fall 2014 noaa projects erik hund noaa office for coastal management

Fall 2014 NOAA Projects

Erik HundNOAA Office for Coastal Management

NOAA Coastal Services Center + Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management =

Office for Coastal Management

•Digital Coast Coastal management data, tools & training

•National Estuarine Research Reserves 28 protected long-term marine research areas

•National Coastal Zone Management Program Federal/State coastal management partnership

•NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program Management & science supporting coral reef ecosystems

Northeast Imagery

• NOAA Office of Response & Restoration• Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) support• Orthos & Oblique Imagery• Low tide• 6” resolution• Woolpert• Acquisition 2014• Summer 2015

SW Georgia Imagery

• 6 full counties Marion, Schley, Webster Lee, Grady, Mitchell

• 6”, 12” resolution• Quantum Geospatial/Woolpert• Dewberry QA• Imagery Acquired• Fall 2014

Cook, Lowndes & Tift Co, Georgia Lidar

• City of Valdosta, USACE Savannah District• 9.25 cm VRMSE• .7 meter pulse spacing• Woolpert• Acquisition Fall 2014 • Spring 2015

Hurricane Sandy Supplemental• ~$9.7 million Sandy Supplemental• NOAA NGS• Myrtle Beach – Rhode Island• 12.5 cm VRMSE• 1 meter post spacing• Topo/bathy lidar• Imagery• Shoreline delineation• Dewberry, Quantum/Woolpert QA• Weather Delayed• Spring 2015

Horry County, SC Imagery & Lidar

• Horry County Funded• QL2 Lidar Specs• 6” resolution imagery• Woolpert• Acquisition Complete• November 2014

CA Lidar & Hyperspectral Imagery

• Merced and Tuolumne Rivers• Salmon Habitat Restoration• 9 cm VRMSE lidar• .5 meter resolution, 48 band CASI 1500H hyperspectral

imagery, 380-1050 nm • 12” resolution, 4 band multispectral imagery• Quantum Spatial• Acquisition Fall 2014• Summer 2015

Tuolumne River Basin

Merced River Basin

Other 2014 Projects

•Rio Puerto Nuevo, PR (USACE)• 3” resolution