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39 datasets found
  • Federal

    Maritime Limits and Boundaries of United States of America NGDA    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    NOAA is responsible for depicting on its nautical charts the limits of the 12 nautical mile Territorial Sea, 24 nautical mile Contiguous Zone, and 200 nautical mile...
  • Federal

    Navigation Channels    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    This layer shows coastal channels and waterways that are maintained and surveyed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. These channels are necessary transportation...
  • Federal

    Significant Wave Height and Direction    recent views

    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

    Military Operating Areas    recent views

    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

    Coastal Zone Management Act Boundary    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    These data represent the extent of the nation's coastal zone, as defined by the individual states and territories under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972...
  • Federal

    Bathymetry Digital Elevation Model    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    This Digital Elevation Model (DEM) created for the Ocean Reports application is a combination of the NCEI Coastal Relief Model (CRM) and the GEBCO (2014) 1 arc-minute...
  • Federal

    Chlorophyll-a    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    This algorithm returns the near-surface concentration of chlorophyll-a (chlor_a) in mg m-3, calculated using an empirical relationship derived from in situ...
  • Federal

    Weather Radar Stations    recent views

    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

    Artificial Reefs    recent views

    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

    Vessel Routing Measures    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    These data show the boundaries for select vessel routing measures in U.S. waters. These measures are part of an international ships routing system established by the...
  • Federal

    Federal Consistency Geographic Location Descriptions    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    These data represent state geographic location descriptions (GLDs). Section 307 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, called the "federal consistency"...
  • Federal

    AIS Base Stations    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    A shore-based station that provides identity, time synchronization, and text messages, which report (message 4) every ten seconds and are identified by a 00MIDxxxxx...
  • Federal

    AIS Vessel Tracks 2022    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    A vessel track shows the location and characteristics of commercial and recreational boats as a sequence of positions transmitted by an Automatic Identification...
  • Federal

    Ecological Marine Units: Water Quality    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    A compilation of ocean water quality (temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen) data at ¼ degree spatial resolution for the entire United States Exclusive...
  • Federal

    Offshore Oil and Gas Planning Areas    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    This product resulted from merging four regional datasets containing BOEM Planning Area outlines. The use of these Planning Areas makes it easier to refer to Official...
  • Federal

    Surface Aragonite    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    This data layer represents surficial (0m) aragonite saturation state. Aragonite saturation state is measured as the concentration of calcium ions multiplied by the...
  • Federal

    Aquaculture    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    These data show the location of aquaculture operations within coastal and offshore waters of the United States. Aquaculture types may include aquatic organisms such...
  • Federal

    EFH Highly Migratory Species    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    Essential Fish Habitat means those waters and substrate necessary to fish for spawning, breeding, feeding, or growth to maturity. Waters include aquatic areas and...
  • Federal

    Military Surface Grid Areas within the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    A regular pattern of polygons that represent arbitrary delineations of an Operating Area (OPAREA). These data are a subset of the Navy's Common Operating Picture for...
  • Federal

    AIS Vessel Tracks 2018    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    A vessel track shows the location and characteristics of commercial and recreational boats as a sequence of positions transmitted by an Automatic Identification...
39 datasets found

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