FY12 Gulf of Mexico Data Atlas Update Gulf of Mexico Alliance All Hands Biloxi, Ms NCDDC Update February, 2012 Kate Rose, Habitat Specialist
To provide resource managers and Alliance partners to a Gulf-wide data and ecosystem support services system Acquire new data, fill data gaps Promote collaboration, coordination and standardization for data acquisition Encourage the use of the Gulf-wide system to provide access to physical, chemical and environmental data GOMA EIA Action Item 2: Data Access and Acquisition
Completed in FY 11… Over 30 partners from federal and state agencies, NGO’s and academia 95 map plates in 31 different subject areas Each plate is –Accompanied by description of the subject matter- accessible to non-scientists –All plates have download links to ancillary reports, scientific papers, GIS files and raw data –Links to metadata, WMS
FY12 Data Sets for Completion- Physical Theme Dissolved Oxygen: SEAMAP Hypoxia Contours Animation (SEFSC) Dissolved Oxygen: GCOOS Non-Federal Monitoring Stations (TAMU) Ocean Currents: OSCAR data (NESDIS/NCDDC) Coastal Precipitation: TRMM data (NCDDC, NASA Goddard & LSU) Nutrients- Nitrates/Phosphates/Silicat es: WOA data (NODC/NCDDC) Estuarine Bathymetry: Grand Bay NERR Bathymetry (GBNERR & NCDDC) Coastal/Estuarine Salinity: ELMR Coastal Salinity Zones & Seasons (NCCOS?) Petroleum Hydrocarbon Seeps: BOEM Seismic Anomalies
FY12 Data Sets (continued) Biotic Theme Benthic Habitat Maps: Benthic Habitat, Including SAV for TX and FL (CSC) Economic Theme Offshore Activity: Shipping Traffic (NETWATCH NCCOS) Environmental Quality Theme Mussel Watch: NCCOS Living Marine Resources Independent Fisheries Catch Data: CAGES Data (SEFSC Galveston & NCDDC) Essential Fish Habitat: Alabama Fisheries/FOCAL Survey Data -Croaker, Menhaden (NCDDC & DMR) Marine Mammals- Bottlenose Dolphin/Sperm Whale: SEFSC Pascagoula & NCDDC)
New Requests for FY12 Data Sets Seasonal SEAWIFS Chl a (SEFSC & NCDDC) Seasonal Colored Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM) (NRL & NCDDC) NASA ROSES Projects (CSC & NCDDC) New GSMFC Managed Species (NCDDC, GSMRC, and SEFSC)
New Source Data – FY12 Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) Sample Sets Erosion MonitoringHg Monitoring Sandhill Crane Habitat EvaluationEstuarine Fish Oyster ResourcesFreshwater Fish SAV MonitoringHabitat Mapping and Change Salt Panne DistributionLIDAR Watershed NOAA Bathymetry Watershed-hydrologic Mapping
FY 12 Gulf Atlas Workshop Wednesday February 29 th, 2012 USM Department of Marine Sciences, Stennis Space Center, MS Will also have remote access (dial-in, webex) See Kate for details