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Endangered Species Act 32 recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The purpose of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is to protect and recover imperiled species and the ecosystems upon which they depend. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife... -
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Submarine Cables 22 recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
These data depict the occurrence of submarine cables in and around U.S. navigable waters. The purpose of this data product is to support coastal planning at the... -
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Unexploded Ordnance Locations 22 recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Unexploded ordnances (UXO) are explosive weapons (bombs, bullets, shells, grenades, mines, etc.) that did not explode when they were employed and still pose a risk of... -
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Significant Wave Height and Direction 15 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... -
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Historical Land-Cover Change and Land-Use Conversions Global Dataset 13 recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
A set of three estimates of land-cover types and annual transformations of land use are provided on a global 0.5 x0.5 degree lat/lon grid at annual time steps. The... -
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Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) High Resolution Land Cover and Change Data NGDA 12 recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The NOAA Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) produces national standardized high resolution land cover and change products for the coastal regions of the U.S. and... -
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Automatic Identification System (AIS) in US Offshore Waters Vessel Traffic Data
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Vessel traffic data or Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) are a navigation safety device that transmits and monitors the location and characteristics of many... -
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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... -
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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... -
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Biologically Important Areas for Cetaceans within U.S. Waters
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Biologically important areas (BIAs) for cetaceans were defined by compiling the best available information from scientific literature (including books, peer-reviewed... -
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Ocean Sediment Thickness Contours
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Ocean sediment thickness contours in 200 meter intervals for water depths ranging from 0 - 18,000 meters. These contours were derived from a global sediment thickness... -
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Seagrass distribution off California
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
These data are a compilation of currently available seagrass GIS data sets for the west coast of the United States. These data have been compiled from seventeen... -
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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... -
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Unexploded Ordnance Areas
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Unexploded ordnances (UXO) are explosive weapons (bombs, bullets, shells, grenades, mines, etc.) that did not explode when they were employed and still pose a risk of... -
Federal
Offshore Wind Speed and Direction
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
These data represent the average monthly wind speed and direction at the surface of the ocean. Source data includes values from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2010,...
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