The NOAA Coral Reef Watch (CRW) 5km-resolution Regional Satellite Coral Disease Outbreak Risk Monitoring Products estimate the potential for infectious disease outbreak in the upcoming summer season for select coral reef regions; i.e., the Great Barrier R… Download Website Metadata Details XML Metadata
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Worldwide coral reef ecosystems are being threatened by a range of human activities. Sedimentation, overfishing, global climate change, ship groundings, pathogens and pollution are some of the major human-related stressors impacting coral reefs. The eas… Download Website Metadata Details XML Metadata
The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Ocean Service (NOS) is tasked with the coral mapping element of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force (CRTF) under the authority of Executive Order 13089. NOS is responsible for coral reef mapp… Download Website Metadata Details XML Metadata
Rugosity is derived from gridded (5 m cell size) multibeam bathymetry, collected aboard R/V AHI, and bathymetry derived from multispectral IKONOS satellite imagery using the Benthic Terrain Modeler with rugosity methods by Jeff Jenness (2003). Cell values… Download Website Metadata Details XML Metadata
BPI Structures are derived from two scales of a focal mean analysis on bathymetry and slope. The grid is based on gridded (5 m cell size) multibeam bathymetry, collected aboard R/V AHI merged with seafloor depths derived from multispectral IKONOS satellit… Download Website Metadata Details XML Metadata
Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) maps are an integral component in oil-spill contingency planning and assessment. They serve as a source of information in the event of an oil spill incident. ESI maps contain three types of information: shoreline habi… Download Website Metadata Details XML Metadata