Description
Protection and restoration of coastal watersheds requires the synthesis of complex environmental issues. Contaminated site remediation, dredging and disposal of contaminated sediments, and restoring injured habitats are a few of the challenges facing coastal managers. The evaluation of multiple environmental issues can be significantly improved by combining scientific data and watershed characteristics into a Geographic Information System (GIS).NOAA's Coastal Protection and Restoration Division (CPRD) has developed decision-support tools for specific watersheds around the country that combine the use of a standard database structure, database-mapping application, and GIS. CPRD Watershed Database & Mapping Projects facilitate sediment and tissue chemistry and bioeffects data, natural resources, and potential habitat restoration projects to be overlaid on a watershed's features and land uses, and displayed on maps at flexible spatial scales. This approach simplifies data analysis and presentation, provides valuable tools for complex decision-making, and improves our understanding of dynamic aquatic ecosystems.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/cpr/watershed/watershedtools.html | HTML | Downloadable Data | Open resource |
| Citation URL | HTML | Online Resource | Open resource |
| GCMD Keyword Forum Page | Unknown | Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords | Open resource |
| GCMD Keyword Forum Page | Unknown | Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords | Open resource |
| https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/cpr/watershed/watershedtools.html | HTML | Downloadable Data | Open resource |
| Citation URL | HTML | Online Resource | Open resource |
| Full Metadata Record | Unknown | View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. | Open resource |
| Full Metadata Record | Unknown | View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. | Open resource |
| NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) | NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. | Open resource | |
| NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) | NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. | Open resource |
Tags
- alcoa/lavaca bay
- anacostia river
- aquatic ecosystems
- calcasieu estuary
- charles river
- charleston harbor
- chemical threat
- christina river
- coastal region
- coastal storms initiative
- contaminant release
- data management
- data sharing
- doc/noaa/nos/orr
- elizabeth river
- environmental monitoring
- environmental sensitivity index
- hudson river
- hurricane mitch
- kalamazoo river
- marplot
- massachusetts bay
- national ocean service
- newark bay
- new bedford
- noaa
- npl
- office of response and restoration
- orr gis
- portland harbor
- puget sound
- query manager
- restoration
- san francisco bay
- sediment bioassay
- sediment chemistry
- sheboygan river
- southern california
- st. andrew bay
- st. john's river
- st. lawrence river
- st. louis river
- superfund site
- tissue chemistry
- toxicity
- united states
- u.s. department of commerce
- u.s. exclusive economic zone
- watershed
- willamette river