CoRIS Regional Data Portal
Data Specifications
- Area of Coverage: All coral reef ecosystems within U.S. waters, including Caribbean and Pacific territories. Within the Atlantic/Caribbean and Pacific regions, the information is organized by smaller local systems and focuses on the actual coral reefs (primarily nearshore and subtidal environments).
- Date(s) Available: Vary based on location
- Format: Primarily available as ESRI shapefiles and grids. Much of the data is available in tabular format. Supporting publications are usually PDF documents.
- Resolution: Variable based on data type and individual project
- Minimal Mapping Unit: Variable based on data type and individual project
- Accuracy: Variable based on data type and individual project
Overview
The Coral Reef Information System (CoRIS) Regional Data Portal is one of several information access points within the larger CoRIS website. The Regional Data Portal is organized according to geographic region and supports data queries that are based on particular locations of interest through a map viewer. Each regional page includes background information on the geography. A series of links take the user to websites for local jurisdictional entities (e.g., national marine sanctuaries), publications, status reports, real-time monitoring data, and spatial map data from a diverse set of NOAA and other project activities.