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Bathymetric Data for Coastal Resource Management in Southwest Florida Waterways: A Proposal to Enhance and Standardize Field Collection MethodsWest Coast Inland Navigation District, Florida The NOAA Coastal Services Center is partnering with the West Coast Inland Navigation District to enhance and standardize field collection methods for bathymetric data. This standardization will assist the coastal resource community's management of southwest Florida's waterways. The project will produce a CD-ROM containing geographic data sets in three formats: ARC/INFO export files, ArcView shapefiles, and comma-delimited ASCII format. Additional information provided will include background imagery, metadata, and a final report. The goals of the project are to 1) enhance and standardize the bathymetric data collection procedures in use by the West Coast Inland Navigation District and the Florida Sea Grant during prior implementations of the Regional Waterway Management Project; 2) to provide a reliable and recurring source of bathymetric data for areas not covered by NOAA surveys, while ensuring the data meet NOAA standards for inclusion on NOAA nautical charts; and 3) to evaluate survey equipment and procedures for use by third-party organizations such as the Coast Guard Auxiliary or U.S. Power Supply Squadrons when collecting bathymetric data for the West Coast Inland Navigation District or the Florida Sea Grant. Bathymetric Mapping, Habitat Characterization, and Geohazards Assessment of the San Juan Archipelago: a U.S. - Canadian Cooperative VentureSan Jose State University Foundation, California The San Jose State University Foundation and the NOAA Coastal Services Center have entered into a cooperative agreement to study and carry out the best ways to obtain state-of-the-art, high-resolution multibeam bathymetric and backscatter data, side-scan sonographs, and seismic-reflection profiles that can be used to improve navigation charts, characterize Essential Fish Habitat (EFH), and map faults and potential landslides that may be a geohazard on both sides of the Canadian-American International Boundary and within the western San Juan Archiplelago. These data are being used to produce maps and spatial databases that can support NOAA navigational charting efforts, characterizations of marine habitats, and delineations of submarine geology and geohazards. The Coastal Services Center is maintaining strong collaborative relations with the Foundation to help develop digital data sets that will be placed on NOAA Web sites. The NOAA Coastal Services Center's role in this project is to help the San Jose State University Foundation develop and populate a NOAA Web site with digital data sets, specifically ArcView shapefiles and comma-delimited ASCII files stored on CD-ROMs and associated metadata, to inform the public of project results and for public education and outreach efforts. The Coastal Services Center is helping the Foundation plan, execute, and evaluate the survey results. Both parties are working to ensure that quality control measures are developed and properly implemented. The Center is serving as a conduit for receiving geospatial data from the San Jose State University Foundation for use within the NOAA nautical charting system. Bathymetric Survey of Maryland's Portion of Chincoteauge BayMaryland Dept of Natural Resources The Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the NOAA Coastal Services Center have entered into a cooperative agreement to conduct systematic hydrographic surveys in the Maryland portion of Chincoteague Bay. The NOAA Coastal Services Center is assisting the investigators in using the hydrographic survey data to develop a detailed bathymetric model of the coastal bays, which will ultimately serve as an accurate baseline for comparison with any surveys conducted in the future. Bathymetric model data is being created in this project that can serve as a useful guide in the management and oversight of navigation channels and boating activities. This cooperative agreement will produce the first set of detailed bathymetric data for Chincoteague Bay essential for state and local Agency navigation and resource management. The NOAA Coastal Services Center's role in this project is to work with the investigators to ensure that survey and field descriptive reports and mapping products are produced according to International Hydrographic Standards and NOAA hydrographic survey standards. The following are five specific responsibilities of the Center: 1) provide the Maryland of Department of Natural Resources with NOAA Hydrographic Standards, 2) provide and assist in the identification and quality assurance/quality control of historical tidal benchmark data in NAV88, 3) facilitate coordination with other NOAA branches that have connections to the project work, 4) provide support for metadata development, and 5) assist in the development and distribution of a CD-ROM of the final products. A Coastal Data Information Server System for the Gulf Intra-coastal Waterway and Adjoining Bay Waters of Southwest FloridaUniversity of Florida Office of Sponsored Programs During more than a decade of projects involving southwest Florida coastal waters, a substantial amount of spatial data has been created and acquired through the Florida Sea Grant. These data have been archived and include historical and modern aerial photography, scanned historic hydrographic and topographic maps and bathymetry interpreted from them, and depths, sea grass extent, and bottom characteristics in 16 popular recreational vessel anchorages. These data are presently archived as both paper-based and digital files. The significance and uses of this data to coastal resource management include depth and shoreline changes, environmental changes, shore development, permitting, marine protected area definition, and many other activities. This project will rescue, document, and make universally available the various types of archived data created and acquired by Florida Sea Grant in Florida coastal waters using Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) and Library of Congress standards to help coastal resource managers find, retrieve, and use the data. This will be accomplished by collating, inventorying and cataloging data; acquiring additional topographic and hydrographic maps; scanning, enhancing, georeferencing, and rectifying aerial photographs; preparing metadata; and preparing data for transmission to the Florida Geographic Data Library (www.fgdl.org) which will be a FGDC-certified node by mid-2002. Coastal Mapping and Change Detection Using One-Meter Resolution Satellite ImageryOhio Sea Grant Program Researchers at Ohio State University investigated the potential of the new generation of 1-meter resolution satellite images for deriving coastlines and detecting and analyzing coastal change. The objectives were a) to study high resolution satellite coastline mapping potential, b) to research new processing techniques for determination of coastlines, and c) to analyze the correlation between coastline changes and associated causes/impacts within a geographic information system (GIS). This research resulted in two publications "A Study of the Potential Attainable Geometric Accuracy of IKONOS Satellite Imagery" and "Photogrammetric Processing of High Resolution Airborne and Satellite Linear Array Stereo Images for Mapping Applications." Comprehensive Bathymetric Mapping for Lake Worth LagoonPalm Beach County Department of Environmental Resources Management, Florida Florida's Palm Beach County Department of Environmental Resources Management will conduct a comprehensive bathymetric mapping project for Lake Worth Lagoon. The mapping project will consolidate existing bathymetric data with new field measurements. Data derived from this project will be instrumental in directing future restoration and enhancement projects for this urban water body. Deliverables for this project include a comprehensive bathymetric map of Lake Worth Lagoon and associated documentation. These data and information will be posted on the Palm Beach County, Department of Environmental Resources Management Web site. Great Lakes Information Network Data DirectoryGreat Lakes Commission With many coastal areas under increased pressure from development interests, tools for resource managers and policy makers are critical in developing sustainable practices and ecological conservation. Throughout the Great Lakes basin, greater coordination of geographic information systems data collection and dissemination efforts have been requested to better establish the status and trends of the Great Lakes coastal natural resources. This project will design a state-of-the-art portal and retrieval system that will provide resource management decision-makers and researchers with the appropriate and complete level of detail on the data and information specific to the use and management of the Great Lakes resources. The Great Lakes Commission will form a staff team of Web specialists, GIS technicians, and a Working Advisory Group of federal, state/provincial, and local resource managers to create an Internet-accessible directory that will not only be a data collection and dissemination tool, but will also be designed to guide the standardization of metadata and provide uniform baseline data for the Great Lakes basin. The project will collect approximately 2,000 coastal spatial data sets from the local, regional, state/provincial, and federal level and will involve several current basin-wide projects examining coastal wetlands, water resources, lake levels, and ecosystem health studies such as beach monitoring and human health issues. The directory will answer the need for a central depot with data descriptions, hyperlinks to data, publishing contacts, and all relevant information on each data set the directory will house in compliance with Federal Geographic Data Committee standards. Hawaiian Shoreline Variability This Century - A Demonstration of Data Capacity BuildingUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa This study addressed Hawaii's lack of a comprehensive coastal erosion database and resultant difficulties making sound coastal land use decisions. The project's primary objective was to demonstrate how to build a broader coastal dynamics knowledge-base within Hawaii's coastal regulatory community so that permitting and planning agencies could make informed, factually-based land use decisions. The project established a high-quality, high-density database of shoreline change histories for Kihei and Kaanapali, Maui, and Kailua Bay, Oahu, Hawaii designed to help improve management efforts. Historical shoreline change and sand budget processes were investigated using a similar methodology at each site for comparative purposes. Decadal to century scale sediment dynamics were studied using soft-copy photogrammetric techniques and historical shoreline positions from all available survey-quality aerial photographs and NOAA topographic survey charts (T-sheets). Two-dimensional shoreline movements have been converted to volumetric units of change using area-specific models developed from 5 years of seasonal beach profile data. Monthly beach profiling at the Kaanapali and Kailua Bay sites were also used to gain an understanding of seasonal sediment dynamics. The historical shoreline change database will be utilized by regional coastal managers and has been made available to the commercial sector through state and county geographic information system (GIS) service agencies. Additionally, the study improved understanding of why shoreline change happens, where future changes are likely to have societal impact, and how past and present coastal land use may be related to ongoing shoreline change. Hydrographic Data Acquisition for the Design and Management of Two Proposed California State Marine Protected AreasCalifornia State University at Monterey The Seafloor Mapping Lab at California State University, Monterey, and the NOAA Coastal Services Center have entered into a cooperative agreement to develop high-resolution, digital seafloor bathymetry data suitable for classification and delineation of benthic habitats and to help the navigation of Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) sampling platforms at a series of reference sites along the California coast. The Lab and the NOAA Coastal Services Center are collaborating to develop accurate, high-resolution, 3-D habitat maps that can be used by California environmental agencies and other groups to assess habitat quality and to implement effective ROV and diver sampling strategies. The outcomes of this agreement include the development and launch of a Web site populated with marine mapping products and bathymetric data and the delivery of geographic information system (GIS) themes to the California Department of Fish and Game and to other public groups. The NOAA Coastal Services Center's role in this project is to help the university's Seafloor Mapping Lab and the Marine Mapping Users Group develop and populate a Web-based GIS server capability for sharing geospatial data and products derived from and related to hydrographic surveys of California proposed Marine Protected Area sites. NOAA Coastal Services Center employees are responsible for working with staff at the Sea Floor Mapping Lab to develop, launch, and populate a Web-based GIS capability suitable for Internet delivery of bathymetric survey products generated. Center staff is assisting university staff as they work to locate and establish this new GIS service that will allow public access to all marine mapping products created through the cooperative agreement. Integrated Spatial Data Model Tools Set for the Auto-Classification and Delineation of Species-Specific Habitat Maps from High-Resolution, Digital Hydrographic DataCalifornia State University at Monterey The Seafloor Mapping Lab at California State University, Monterey, and the NOAA Coastal Services Center have entered into cooperative agreements to develop and field-test a suite of spatial data modeling, image processing and geographic information system (GIS) tools that can use a linked species/habitat preference database to query hydrographic digital elevation models, sidescan sonar imagery, and oceanographic data for the purpose of predicting the distribution and abundance of a given species under present and anticipated conditions, such as El Nino or climate change. The outcomes of this cooperative agreement include publishing the results of this investigation, and the new spatial data modeling tools will be made available to federal and state environmental agencies and other public groups, such as the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Services, the California Department of Fish and Game, (California) Marine Life Management Act working groups, and (California) Marine Life Protection Act working groups. The NOAA Coastal Services Center is responsible for working with the university's Seafloor Mapping Lab to identify and develop additional spatial data model tools for evaluation and modification based on iterative testing with species distribution data collected by the lab. The Center is also working with the lab to integrate the suite of GIS and spatial data model tools into a linked protocol for habitat and species mapping. Long-Term Coastal Data and Metadata Rescue and Product Dissemination by Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine Biology and Coastal ResearchUniversity of South Carolina Research Foundation Designated as a National Estuarine Research Reserve in 1992, the North Inlet and adjoining Winyah Bay area in South Carolina has seen the collection of one of the most comprehensive environmental and biological datasets on coastal estuarine systems in existence. The University of South Carolina's Baruch Institute for Marine Biology and Coastal Research has collected these datasets. While long-term environmental and biological monitoring data collection efforts have continued since 1992, funding for appropriate data management of these datasets has been lacking. As a result, the availability of certified data and metadata from these valuable datasets lags behind the accumulation of data. Funding for this project will enable the Baruch Institute to coalesce, certify, archive, update, and document the long-term coastal datasets from the North Inlet and Winyah Bay Estuary using Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) standards. This project will rescue 14 core databases with their ancillary and metadata files. All data and metadata will be made available to the public via Baruch's Web server and, if requested, via compact disc. All metadata created in this project will be posted to the Baruch's Clearinghouse Node which is currently registered with the FGDC and Coastal Services Center clearinghouses. All data and metadata, along with some key long-term graphics, will also be available on Baruch's Web server (www.baruch.sc.edu). Nearshore Rocky Reef Habitat Survey using Multibeam Sonar - Marine Resource ProgramOregan Dept of Fish and Wildlife The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and the NOAA Coastal Services Center have entered into a cooperative agreement to map a shallow water rocky reef area off of Oregon using multibeam sonar for the purpose of defining important fish habitat; and the department are collaborating with the NOAA Coastal Services Center on ways to best study and develop high quality hydrographic data that will support NOAA Ocean Service nautical chart data collection programs. Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) video footage, shaded-relief bathymetry maps, maps depicting relevant topographic models, and written descriptions of the habitat are being produced. The development of the habitat maps will help Oregon public agencies better manage the state's groundfish fishery. The final product of this project will consist of raw and edited multibeam and related tidal survey datasets (e.g. tide data, velocity data) readable in CARIS HIPS and other formats specified in NOAA Ocean Service hydrographic survey standards. The Center is collaborating with the investigators to ensure that survey and field descriptive reports and mapping products are produced according to NOAA hydrographic survey standards. The NOAA Coastal Services Center's role in this project is to work with the investigators to ensure that survey and field descriptive reports and mapping products are produced according to NOAA hydrographic survey standards. The following are four specific responsibilities of the Center: 1) facilitate coordination with other NOAA branches that have connections to the project work, 2) provide support for metadata development, 3) develop a Web site with spatially referenced video clips from the Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) work, and 4) help develop and distribute a CD-ROM of the final products. Spatially Integrated Coastal Permitting SystemNew Jersey Meadowlands Commission The New Jersey Meadowlands Commission and the NOAA Coastal Services Center have entered into a cooperative agreement to develop a permit processing system that can provide an effective single electronic interface for government agencies to deliver smoother and customized services to citizens. This system will provide a "road map" that determines the exact steps required that are tailored for a particular location and development type based on the regulatory requirements of each government agency. This Web-based system will simplify the long process of compliance requirement identification. By simply clicking on a map or entering a few individual development preferences, the required steps for obtaining permits will be automatically generated along with all the necessary data and forms. The research and development of this project will be generalizable, and therefore, can serve as a reference model that can be adopted by other agencies and services in New Jersey and throughout the nation. The NOAA Coastal Services Center will be responsible for providing quality control support regarding federal wetland related mandates, regulatory documents, and related permit services. Center employees will help lead the development of the graphical user interface and help ensure that high spectral and spatial resolution remote sensing images are satisfactorily integrated using Internet Map Server Technology (ArcIMS). They will also provide a minimal to moderate level of support with Java and Visual Basic programming languages. |
