Repository of community practices in Ocean Research, Applications and Data/Information Management
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Procedures used at AOML to quality control real time XBT data collected in the Atlantic Ocean.
(NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, Florida, 1994)Quality control (QC) procedures developed and implemented at AOML for the examination of real time XBT data are presented. The steps required to QC XBT data are outlined in a "cook book" format. The methods employed are ... -
Guidelines for establishing GPS-derived ellipsoid heights [Standards: 2 cm and 5 cm]. Version 4.3.
(NOAA NOS Center For Operational Oceanographic Products and Services Products and Services, Silver Spring, MD, 1997)The following guidelines were developed by the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) for performing Global Positioning System (GPS) surveys that are intended to achieve ellipsoid height network accuracies of 5 cm at the 95 percent ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Marine Debris Monitoring and Assessment: Recommendations for Monitoring Debris Trends in the Marine Environment.
(NOAA Marine Debris Division, Silver Spring, MD, 2013)Marine debris is defined by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the United States Coast Guard (USCG) as any persistent solid material that is manufactured or processed and directly or indirectly, ... -
Laboratory Methods for the Analysis of Microplastics in the Marine Environment: Recommendations for quantifying synthetic particles in waters and sediments.
(NOAA Marine Debris Division, Silver Spring, MD, 2015)This document is a methods manual for measuring microplastic in the environment. This manual outlines step-by-step instructions for quantifying microplastic in marine environmental samples, including processes to streamline ... -
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 ... -
Application of the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) to Deep-Sea Benthic Surveys in the Northeast Pacific: Lessons from Field Tests in 2015.
(NOAA National Ocean Service, Charleston, SC, 2017)The Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) is a comprehensive, standard terminology published in 2014. The standard is intended to unify habitat classification efforts, in order to allow for broader ... -
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 ... -
A Practitioner’s Handbook for Fisheries Social Impact Assessment.
(NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Seatlle, WA, 2020)As United States fisheries managers develop and modify fisheries management plans that set catch limits for the Nation’s commercially important fish stocks, the importance of including and weighing the social impacts ... -
Coral reef restoration monitoring guide: Methods to evaluate restoration success from local to ecosystem scales.
(NOAA NOS NCCOS, Silver Spring, MD, 2020)As coral restoration efforts continue to increase in size and number, there is an overwhelming need to define restoration success and determine progress towards successful restoration. Meaningful, consistent, comparable, ...
