more context to the user and encourages a ...
NCCOS PROJECT - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/habitat-mapping-us-virgin-islands/
Cartographers used the LiDAR depth data to update nautical charts in the area. Local managers will use the habitat maps to develop and update local ...
Products Explorer - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
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Benthic habitat maps for the Buck Island Reef National Monument, north of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands was developed. The bathymetry (depth) ...
Benthic Habitat Mapping for Buck Island Reef National Monument, St ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/benthic-habitat-mapping-buck-island-reef-national-monument-st-croix/
Summary: We developed benthic habitat maps for the Buck Island Reef National Monument, north of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The bathymetry ...
NCCOS and Partners Map Unexplored Seafloor of CINMS
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/nccos-collaboration-channel-islands-national-marine-sanctuary-explores-previously-unmapped-seafloor-habitats/
In addition, bathymetric data will be provided to the Office of Coast Survey to improve navigational safety and update regional nautical charts ...
Lakebed Mapping and Assessing Ecological Resources off Wisconsin’s Lake ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/lakebed-mapping-and-assessing-ecological-resources-off-wisconsins-lake-michigan-coast/
These data are also being used to update nautical charts, and improve our understanding of lake habitats and underwater cultural resources. We ...
Marine Bird Spatial Distributions on the Pacific Outer Continental ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/marine-bird-distributions-pacific-outer-continental-shelf/
Currently, there is a gap in useable information regarding marine bird distributions on the U.S. Pacific Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). We are ...
Home - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
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NCCOS administers the NOAA RESTORE Science Program on behalf of NOAA. Its mission is to carry out research, observation, and monitoring to support, to ...
Mapping the Benthic Habitat Resources of Kachemak Bay (Alaska) with ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/mapping-habitat-kachemak-alaska-multibeam-sonar/
The area we are mapping is large and deep, approximately 71 kilometers long and 10 kilometers wide (229 square nautical miles), and approximately 170 ...
NCCOS PROJECT - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/geospatial-assessment-u-s-atlantic-gulf-mexico-essential-fish-habitat-relation-offshore-sand-features/
Federal jurisdiction starts at three nautical miles (nm) offshore of most states, with the exception of Texas and the Gulf coast of Florida, where it ...
NCCOS PROJECT - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/shipping-costs-whales-channel-islands/
Through an analysis of shipping costs, we provided scientific guidance to the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS) and other agencies ...
Model Identifies Areas in Gulf of Mexico with Potential for Wind Energy
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Two of the best areas the modelers identified for wind energy are located 24 nautical miles off the coast of Galveston, Texas, and 56 nautical miles ...
Coral Assessment and Restoration Results Released for U.S. Caribbean ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/coral-assessment-and-restoration-results-released-for-u-s-caribbean-after-2017-hurricanes/
Hurricane Irma made landfall in the British Virgin Islands, just east of the USVI, on September 6 with 155 knots/hour* category 5 hurricane. Hurricane ...
Identifying Potential Wind Energy Areas in the Gulf of Mexico
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Our findings are promising. Two areas, located 24 nautical miles off the coast of Galveston, Texas, and 56 nautical miles off the coast of Lake ...
Cooperative Oxford Lab Names NOAA R5502 the R/V Chesapeake
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/cooperative-oxford-lab-names-noaa-r5502-rv-chesapeake/
Obtained by NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science in 2012 and known by its R5502 NOAA hull number, the 58′ 04′ vessel was officially named ...
Spatial Modeling Informs Designation of Final Wind Energy Areas Off ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/nccos-spatial-science-assists-with-boem-designation-of-final-wind-energy-areas-off-the-oregon-coast/
Map of the final Wind Energy Areas offshore of the Oregon Coast. Credit: BOEM. In a significant step toward achieving the Biden-Harris ...
Final Wind Energy Areas Identified in the Central Atlantic
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/final-wind-energy-areas-identified-in-the-central-atlantic/
A map of the final WEAs. Credit: BOEM. Continuing in efforts to pave the way for offshore wind energy development, the Bureau of Ocean Energy ...