Environmental News Network - NOAA Unveils New Tool for Exploring Coral Reef Data

Details: By NOAA; 24.Nov

NOAA’s National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) launched a new data visualization tool today, which will provide free and easy-to-access information on the status of U.S. coral reefs.

Julie Swatson

NOAA’s National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) launched a new data visualization tool today, which will provide free and easy-to-access information on the status of U.S. coral reefs. It is the first tool focusing on shallow tropical coral reef data to be hosted on the NOAA GeoPlatformoffsite link, which is NOAA’s central hub for geospatial data and tools.

Now stakeholders, scientists, managers and students have a one-stop information hub to access and understand NOAA’s shallow tropical coral data that they can customize to focus on coral trends across specific timescales, locations, coral or fish species, climate data and socioeconomics.

"NOAA’s coral monitoring activities represent a truly comprehensive array of data and information — from biological and physical characteristics of reefs to insights into how surrounding communities perceive and protect their reef resources," said Nicole LeBoeuf, assistant administrator, NOAA’s National Ocean Service. "This user-friendly tool represents a leap forward in making our extensive data accessible and analysis-ready."

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NOAA Unveils New Tool for Exploring Coral Reef Data