HIGICC Data Discovery Forum September 25, 2009 Jamie Carter NOAA, Pacific Services Center

1. National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)
Data Products
Data Discovery Event
September 25, 2009
NOAA Pacific Services Center

2. NOAA Agencies
National Ocean Service
• Coastal Services Center (CSC)
• Pacific Services Center (PSC)
• Office of Coast Survey (OCS)
• National Geodetic Survey (NGS)
• National Marine Sanctuaries
National Marine Fisheries Service
• Pacific Islands Regional Office (PIRO)
• Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED)
• NOAA OceanWatch – Central Pacific
National Environmental Satellite,
Data, and Information Service
• Integrated Data and Environmental
Applications (IDEA) Center NOAA Pacific Services Center

3. Coastal Services Center: Digital Coast
Turning Data into Information
• Data
• Tools
• Training
• Applications
www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast
NOAA Pacific Services Center

4. Digital Coast
Data and Data Visualization Tools
• Legislative atlas
• Hurricane tracks
• Imagery • Marine cadastre
• Elevation • Topobathy inventory
• Benthic
• Land cover
• Hydrography
• Marine Boundaries
• Socioeconomics NOAA Pacific Services Center

5. Satellite Imagery
2005 Quickbird
2004-5 IKONOS
NOAA Pacific Services Center

6. Elevation
IfSAR and Lidar
• Digital terrain model
• Digital terrain model • Digital surface model
• Digital surface model
NOAA Pacific Services Center
• Ortho-rectified image

7. Coastal‐Change Analysis Program (C‐CAP)
• National coastal land cover and
change mapping program
• Inventory produced/updated
every 5 years
• Consistent, accurate products
with standard data and
methods “Designed to help improve
understanding of linkages
• Coastal expression of the between land change and the
environment”
National Land Cover Database
NOAA Pacific Services Center

8. Impervious Surfaces
NOAA Pacific Services Center

9. Land Cover
NOAA Pacific Services Center

10. Pacific Region C‐CAP Status
Geography Circa 1947 1992 2000/2001 2005/2006
American Samoa In Progress
State of Hawaii In Progress Complete In Progress
CNMI In Progress Complete
Guam Complete
NOAA Pacific Services Center

11. Topographic and Bathymetric Inventory
State of Hawaii
•Shows the extent of
best available
topographic and
bathymetric data
•Identifies up to 20
attributes about each
data set
•Provides either a link or
a point of contact to
obtain the data
NOAA Pacific Services Center

12. Legislative Atlas
State of Hawaii
•Provides a searchable
database of coastal and
ocean legislation
•Displays boundaries of
laws, jurisdictions,
policies, and more
•Offers ability to access
and download the laws,
as spatial data
NOAA Pacific Services Center

13. Office of Coast Survey
•Coast Pilot updates
• Maui County
• American Samoa
• Guam
• CNMI
•Chart updates
• SW Coast of Oahu
• Kauai
• Saipan
• American Samoa
NOAA Pacific Services Center

14. Marine Data Sets
Monument Boundaries
•Papahanaumokuakea
• Available from Sanctuaries
•Marianas Trench
• Available from PIRO
Fish Aggregation Devices
•Main Hawaiian Islands
• Recently updated
• Available on State GIS site
NOAA Pacific Services Center

15. Benthic Habitat Mapping
Bathymetry
•Surveyed data gaps at
NE Oahu, between Lanai
and Molokai, and north
of Kahului, Maui
•Data included in SOEST's
MHI synthesis
•Future: Guam, Rota,
Aguijan, and Western
Mariana Ridge
NOAA Pacific Services Center

16. NOAA OceanWatch – Central Pacific
Satellite Data Products
• Sea‐Surface Temperature
AVHRR‐GAC, Pathfinder, AVHRR‐HRPT,
GOES
• Ocean Color
SeaWiFS, MODIS ‐ Aqua
• Sea‐Surface Height
TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason‐1 & ‐2
• Ocean Winds
QuikSCAT
NOAA Pacific Services Center

17. Pacific Region Integrated Climatology
Information Products (PRICIP)
• A suite of “Strong Winds”, “Heavy Rains”, and “High Seas”
extremes climatology‐related data products
• Based on analyses of historical in‐situ station records collected
throughout the Pacific region
Preliminary results of these analyses can
be viewed via a beta‐version of a Google
map‐based query utility.
NOAA Pacific Services Center

18. For More Information
Pacific Services Center: Digital Coast Pacific Islands Regional Office
www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast www.fpir.noaa.gov
Jamie Carter Robert O’Conner
(Jamie.Carter@noaa.gov) (robert.oconner@noaa.gov)
Office of Coast Survey Coral Reef Ecosystem Division
www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov www.soest.hawaii.edu/HMRG/
Jeffrey Taylor Multibeam/index.php
(Jeffrey.Taylor@noaa.gov) www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc
Joyce Miller
National Geodetic Survey (Joyce.Miller@noaa.gov)
www.ngs.noaa.gov
Ed Carlson NOAA OceanWatch
(Ed.Carlson@noaa.gov) http://oceanwatch.pifsc.noaa.go
v
Papahanaumokuakea Marine Nat. Mon. Lucas Moxey
http://papahanaumokuakea.gov (Lucas.Moxey@noaa.gov)
Kaylene Keller
(Kaylene.Keller@noaa.gov) IDEA Center: PRICIP
www.pricip.org/ddp.php
NOAA Pacific Services Center
John Marra
(John.Marra@noaa.gov)