National Academy of Sciences | 150 Year Anniversary

Questions? Call 800-624-6242

| Items in cart [0]

The National Academies Press

PAPERBACK
price:$30.00
add to cart

Rights & Permissions

topleft topright

A Geospatial Framework for the Coastal Zone: National Needs for Coastal Mapping and Charting (2004)
Ocean Studies Board (OSB)

Citation Manager

. "Appendix A: Agency Needs and Activities." A Geospatial Framework for the Coastal Zone: National Needs for Coastal Mapping and Charting. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2004.

Please select a format:

BibTeX EndNote RefMan


Page
129
bottomleft bottomright

The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy.


A Geospatial Framework for the Coastal Zone: National Needs for Coastal Mapping and Charting

Appendix A
Agency Needs and Activities

Summary of the unfulfilled needs and activities identified by those agencies and entities charged with assessment and mapping of coastal areas, and/or the production of coastal mapping data and products.

Agency or Entity

Identified Unfulfilled Needs for Coastal Mapping and Charting

Activities Related to Coastal Mapping Data and Products

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS)

NESDIS

  • Nationally consistent shoreline definition

  • Data from environmental buoys

  • Wetland characterization

  • Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Observing System

  • Satellite-based environmental remote sensing systems for environmental data

  • Coastal Relief Model

  • Bathymetric and geophysical datasets

  • Real-time meteorological data

  • Oceanographic data

  • Tsunami data

Page
129