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167 datasets found
  • Federal

    Submarine Cables

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    These data show the general location of commercial and research submarine cables within U.S. waters. The majority of these cables are for telecommunications, and the...
  • Federal

    Harmful Algal Blooms

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    Multiple Harmful Algae Bloom (HAB) (K. brevis) data sets were obtained for this data layer, including Harmful Algal BloomS Observing System data (HABSOS) from NCEI...
  • Federal

    Aids to Navigation

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    This data set identifies aids to navigation, or ATONs, such as lights, signals, buoys, and day beacons, that are intended to assist a navigator to determine position...
  • Federal

    Weather Radar Stations

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    These data represent Next-Generation Radar (NEXRAD) and Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR) weather radar stations within the US. The NEXRAD radar stations are...
  • Federal

    Kelp distribution off California

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    This data set delineates kelp beds (Nereocystis leutkeana and Macrocystis spp.) along the Pacific Coast of California. Multiple years of kelp mapping data for the...
  • Federal

    Sediment Texture

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    These data show point sample sediment location and texture within the United States Exclusive Economic Zone. This is an aggregate data product compiled from the USGS...
  • Federal

    Artificial Reefs

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    Artificial reefs provide new or enhanced hard-bottom habitat to areas that may or may not be habitat limited. Artificial habitat provides space that is quickly...
  • Federal

    AIS Vessel Tracks 2015

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    Vessels traveling in U.S. coastal and inland waters frequently use Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) for navigation safety. The U.S. Coast Guard collects AIS...
  • Federal

    2017 Vessel Transit Counts by Type

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) are a navigation safety device that transmits and monitors the location and characteristics of many vessels in U.S. and...
  • Federal

    Offshore Mean Annual Wind Speed at 90 m

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    These data represents the predicted mean annual wind speeds at 90 m height presented at a spatial resolution of 200 m. Areas with annual average wind speed of 7...
  • Federal

    Wave Energy Period

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    Wave energy period is a sea state parameter, derived from the zeroth and first negative moments of the frequency spectrum. It is the period corresponding to the...
  • Federal

    Significant Wave Height and Direction

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    Significant wave height is a spectrally derived time-series, which is the average of the highest third of the waves in a random seaway and roughly corresponds to the...
  • Federal

    Sea Surface Height

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    Monthly and annual summary of global sea surface height anomalies above mean sea surface, averaged from raw data. Raw data available from Oct. 2, 1992 to May 14,...
  • Federal

    Offshore Oil and Gas Platforms

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    These data show the location for oil and gas platforms located in the state and federal waters of the United States. Generally, this data set does not show platforms...
  • Federal

    Military Operating Areas

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    An Operating Area (OPAREA) in where national defense training exercises and system qualification tests are routinely conducted. OPAREA boundaries are formally...
  • Federal

    Nitrate Mean Concentration

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    Nutrient data were obtained from the Bio-ORACLE project and represent a long-term composite of data from 2000 to 2014. The map layer represents mean nitrate...
  • Federal

    COLREGS Demarcation Lines

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    U.S. collision regulation boundaries delineate those waters upon which mariners shall comply with the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972...
  • Federal

    Military Training Routes

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    Training Areas are geographic areas that provide a safe and realistic environment for training Sailors and testing systems. The MarineCadastre.gov team worked with...
  • Federal

    2000 Average Monthly Sea Surface Temperature for California

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    The NOAA/ NASA AVHRR Oceans Pathfinder sea surface temperature data are derived from the 5-channel Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometers (AVHRR) on board the NOAA...
  • Federal

    Seagrasses

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    These data show aquatic vascular vegetation beds dominated by submerged, rooted, vascular species or submerged or rooted floating freshwater tidal vascular...
167 datasets found

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