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Guidelines for Bathymetric Mapping and Orthoimage Generation using sUAS and SfM: An Approach for Conducting Nearshore Coastal Mapping.
(NOAA NOS NCCOS, Silver Spring, MD, 2019)
The absence of accurate, contemporary, or detailed bathymetric data in nearshore coastal waters impedes coastal research, conservation, disaster response, planning, and management efforts. The use of small Unmanned Aircraft ...
Best Practices for Collecting Onsite Data to Assess Recreational Use Impacts from an Oil Spill.
(United States, National Ocean Service, Office of Response and Restoration, Silver Spring, MD, 2017)
In the aftermath of an oil spill, state and federal natural resource trustees (“Trustees”) often need to assess impacts to recreational use as part of a Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA). A lost recreational use ...
Field Procedures Manual, February 2021.
(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Coast Survey, Silver Spring, MD, 2021)
The goal of the Field Procedures Manual (FPM) is to provide NOAA field units with a set of standardized guidelines and best practices for conducting, processing, and generating final deliverables. This FPM has received a ...
A Guide to Making Climate Quality Meteorological and Flux Measurements at Sea
(NOAA, Earth System Research Laboratory, Physical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO, 2006)
The body of this handbook describes in detail the factors to be considered in equipping a
vessel to obtain climate-quality meteorological and flux data. It discusses the nature of the basic
quantities to be measured, the ...
Benthic Assessment Protocols for the Atlantic Region: U.S. Caribbean, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico: 2021.
(NOAA, National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP), Silver Spring, MD, 2021)
The National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) provides a biennial ecological
characterization at a broad spatial scale of general reef condition for reef fishes,corals and benthic
habitat (i.e., fish species ...
Photo-Identification field and laboratory protocols utilizing FinBase Version 2.
(NOAA NMFS Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Lafayette, LA, 2011)
Marine mammal photo-identification surveys are conducted for multiple reasons that include estimating or evaluating abundance, survival, spatial and temporal habitat use, social structure and/or health. Surveys are performed ...
Deepwater Exploration Mapping Procedures Manual.
(NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Silver Spring. MD, 2020)
The purpose of this manual is to describe OER’s principles and procedures for deepwater ocean exploration acoustic mapping. It supports the National Strategy for Mapping, Exploring, and Characterizing the United States ...