Coastal Hazards

In Your Region

Alaska, AOOS

• An interactive map displaying real-time sensors and web cams for the state of Alaska, with links to the data
• A Model Explorer tool which displays weather, climate and oceanographic model outputs the State

Caribbean, CaRA

• The data portal delivers coastal ocean data including wind, waves, tides, ocean color, and currents.
• Access to forecasts from a variety of sources to give the user an integrated view of past, present and forecasted ocean conditions in the US Caribbean region.

Central and Northern California, CeNCOOS

• Environmental data products and portals, featuring the CeNCOOS Data Portal iPhone App, real-time ocean satellite images
• Access to real-time coastal conditions through the CeNCOOS Data Portal, including real-time glider data and High Frequency Radar surface current data
• Ocean and Atmospheric Modeling products, including Monterey Bay conditions and wind and wave forecasts

Gulf of Mexico, GCOOS

• The GCOOS Data Portal providing timely information about the environment of the of the Gulf of Mexico and its estuaries for use by decision-makers, including researchers, government managers, industry, the military, educators, emergency responders, and the general public.
• Model products featuring wave and circulation forecasts
• Bathymetric data collections for the Gulf of Mexico region

Great Lakes, GLOS

• The Observations Explorer – where users can view real-time and historic data and receive updates from the station or buoy of their choice.
• The Huron to Erie Connecting Waterways Forecasting System – providing predicted forecasts of water levels and currents through the Huron to Erie Corridor.
• The Great Lakes Model Inventory – allowing users to search for models, applications, people, and organizations that address ecosystem health, marine operations, public health and water security, and measuring and adapting to climate change.
• The THREDDS Data Server - providing metadata and data access for scientific data sets from the Great Lakes Coastal Forecasting System, including nowcasts, forecast and the bathymetry/NOAA coastal relief model

Mid-Atlantic, MARACOOS

• Web products such as real-time data and forecasts
• The MARACOOS Real-Time Data Assets map, with current observing data available through an interactive display
• Weather forecasts and data from around the Mid-Atlantic Bight for both land and offshore regions
• Model outputs from four systems forecasting mid-Atlantic bight ocean circulation and a fifth model highlighting storm surge

Northwest, NANOOS

• The NANOOS Visualization System (NVS), a tool for easy access to data. NVS gathers data across a wide range of assets such as buoys, shore stations, and coastal land-based stations.
• Maps showing the daily average of ocean surface currents off the Oregon coast. These surface currents are measured with a radio transmitter and receiver using an instrument, the SeaSonde, made by CODAR Ocean Sensors.
• Beach and Shoreline Mapping.
• Tsunami evacuation zones on the Oregon Coast
• Wave Forecasts

Northeast, NERACOOS

• The Northeast Coastal Ocean Forecast System (NECOFS) – an integrated atmosphere-ocean model system designed for the northeast US coastal.
• Coastal Flooding and Erosion Forecast - a prototype decision support tool that predicts coastal storm damage using water level and wave height forecasts.
• The Real-Time Data Map - displaying real-time observations from buoys and monitoring stations in the Northeast region
• The Model Forecast /Observation Viewer – a tool that lets the user compare model forecasts against actual observation for both wave height and water levels
• The Model Forecast /Observation Viewer – a tool that lets the user compare model forecasts against actual observation for both wave height and water levels
• The Map and Model Viewer – which allows for rapid browsing of the output of several models running in the Northeast region.

Pacific Islands, PacIOOS

• High Sea Level Forecasts – provides advance notice of the potential for high sea level throughout the Pacific islands
• Hawaii Beach Safety - provides wave and beach hazard information
• Hawaii Coastal Erosion Website - provides shoreline change data
• The Hawaii Data Mapper is a google map with overlays of various PacIOOS sensor locations, model data, as well as tsunami evacuation zones and historic tsunami heights
• Real-time observations that show surface currents, harbor surge, readings from stream gauges, and beach safety information

Southern California, SCCOOS

• Meteorological observations, data from ships and gliders, wave conditions, surface current maps, and model outputs
• Wave model and data from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Coastal Data Information Program

Southeast Atlantic, SECOORA

• Access to near real-time observation information from SECOORA buoys, land and shore stations.
• Sample temperature, salinity, velocity and circulation information using the South Atlantic Bight and Gulf of Mexico (SABGOM) Coastal Circulation Nowcast/Forecast Model.
• Static maps of individual near real-time observations from the SECOORA region, with data showing winds, currents, SST, HF Radar, water level, and drifters

 

Nation-Wide

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

NOAA has several programs that make important information available to meet the needs of the marine operations community.

• The National Hurricane Center
• The National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) designs, develops, operates, and maintains a network of data collecting buoys and coastal stations.
• The Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) provides operationally sound observations and monitoring capabilities to monitor, assess, and distribute tide, current, water level, and other coastal oceanographic products and services, along with operational Nowcast Forecast modeling.
• NOAA’s CoastWatch Program makes data and imagery available from a variety of sensors and satellites.  CoastWatch provides a variety of environmental data (i.e. SST, ocean color, winds, etc.) from several different satellite platforms covering all U.S. coastal waters, including Hawaii and Alaska.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

The Coastal Data Information Program is an extensive network for monitoring waves and beaches along the coastlines of the United States. The program has produced a vast database of publicly-accessible environmental data for use by coastal engineers and planners, scientists, mariners, and marine enthusiasts.

 

U.S. Geological Survey

Waterwatch – Map interface to all USGS real-time water data