Coastal Services Center

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.

NOAA Coastal Services Center Role

This was a grant project and the NOAA Coastal Services Center did not have substantial involvement with the work.

Grantee Overview

The Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine Biology and Coastal Research was established in 1969 by a joint effort of the University of South Carolina and and the Belle W. Baruch Foundation. Located in Georgetown County, along the upper South Carolina coast, the Institute is home to approximately 70 university faculty members, 35 technicians, and 25 students. The Institute strives to bring together scientists whose perspectives and expertise enable a more complete approach to wise use and sustainability. The Baruch Institute conducts basic research on environmental processes in tidal, estuarine, and coastal ocean environments. Studies span the molecular to landscape level, including efforts of human activities.

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