CONFERENCE PROGRAM - Coastal GeoTools - NOAA

2013
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
http://geotools.csc.noaa.gov
Kingston Plantation
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
March 25 to 28, 2013

Conference Goals
To help the constituents of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) Coastal Services Center address coastal resource management issues through
the effective use of geospatial data and tools.
Conference Objectives
• Participants learn about emerging tools and techniques, and their benefits and
applicability.
• Participants learn about the resources that are available to them, including training,
data, and technology.
• Participants share best practices in the areas of geospatial data access,
interoperability standards, and application development.
• The conference provides a forum to encourage the development of public and
private partnerships that use geospatial technologies.
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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A Message from the Director of the
NOAA Coastal Services Center
Dear Colleagues:
Katrina, Sandy—these names remind us that our nation’s coastal communities are at significant risk
from hurricanes and other hazards. How can we ensure that when disaster strikes, our coastal areas
can better withstand the assault—and bounce back stronger than ever
Coastal professionals like you need the right tools, technology, and data, and also the right
sustained partnerships and collaborations. This is why “From Katrina to Sandy: Lessons Learned” is a
theme of the GeoTools 2013 conference.
Coastal GeoTools 2013 is the only conference that gives coastal managers the opportunity to share
their technical knowledge and experiences, engage new tools and techniques, develop contacts
and partnerships, and learn about available training, data, and technology resources, all while
enhancing their professional capability and credibility.
This inspiring conference also focuses on building the Digital Coast, an exciting technological
gateway that provides access to an amazing array of geospatial data, tools, applications, and
technical training.
New features at GeoTools 2013 include
• Economics – Get different perspectives on economics during a session on socioeconomic data
and two special interest meetings: “Dive into the Data: A Hands-on Introduction to the Ocean and
Great Lakes Economy” and “Establishing the Value of Geospatial Information.”
• Bigger and Better Tools Showcase – Interact with 30 cutting-edge geospatial tools in this
special two-hour session.
• Social Media Coverage – Keep up with all the conference happenings in real time by following
#CoastalGeoTools on Twitter.
Plus, Esri’s chief scientist, Dawn Wright, will be providing the insights-packed keynote address
during the opening plenary.
There is nothing like the combined energy and ideas generated during a Coastal GeoTools
conference. The 2013 event is on track to be more powerful than ever.
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
I’ll see you there!
Jeff Payne
Acting Director
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Conference Exhibitors and External Committee
Coastal GeoTools ’13
Conference Exhibitors
AECOM
AeroMetric
Applanix
Atlantic Group
Blue Marble
Dewberry
Digital Aerial Solutions
DigitalGlobe
Esri
Federal Geospatial Data Committee
Fugro
Google
I.M. Systems Group
Magnolia River
McKim and Creed
Photo Science
Quality Positioning Services
RPS Applied Science Associates
The Baldwin Group
Woolpert
Principal Sponsor
NOAA Coastal Services Center
External Committee
Kurt Allen
Mike Aslaksen
Russ Beard
Diana Bowen
John Brock
William Burgess
Ashley Chappell
Carrie Clingan
James Davenport
Braxton Davis
Zach Ferdana
Sandra Fox
Chris Friel
Anne Hale Miglarese
David Hart
Sharon Hodge
Molly Macauley
Zsolt Nagy
Henry Norris
Chris Ogier
Peter O’Rourke
John Palatiello
Ed Saade
Jim Schwab
Kathy Smith
Jeff Stone
Phil Thiel
Jennifer Wozencraft
Photo Science
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Coastal States Organization
U.S. Geological Survey
National States Geographic Information Council
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
National Association of Counties
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
The Nature Conservancy
St. Johns River Water Management District
Esri
Planet iQ
University of Wisconsin Sea Grant
Mississippi State University
Resources for the Future
AECOM
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Woolpert
National Alliance for Public Safety GIS Foundation
Management Association for Private Photogrammetric Surveyors
Fugro EarthData
American Planning Association
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Association of State Floodplain Managers
Dewberry
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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Conference Overview
Monday, March 25
Special Interest Meeting – 9:00 to 10:30 a.m.
S01. Data Services at the NOAA Coastal Services Center: Current State and Road Ahead
»»
Winchester
Special Interest Meeting – 9:00 to 11:00 a.m.
S02. Establishing the Value of Geospatial Information
»»
Kensington A
Special Interest Meeting – 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
S03. Mapping the Coast: From Shoreline to Inundation, and Everything in Between
»»
Kensington C
Special Interest Meeting – 11:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
S04. Hacka-Mapathon
»»
Oxford
Special Interest Meetings – 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
S05. Dive into the Data: A Hands-on Introduction to the Ocean and Great Lakes Economy
»»
Kensington A
S06. Mapping the Coast: From Shoreline to Inundation, and
Everything in Between (Repeat of morning session)
»»
Kensington C
GeoTools Tweetup! – 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Learn How to Tweet Your Way through the Conference
»»
Embassy Suites Nightwatch Lounge
Exhibitor Reception – 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
»»
Kensington D and E
Monday, March 25
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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Tuesday, March 26
Welcome and Keynote Address – 8:30 to 10:00 a.m.
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Kensington Ballroom
NOAA Coastal Services Center Welcome
Nicholas Schmidt, Chief, Coastal Geospatial Services, NOAA Coastal Services Center
Keynote Address
Everyone Loves a Good Story, Even Policy Makers
Dawn Wright, Chief Scientist, Esri
Break – 10:00 to 10:30 a.m.
»»
Kensington D, E, and F
Tuesday, March 26
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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Morning Sessions – 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Lidar for
Coastal Hazards
Management
Kensington A
Standards, Open
Source, and Web
Services
Kensington B
Dunes and Coastal
Morphology
Kensington C
Marine Analysis
Planning Tools
Winchester
Tuesday, March 26
A01. LiDAR Data,
Tsunami Evacuation
Zone Maps and
Other Applications
A02. Complications
in LiDAR Collection
and Processing for
Barrier Islands after
Hurricane Isaac for
Erosion Studies
A03. Integrating
Mobile LiDAR
Technology into Large
Scale Coastal Damage
Reduction Modeling
A04. S-100 and S-101:
Advancements
in Hydrographic
Standards for
Navigation Data
A05. The Value
Proposition of
Open-Source
Geospatial Software
A06. GeoScript and
Web Processing
Services Boot Camp
A07. NJ Beach-Dune
System Susceptibility
Assessment: Cape May
County, New Jersey
A08. Informing Coastal
Planning with Coastal
Engineering Indices
A09. Dune Height
Viewshed and Storm
Susceptibility Analysis:
Atlantic City, NJ
A10. Major Update to
the Benthic Terrain
Modeler (BTM)
A11. Applying CMECS
to Existing Geospatial
Datasets: Case Studies
with SCHEME
A12. Bathymetric
LiDAR Survey for
Hydrographic Charting
and Benthic Habitat
in the Marquesas
Keys, Florida
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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Exhibitor Lunch, Exhibitor Hall Open – 12:00 to 1:30 p.m.
»»
Kensington D and E
Afternoon Sessions – 1:30 to 3:00 p.m.
Community
Planning for Coastal
Hazards
Kensington A
B01. Coastal Hazard
Mapping in Alaska –
Strategies for Small
Populations in Data
Sparse Regions
B02. People,
Places and Things:
Community
Engagement and
Geo-tools Foster
Understanding of
the Role of Habitats
in Reducing Risk
B03. Coastal
Resilience Network:
Leveraging Decision
Support for Coastal
Adaptation Solutions
Data Management I
Kensington B
B04. Looking for
Data in All the Right
Places: It’s Now Even
Easier to Find Data
on the Digital Coast!
B05. Improving Access
to Environmental
Monitoring Data in
the Great Lakes
B06. National Coastal
Mapping Strategy
Proposed by the
Interagency Working
Group on Ocean and
Coastal Mapping
Benthic Habitat
Assessment
Kensington C
B07. Mapping
Benthic Habitats of
Chesapeake Bay
B08. Species
Discrimination
of Seagrass in
Redfish Bay, Using
Hyperspectral
Imagery
B09. Quantifying
Patterns in Spatial
and Temporal
Distributions of
Intertidal Native and
Non-Indigenous
Eelgrass in Yaquina
Estuary, Oregon:
1997-2012
Participatory
Mapping
Winchester
B10. Enhancing the
U.S. Marine Protected
Area Inventory
B11. Using
Participatory
Mapping Techniques
to Characterize
Coastal Uses in the
Pacific Islands
B12. Virginia’s Atlantic
Coast Recreational
Use Mapping Project
Tuesday, March 26
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
Break – 3:00 to 3:30 p.m.
»»
Windsor Ballroom Foyer
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Tools Showcase – 3:00 to 6:00 p.m.
»»
Windsor A, B, and C, Hampton, and Somerset
T01. The MARCO Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal: A Gateway to Comprehensive Regional Ocean
Planning
T02. Designing a Collaborative GeoDesign Project in SeaSketch
T03. Consolidating and Searching Information Regarding Oceanic Planning and Decision Support
Tools in a Web Based Application
T04. Sulis – Northern Gulf of Mexico Informatics Services
T05. FloodViz – Visual Analytics for Assessment and Interpretation of Simulated River Flooding
T06. Open-Ocean Aquaculture Site Evaluation Tool
T07. Habitat Priority Planner
T08. Nautical Charting Web Application Tools
T09. An Elevation Inventory for the Nation
T10. Estuary Data Mapper for Coastal Geospatial Data Discovery, Access, and Visualization
T11A. The NOAA Coastal Services Center’s Data Access Viewer
T11B. Marine Cadastre
T12. EcoSpatial Information Database: Bringing Location to Scientific Studies
T13. Data Integration, Visualization, and Real-Time Decision Support via OGC Tools and Multi-
Agency Data Sharing Using ERMA
T14. Marine Geospatial Ecology Tools (MGET)
T15. Showcase of New Functions in the Benthic Terrain Modeler (BTM)
Tuesday, March 26
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
T16. Tools and Applications for Economics: National Ocean Watch Data
T17. Live Tour through the Statistical and Spatial Toolbox for the Ocean Health Index and
Cumulative Impacts
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T18. Using Spatial Narratives and Deep Maps to Foster Citizen Engagement and Understanding of
Coastal Estuaries
T19. NOAA’s Land Cover Atlas
T20. Using Geospatial Tools to Plan for Sea Level Rise in the Adapting to Rising Tides Project in San
Francisco Bay
T21. Gulf of Mexico Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Resilience Spatial Data Platform
T22. Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts Viewer
T23. Hawaii Flash Flood Tool
T24. Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) Applications
T25. OpenNSPECT: A Tool for Examining Impacts of Climate and Land-Use Change on Runoff,
Nonpoint Pollution, and Erosion
T26. Efficient Data Discovery and Access for Diverse Environmental Data Sets
T27. WelSTROM: A Map-Based Source for Private Well and Septic Systems in Georgia
T28. Moving Forward in the Mobile World
T29. Digital Whiteboard Technology for Participatory Mapping
T30. Geospatial Data for Vulnerability Assessment: Hurricane Sandy Case Study
Tuesday, March 26
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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Wednesday, March 27
Early Morning Sessions – 8:30 to 10:00 a.m.
Hazards and Resilience
Resources
Kensington A
C01. Coastal Flood
Hazards in the Great
Lakes: A Pilot Study
for Erie County,
Pennsylvania
C02. Coastal Resilience
Planning in the
Great Lakes – From
Stories to Solutions
C03. Great Lakes
Coastal Flood Study
Tools and Data
C04. Tools You Can Use
at the Cross-Roads of
Climate and Coasts
Digital Coast
Applications: Planning
for a Changing Climate
Kensington B
C05. Maps for the
Marianas: Utilizing
Geospatial Resources
to Place Climate
Adaptation on a Small
Island’s Planning Agenda
C06. Planning for
Climate Adaptation with
Spatial Analysis and a
Decision-Support Tool
C07. Coastal County
Snapshots: One Way
to Examine Hurricane
Sandy’s Impacts
C08. Estimating Climate
Change Impacts on
Phosphate Runoff in
the Sheboygan River,
Wisconsin, Watershed
Using OpenNSPECT
GIS Tools and Incident
Response
Kensington C
C09. Data Service
and Analysis of DWH
CTD, Chemistry,
and Fluorometry
C10. NOAA’s
Environmental
Response Management
Application: Leveraging
Data During an Incident
C11. Florida’s Evolving
Oil Spill Response
GIS Capabilities Post
Deepwater Horizon
C12. Incorporating
Subsistence Mapping
into the Arctic
Environmental
Response Management
Application (ERMA)
Shoreline Mapping
Winchester
C13. The Development
and Implementation
of Dynamic Reporting
through the Coastwide
Reference Monitoring
System Website
C14. Standardizing
Oregon’s Tidal
Shorelines
C15. Assessing 25 Years
of Shoreline Change
throughout New Jersey:
The New Jersey Beach
Profile Network
C16. The Dilemma
of Data on Multiple
Shorelines
Wednesday, March 27
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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Break – 10:00 to 10:30 a.m.
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Kensington D, E, and F
Late Morning Sessions – 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Sea Level Rise
Kensington A
Data Management II
Kensington B
Socioeconomic Data
Kensington C
Online Ocean
Planning Portals
Winchester
Wednesday, March 27
D01. The California King
Tides Initiative – Raising
Awareness about
the Impacts of
Sea Level Rise
D02. Consideration of
Vertical Uncertainty in
Elevation-Based Sea-
Level Rise Assessments
D03. Conservation
Planning Using Sea-
Level Rise and Storm
Surge Impact Estimates:
A Comparison of Two
Gulf of Mexico Regions
D04. Presenting
Information on Future
Exposure and Risk
Due to Sea Level
Rise to Facilitate
Public Deliberative
Learning Sessions
D05. An ISO FAQ and
Other Metadata TLAs
(Three Letter Acronyms)
D06. Coastal Web
Atlases as Interoperable
Resources: Best
Management Practices
from the Wisconsin
Coastal Atlas
D07. GeoDatabase
Design for Complex and
Temporal Spatial Data
D08. Querying
Contaminant Data
for Clean-Up and
Restoration of the
Great Lakes
D09. Diving into the
Ocean and Great
Lakes Economy
D10. A New Analysis
of U.S. Population
Living in Coastal
Flood Hazard Areas
D11. Gulf360: A Look
at the Socio-Economic
State and Trends for
the Tri-National Gulf
of Mexico Region
D12. Using the Social
Vulnerability Index
(SoVI) for Assessing
Coastal Risks
D13. The Pacific
Regional Ocean
Uses Atlas: Using
Participatory GIS to
Incorporate Traditional
Knowledge into
Ocean Management
D14. The NOAA Gulf
of Mexico Data Atlas:
Digital Discovery and
Access Platform for
Gulf Ecosystem Data
D15. Promoting
Collaborative Ocean
Planning: The Ocean
Community and Marine
Planning Portal Network
D16. Northeast
Ocean Data Portal
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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Plenary Lunch – 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. – Katrina to Sandy – Lessons Learned
»»
Kensington Ballroom
Early Afternoon Sessions – 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.
Geospatial Applications
for Flooding and Storms
Kensington A
E01. Geospatial Scaling
of Regional Flood
Frequency Distributions
E02. A Survey of NASA’s
Gulf of Mexico Initiative
Coastal Geospatial Tools
E03. Documenting and
Disseminating Hurricane
Inland Storm Tides
Data: Monitoring for
Hurricane Irene from
South Carolina to Maine
E04. Applied Visualization
for Hurricane Storm
Surge Risk Awareness and
Emergency Management
Data Access and
Methods
Kensington B
E05. GRIIDC – Solving
Data Management
Challenges within
the Gulf of Mexico
Research Initiative
E06. Wetland Subsidence
and Hydroperiod
Calculation for a
Conservation Area
in Central Florida
E07. LiDAR QAQC
Performed in a Web-
Sever/Cloud Environment
to Streamline Data
Through-put and
Dissemination
E08. Accessing Free
Federal Infrastructure
Data and Geospatial
Resources – HSIP 2012
Coastal Imagery Past
and Present
Kensington C
E09. American Samoa –
Challenges in Tropical
Island Data Collection
E10. Digital Globe
Incorporated Satellite
and Aerial Imagery for
Coastal Applications
E11. Viewing Beach
Renourishment within
3-Dimensional Interface
E12. The Past Informs Our
Future: Pacific Historical
Aerial Imagery Inventory
and Digitization Project
Web-Based Coastal
and Ocean Planning
Resources
Winchester
E13. Developing a
West Coast Regional
Data Registry
E14. Redesigning the
Washington Coastal
Atlas for the Public:
Shoreline Photos, Public
Beaches and More
E15. Applying a Visual
Resource Management
System for Decision
Making in Oregon’s
Territorial Sea
E16. Building an Online
Community that
Fosters Knowledge
of California’s Ocean
Health: The Launching
of OceanSpaces
Wednesday, March 27
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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Break – 3:30 to 4:00 p.m.
»»
Westminster Hall
Late Afternoon Sessions – 4:00 to 5:30 p.m.
Wetland Mapping
Kensington A
F01. Improving
Regional Wetland
Mapping for the State
of Washington
F02. Assessing the
Relative Stability of
the Nation’s Wetlands
F03. GIS Inventory
of Impacted
Tidal Wetlands in
Coastal Georgia
Partnerships for
Coastal Planning
Kensington B
F04. Laying the
Foundation for
Regional Ocean
Planning in the
U.S. Caribbean
F05. Using Digital
Coast for Community
Hazard Mitigation
Planning
F06. State Coastal
Zone Management
Policies and Practices
and Best Practices
in Local Planning
Uses of Geospatial
Technology for Coastal
Management
Applications of Lidar
and Imagery
Kensington C
F07. CT ECO: A Growing
Resource for Natural
Resource Professionals
and Decision Makers
F08. Watershed
Based Stream Health
with Object Based
Image Analysis
F09. A Multi-Sensor
Approach to
Vegetation Analysis
to Support Mosquito
Habitat Mitigation
Delineating
Shorelines
Winchester
F10. NOAA
Continually Update
Shoreline Product
F11. Baselines, Coast
Lines and Marine
Boundaries – How Do
You Find Them, and
What Are They For
F12. Delineating
Tidally-Referenced
Shorelines Using
VDatum and LiDAR:
Long Beach Island,
New Jersey Pilot Study
Wednesday, March 27
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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Thursday, March 28
Early Morning Sessions – 9:00 to 10:30 a.m.
Marine
Transportation
Kensington A
G01. Mapping Vessel
Traffic Patterns
Using Automatic
Identification
System Data
G02. Applications
for AIS Marine Traffic
Data: Derived Vessel
Traffic Volume
Analysis in Offshore
Wind Energy Planning
G03. Estimating
Error in VMS Data
Ecology GIS Tools
Kensington B
G04. Statistical and
Spatial Toolbox
for the Ocean
Health Index and
Cumulative Impacts
G05. EcoDAAT –
Fisheries Decision
Support Tools Utilizing
ArcServer and Oracle
G06. NOAA’s
Equivalency Analysis
Tool: A Geographically
Explicit Model for
Habitat Equivalency
Analysis
Topo, Bathy, and In
Between
Kensington C
G07. Selecting the
Right Technology: A
Comparative Look
at Airborne LiDAR
and Vessel-based
Sonar Bathymetric
Technologies for
Nearshore Surveys
G08. Merging
LiDAR and Acoustic
Data along Coastal
California
G09. Challenges in the
Development of High-
Resolution Coastal
Topo-Bathy Digital
Elevation Models
Shoreline
and Sediment
Characterization
Winchester
G10. Building Resilient
Communities
Using a Beachfront
Vulnerability Index
G11. Hurricane Sandy
Damage Assessment:
Lessons Learned to
Rebuild a Resilient
New Jersey Shore
G12. GIS Sediment
Sampling Tool
Thursday, March 28
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
Break – 10:30 to 11:00 a.m.
»»
Westminster Hall
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Late Morning Sessions – 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Offshore Site
Suitability Analyses
Kensington A
Conservation and
Restoration Decision
Support
Kensington B
Digital Coast Applications:
Coastal Change Analysis
Program Data
Kensington C
Fisheries Management
Winchester
Thursday, March 28
H01. Planning for
Multiple Offshore Uses
with Spatial Analysis and
a Decision-Support Tool
H02. Supporting
New York’s Offshore
Planning Efforts
H03. Developing
Georgia’s Coastal and
Marine Portal (G-CAMP):
Planning for Today
H04. Gulf of Mexico
Coastal Resilience: Using
a Decision Support
Tool to Advance
Restoration Planning
H05. Modeling Coastal
Ecosystem Services
for Decision Support:
A Case Example in
Mobile Bay, Alabama
H06. Using Web-Based
Tools to Improve
the Restoration
Decision Process
H07. Land Cover Resolution –
High versus Moderate:
How Low Can You Go
H08. Implementation of a
Custom Outlier Detection
Tool for Object-Based,
High-Resolution Land
Cover Change Mapping
H09. Creating and Using
a Land Cover Time Series
1985–2011 for Lake Michigan
Watershed: Challenges
and Possibilities
H10. Progressing from
Data to Information:
Using GIS to Improve
Management of Coral
and Fisheries Resources
in the Gulf of Mexico
H11. Using Side Scan
Sonar to Assist Fishery
Independent Research
in the Northeastern
Gulf of Mexico
H12. Digital Deck:
Tools for Community
Fisheries Accountability
and Sustainability
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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Conference Abstracts and
Detailed Agenda
Monday, March 25
SPECIAL INTEREST MEETINGS
S01. Data Services at the NOAA Coastal Services
Center: Current State and the Road Ahead
9:00 to 10:30 a.m.
»»
Winchester
This session will build on the concepts of the Coastal GeoTools 2011 special interest meeting
“Making Data Services for the Web Work for You” by providing an overview of the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coastal Services Center’s current strategy toward building
and deploying data through Web services. Included in this overview will be demonstrations
of the Center’s use of ArcGIS Online, Story Maps, and the Center’s own data registry. After the
demonstrations, a facilitated discussion will be held to solicit input from the audience on how
the Center could better provision data and what new data sets the Center should target for
incorporation into its inventory.
S02. Establishing the Value of Geospatial Information
9:00 to 11:00 a.m.
»»
Kensington A
What is the value of geospatial data, information, and tools to my organization How can I
demonstrate this value to my management, board of directors, or Congress What are ways to
measure the return on my program’s geospatial investment Who else has done this that I can learn
from If these are questions you have, attend this special interest meeting to discover how federal,
state, private-sector, and nongovernmental organizations are tackling this process, and come
prepared to share lessons learned.
Monday, March 25
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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S03. Mapping the Coast: From Shoreline to Inundation, and Everything in Between
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
»»
Kensington C
This session will build on the concepts and methods presented in the highly popular Coastal
Inundation Mapping special interest meetings conducted during GeoTools ’09 and ’11 by
presenting live mapping demos. Attendees at technical conferences are interested in learning
new coastal mapping techniques and tips as technology changes, particularly for coastal resource
groups that have limited resources for research and development. This session provides the “So
how do you do it” answer to many of the technical questions noted in past sessions. The SIM will
have minimal lecture and focus on a handful of live mapping demonstrations that are at the core
of the NOAA Coastal Services Center’s products, tools, and services. The live demonstrations will
include 1) downloading lidar data, post-processing it for coastal mapping uses, and making highquality
digital elevation models; 2) integrating vertical datums and creating tidal surfaces using the
National Geodetic Survey’s VDatum tool; 3) mapping sea level rise and uncertainty; and 4) mapping
coastal flood advisory areas and calculating flood frequency. A brief introductory presentation will
provide an overview of many of the Center’s products and services that utilize the same spatial tools
and technical methods. Questions and answers to technical topics will be incorporated into the
demos to provide immediate feedback and discussion for participants.
S04. Hacka-Mapathon
11:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
»»
Oxford
Have you heard about hackathons but never really understood what they were Or maybe you have
been in one and want to show off your skills Attendees from all skill levels are invited to participate
in the first ever Digital Coast Hacka-Mapathon. This event will focus on creating Web Maps using
Web services, including those published through the Digital Coast. All you need to do is bring a
laptop (or if you don’t have one, we can team you up with someone who does) and motivation
to hack together a Web map. In return, you will get a certificate proving you have competed in a
hackathon, and maybe even a prize. If you want to learn more about data services before hacking
together a Web map, be sure to register for the introductory (but not required) Data Services Special
Interest Meeting, scheduled just before the Hacka-Mapathon.
Monday, March 25
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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S05. Dive into the Data: A Hands-on Introduction to the Ocean and Great Lakes Economy
1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
»»
Kensington A
Ever heard data tell a story before Ever wondered how a chicken plant in Arkansas affects your local
ports Want to know about the linkages between economic data and other data sets like flood zones
or ocean use patterns This session will provide some general information about economic principles,
data sets, and tools available from NOAA and other agencies, and ways to apply these resources with
other data to answer questions about natural resources in coastal areas. In addition, participants will
get to walk through scenarios based on economic issues faced by different coastal management
groups, such as fisheries management councils and port authorities, and learn some basic techniques
to communicate the stories found within the data. Data sets highlighted will include Economics:
National Ocean Watch, Census Nonemployer Statistics, NOAA Fish Landings, and Freight Flows. No
economic background is required for this special interest meeting.
S06. Mapping the Coast: From Shoreline to Inundation, and
Everything in Between (Repeat of morning session)
1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
»»
Kensington C
This session will build on the concepts and methods presented in the highly popular Coastal
Inundation Mapping special interest meetings conducted during GeoTools ’09 and ’11 by presenting
live mapping demos. Attendees at technical conferences are interested in learning new coastal
mapping techniques and tips as technology changes, particularly for coastal resource groups that
have limited resources for research and development. This session provides the “So how do you do it”
answer to many of the technical questions noted in past sessions. The SIM will have minimal lecture
and focus on a handful of live mapping demonstrations that are at the core of the NOAA Coastal
Services Center’s products, tools, and services. The live demonstrations will include 1) downloading
lidar data, post-processing it for coastal mapping uses, and making high-quality digital elevation
models; 2) integrating vertical datums and creating tidal surfaces using the National Geodetic Survey’s
VDatum tool; 3) mapping sea level rise and uncertainty; and 4) mapping coastal flood advisory areas
and calculating flood frequency. A brief introductory presentation will provide an overview of many of
the Center’s products and services that utilize the same spatial tools and technical methods. Questions
and answers to technical topics will be incorporated into the demos to provide immediate feedback
and discussion for participants.
Monday, March 25
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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GEOTOOLS
TWEETUP!
»»
Embassy Suites Nightwatch Lounge
5:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Learn How to Tweet Your Way through the Conference
EXHIBITOR RECEPTION
»»
Kensington D and E
6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Monday, March 25
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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Tuesday, March 26
WELCOME AND KEYNOTE ADDRESS
»»
Kensington Ballroom
8:30 to 10:00 a.m.
NOAA Coastal Services Center Welcome
Nicholas Schmidt, Chief, Coastal Geospatial Services, NOAA Coastal Services Center
Keynote Address
Everyone Loves a Good Story, Even Policy Makers
Dawn Wright, Chief Scientist, Esri
BREAK
»»
Kensington D, E, and F
10:00 to 10:30 a.m.
MORNING SESSIONS
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Lidar for Coastal Hazards Management
»»
Kensington A
A01. LiDAR Data, Tsunami Evacuation Zone Maps and other Applications
Victor Torres, Government of Guam, Bureau of Statistics and Plans
The government of Guam’s Coastal Management Program (GCMP) worked in collaboration with
NOAA’s Pacific Services Center, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory to develop GIS data layers
and eventually Tsunami Evacuation Zone maps. The data and resultant maps show the potential
extent of inundation that a Tsunami could have on the island of Guam. This modeling probably
could not have occurred had Guam not had made earlier efforts in 2005 to acquire LiDAR data. This
effort was made in anticipation of the multitude of other applications that LiDAR could be used for.
So far the LiDAR data has been used for tsunami inundation modeling, watershed management
plans, and soon for updating the Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps.
Tuesday, March 26
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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A02. Complications in LiDAR Collection and Processing for
Barrier Islands after Hurricane Issac for Erosion Studies
James Young, AeroMetric
AeroMetric was contracted by the USGS to collect LiDAR for 16 Barrier Islands off the cost of
Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana immediately follow Hurricane Issac. The project presented
several complications given the strict collection time line, tidal influences, accuracy requirements
related to GPS locations and very low Island elevations. The project was contracted and executed
within 2 days of the event and collection was started on the third day. The coordination process
during collection between the USGS and AeroMetric will be discussed. The changes in the LiDAR
calibration process and ground control validation that was required of a collection of this type will
be detailed. Lastly, the processing and results of this project will be presented as they relate to the
end user’s requirements and environmental conditions during the strict collection window.
A03. Integrating Mobile LiDAR Technology into Large
Scale Coastal Damage Reduction Modeling
Steve Eberbach, Stephen Clancy, and Mark Osler, Michael Baker Jr., Inc.
A comprehensive economic analysis of four management alternatives was recently completed
for seven communities along the Delaware Bay shoreline. As part of this study, coastal flood
and erosion damage modeling was performed to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed
alternatives. Michael Baker Jr., Inc. used its mobile LiDAR system to rapidly survey more than 1,700
structures throughout these communities. This very efficient and highly accurate tool captures
ground elevations, structure elevations, as well as digital photographs. These data were integrated
into a complex coastal damage reduction modeling framework which captures sea level rise and
shoreline change conditions through the year 2041. Results from this study are being used by
decision-makers in the State of Delaware to develop a strategic vision which reduces community
vulnerability and minimizes future economic impacts as a result of coastal hazards along the
Delaware Bay.
Standards, Open Source, and Web Services
»»
Kensington B
A04. S-100 and S-101: Advancements in Hydrographic Standards for Navigation Data
Julia Powell, NOAA
The development of S-100—the IHO Universal Hydrographic Data Model represents a major step
forward in the standardization of products for use in maritime applications. Based on the ISO 19000
Tuesday, March 26
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
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set of standards for Geographic Information Systems, S-100 provides a framework for organizations
to build different products that can be used by a wide variety of users from the commercial mariner
to coastal zone managers. Current S-100 based products that are under development are S-101 for
Electronic Navigational Charts, which will become the eventual replacement to S-57 ENCs, ocean
forecast information, marine protected areas, and surface currents, among other things. This paper
will discuss how S-100 can be leveraged for further standardization and the current development
activities for products specifications such as S-101.
A05. The Value Proposition of Open-Source Geospatial Software
Ilya Rosenfeld, OpenGeo
Open source geospatial software adoption has grown to play a major role within U.S. Federal
Government. Numerous government agencies have either already embraced open source or are
taking great strides in that direction. This presentation will delve into the factors behind the rapid
growth and acceptance of open source geospatial software and why its usage will continue to
expand. It will address:
• Policy changes that support and promote adoption of open source.
• Functional comparison with proprietary software.
• Basics of open source licensing.
• Longevity and interoperability aspects of open source.
• Common misconceptions surrounding open source including security, reliability and open source
communities.
• The value proposition of open source and the “harms” of closed source software.
• Creating innovative environments using open source.
A06. GeoScript and Web Processing Services Boot Camp
Ilya Rosenfeld, OpenGeo
Using a relevant example of a spatial computation process, the presentation is a hands-on guide
for creating, deploying and using a Web Processing Service (WPS) leveraging free and open source
software.
WPS is an OpenGIS specification that standardizes interfaces to processing web services. WPS
describes service inputs and outputs, and allows execution and monitoring by client software
compliant with the WPS specification. Specific functionality of the services may range from simple
spatial operations to complex algorithms involving chaining of several processes and conditional
logic. GeoScript is an innovative geoprocessing library implemented for several dynamic scripting
languages such as Python and JavaScript. It is based on GeoTools—a widely adopted open source
GIS library developed in Java. Since GeoScript is dynamic and requires no compilation, it is ideal for
Tuesday, March 26
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
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writing and testing processing logic for geospatial WPS. Deploying a WPS to the web simply entails
copying the script to GeoServer—a complete geospatial data dissemination and editing server
that runs on cloud and on-premise IT infrastructure. A GeoServer shared services infrastructure is
currently available in the NOAA WOC.
Dunes and Coastal Morphology
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A07. NJ Beach-Dune System Susceptibility Assessment: Cape May County, New Jersey
Daniel Barone, B. Steven Howard, Michael Flynn, and Stewart Farrell, Coastal Research Center, The Richard
Stockton College of New Jersey
Many of the sand beaches along New Jersey’s coast have been experiencing coastal erosion
for many decades. Much of this can attributed to the effects of coastal storms which can cause
catastrophic damage to infrastructure and negatively impact residents and tourists in coastal areas.
Due to its large coastal economy, New Jersey has been extremely proactive in undertaking shore
protection projects to combat beach erosion and protect its coastal resources. The Richard Stockton
College Coastal Research Center (CRC) has developed a GIS-based beach-dune susceptibility
assessment that incorporates geospatial and remote sensing techniques into a spatial data model.
The assessment evaluates oceanfront beach-dune systems in response to standard recurrence
interval storm events (i.e., 1%, 2%, 4%, 10%, 20%, 50%) thus providing federal, state, and local
entities a tool to better manage a state’s valuable coastal economy. The CRC has completed the
susceptibility assessment for Ocean, Atlantic, and Cape May Counties, totaling 100 miles out of the
state’s 130 mile coastline.
A08. Informing Coastal Planning with Coastal Engineering Indices
Lauren Dunkin, Molly Reif, and Charlene Sylvester, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) National Coastal Mapping Program (NCMP) produces
regional, high-resolution, high-accuracy, data necessary to implement regional sediment
management practices at USACE coastal projects. A suite of basic information products, like
bathymetric/topographic digital elevation models, air photo mosaics, shoreline contours, and land
cover classification images are generated from the NCMP data and delivered to USACE district
offices, as well as other clients. More recent efforts have focused on indexing key, engineering
and environmental parameters and presenting them in a regional framework to help identify
opportunities for coastal improvement through projects, regional sediment management, or
engineering with nature. These coastal engineering indices are consistent, standard, measureable
Tuesday, March 26
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
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indicators of the condition of the coastal zone, such as dune height, beach width, shoreline change,
shoal volumes, navigation structure length/height, and coverage for land cover, submerged aquatic
vegetation, wetlands, and impervious surface. The indices can be applied to any coastline and
monitored long term to track the changing status of the coast, or the impacts of management
decisions.
A09. Dune Height Viewshed and Storm Susceptibility Analysis: Atlantic City, NJ
B. Steven Howard and Daniel Barone, Coastal Research Center, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
Dunes play a vital role in coastal storm protection by impeding the impact of storm surge, waves, and
flooding to structures landward of them. Atlantic City, New Jersey has an engineered dune system that
has increased storm protection, but has also diminished or eliminated the view of the beach and ocean
from the boardwalk. The goal of this project was to determine the effects of lowering the dune height by
providing information about the visibility of the beach and the probability of dune failure during a given
storm event. Terrestrial LiDAR was collected with a Leica Scan Station C10 at 3 locations to obtain current
elevation values for the dunes (including vegetation), which were then integrated with a bare earth
surface collected with aerial LiDAR. QT Modeler and ArcGIS were used to lower the elevation model in 1
foot increments with vegetation values added to each model, allowing for analysis of the dune with and
without vegetation. At each location SBEACH software was used to simulate failure potential of a beach/
dune transect against varying magnitudes of recurrence interval storm events for each dune height
increment. Storm failure and viewshed results where compared and provided for management decisions
to the NJDEP.
Marine Analysis Planning Tools
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Winchester
A10. Major Update to the Benthic Terrain Modeler (BTM)
Dawn Wright, Shaun Walbridge, and Bob Gerlt, Esri
Matt Pendleton, I.M. Systems Group at the NOAA Coastal Services Center
Jennifer Boulware, People Matter
Dave Eslinger, NOAA Coastal Services Center
The Benthic Terrain Modeler (BTM) is an application originally developed in 2005 at Oregon State
University under a cooperative agreement with the NOAA Coastal Services Center. BTM provides a
set of geoprocessing tools to analyze benthic terrain for classifying seafloor for benthic fish species
distribution and habitat, geomorphology, marine protected area design, and more. From an input
grid of multibeam bathymetry the user may create additional grids of slope, bathymetric position
Tuesday, March 26
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
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index, and seafloor rugosity. An integrated XML-based terrain classification dictionary gave users the
freedom to create their own classifications and define the relationships characterizing them. The tool
has gone through a major revision to make it compatible with ArcGIS 10.x, including the provision of
Arc toolboxes for specific functions, a Python add-in so that all code (including model parameters and
settings) is easier to edit and manage, a simple interface that re-creates the full “wizard” experience of
the previous release, and a much improved Excel-based classification dictionary reader. The rugosity
function has been updated to a new vector ruggedness measure of terrain. Certain functions are also
being ported to web geoprocessing services deployed as REST endpoints.
A11. Applying CMECS to Existing Geospatial Datasets: Case Studies with SCHEME
Chris Robinson, I.M. Systems group at the NOAA Coastal Services Center
Mark Finkbeiner, NOAA Coastal Services Center
The recent endorsement of the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) by
the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) is an important step in facilitating development
of regionally consistent spatial data and integrating data derived using various technologies. While
some users will employ CMECS at the outset of their projects, for many others, CMECS will form the
unifying framework for incorporating existing spatial data classified according to other systems.
To facilitate this process, the NOAA Coastal Services Center has developed a tool which imports
benthic cover data classified using the System for Classification of Habitats in Estuarine and Marine
Environments (SCHEME) and produces a CMECS geodatabase as an output product. This tool
functions in an Esri environment and can be adapted to work with other classification systems. This
presentation will highlight the CMECS data model, demonstrate the tool’s functionality, describe
the cross-walking process, and show how it can be adapted to other commonly used data.
A12. Bathymetric LiDAR Survey for Hydrographic Charting
and Benthic Habitat in the Marquesas Keys, Florida
Jose Martinez-Diaz and Marshall Blackbourn, Fugro Pelagos
A recent Airborne LiDAR Bathymetric (ALB) survey for NOAA Office of Coast Survey (OCS)
hydrographic program produced bathymetric models and reflectance imagery for an area west
of Key West, Florida. The task order encompassed an area East of the Marquesas Keys to the
Quicksands sandwave fields on the West, all within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. A
little over 1250 km 2 were surveyed with a SHOALS-1000 ALB system. The extents of data collected
in this survey offer the opportunity to utilize benthic sampling data collected with a number of
techniques including, spectrometer measurements, underwater video and bottom descriptions,
in the ground truth analysis of bathymetric LiDAR reflectance. The NOAA OCS task order did not
require the production of seabed classification map, but discussion with NOAA Office of National
Tuesday, March 26
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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Marine Sanctuary have been set to elucidate how these data could potentially improve the
quality of reflectance imagery as well as the development and refinement of commercial seabed
classification methodologies. This information is being shared in the interest of science, research,
development and ultimately an improvement in capability that will benefit the administration and
private communities.
EXHIBITOR LUNCH
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Exhibitor Hall Open: Kensington D and E
12:00 to 1:30 p.m.
AFTERNOON SESSIONS
1:30 to 3:00 p.m.
Community Planning for Coastal Hazards
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Kensington A
B01. Coastal Hazard Mapping in Alaska – Strategies for
Small Populations in Data Sparse Regions
Nicole Kinsman and Meagan DeRaps, Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys
Unlike in the contiguous United States, much of Alaska’s extensive coastline is punctuated by
small populations along an otherwise unmodified coast. To meet the specialized needs of these
rural communities, the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys is conducting a
multi-year, federally-funded project to develop a coastal hazard mapping style that is tailored to
the diverse geologic and socioeconomic character of the Alaska coastline. Widely-used strategies
for coastal hazard mapping must be adapted to account for: (1) isolated coastal development
patterns, (2) a widespread lack of significant baseline data, (3) strong relationships between
residents and the coastal environment that stem from subsistence use practices, (4) a decentralized
coastal management system, and (5) limited computer and Internet resources. Our presentation
will provide the audience with a different perspective on collecting, organizing and distributing
geospatial data in the coastal zone as we describe some of the advantages and disadvantages to
coastal hazard mapping in rural Alaska.
Tuesday, March 26
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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B02. People, Places and Things: Community Engagement and Geo-tools
Foster Understanding of the Role of Habitats in Reducing Risk
Christine Shepard, The Nature Conservancy; University of California–Santa Cruz
Laura Geselbracht, The Nature Conservancy, Florida Chapter
Ben Gilmer, The Nature Conservancy, Global Marine Team
In 2009, the City of Punta Gorda developed an Adaptation Plan in partnership with the Southwest
Florida Regional Planning Council (SWFRPC) and the Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program.
The Adaptation Plan was developed through extensive community outreach and engagement. The
most popular adaptation measure proposed to address flooding impacts due to climate change
was ‘Explicitly indicate in local master plans, which areas will retain natural shorelines’. The Nature
Conservancy’s Coastal Resilience Program has partnered with Punta Gorda and the SWFRPC to
develop a mapping tool that can be used to identify areas that could retain natural shorelines for
the purposes of flood mitigation and climate change adaptation. This interactive, user-friendly
tool will allow for an iterative feedback process in which City staff and community groups can
engage with the tool in order to identify and reach consensus on which natural areas within Punta
Gorda should be specifically identified in the Comprehensive Plan. This presentation will detail the
development and implementation of the tool with a focus on the importance of partnership and
community engagement in facilitating tool use and decision making.
B03. Coastal Resilience Network: Leveraging Decision
Support for Coastal Adaptation Solutions
Zac Ferdana, Shawn Margles, Ben Gilmer, and Christine Shepard, The Nature Conservancy
Laura Flessner, Digital Coast Fellow
Coastal Resilience is an approach that supports decisions to reduce social-ecological risks of coastal
hazards with 4 critical elements: 1) Raise Awareness by integrating databases on social, economic
and ecological resources critical to communities and providing visualization tools; 2) Assess Risk
and Vulnerability including alternative scenarios for current and future storms and sea level rise; 3)
Identify Choices for reducing risk and vulnerability; and 4) Take Action to help communities develop
and implement solutions. This approach is being applied around the world including New York
and Connecticut, the Gulf of Mexico, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the Florida Keys, Southern
California, U.S. Virgin Islands, Papua New Guinea/the Solomon Islands, the Mesoamerican Reef in
Central America, Marismas Nacionales in the Gulf of California, and in Puget Sound. This Coastal
Resilience Network supports a community of practitioners who are applying planning innovations
to coastal hazard and adaptation issues. Providing access to peer practitioners, information and
training focused on nature-based solutions, we will present the Network that includes a Community
of Practice and tools that are steering the advancement of this approach
Tuesday, March 26
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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Data Management I
Kensington B
B04. Looking for Data in All the Right Places: It’s Now
Even Easier to Find Data on the Digital Coast!
Lindy Betzhold, The Baldwin Group at the NOAA Coastal Services Center
Erik Hund and Kirk Waters, NOAA Coastal Services Center
Michael Brown and Kyle Draganov, The Baldwin Group at the NOAA Coastal Services Center
Jeff Skahill, Jason Marshall, and David Betenbaugh, I.M. Systems Group at the NOAA Coastal Services Center
The Digital Coast proudly hosts data sets from many different sources, but until recently, providing
easy access to all data sets at once has been a challenge. Today, a new Data Registry provides users
with access to all data sets in the Digital Coast in one place, including over 60 terabytes of lidar and
imagery and over 2.5 million square miles of land cover. For each data set, the data registry shows
the formats available, many of which can be downloaded or streamed into all kinds of applications.
The improved data access on the Digital Coast connects users to these applications and to stories
about how others have employed the data to solve problems. Come to the session and learn more
about this new Digital Coast resource!
B05. Improving Access to Environmental Monitoring Data in the Great Lakes
Paris Collingsworth, Kristin Tepas, and Brian Miller, Illinois–Indiana Sea Grant
Terrence McLaren, Nick Tenczar, and Barbara Minsker, University of Illinois
Environmental conditions in the Great Lakes has been monitored for decades by many different
groups, including Federal agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); state agencies,
universities, and community organizations. Accessing environmental data from these monitoring
programs is a challenge because each organization has its own release policies, data formats and
delivery mechanisms. Here, we describe our efforts to facilitate access to Great Lakes nutrient and
contaminant data from multiple agencies for use in policy and management decisions. The www.
greatlakesmonitoring.org project provides an environment where disparate data sources can be
collected and aggregated to support basic analytics and visualizations through a Web interface.
Providing a collection of data specific to the health of the Great Lakes region enables researchers,
managers and citizens to explore specific regions of interest and time periods to better understand
the current state of the environment.
Tuesday, March 26
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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B06. National Coastal Mapping Strategy Proposed by the
Interagency Working Group on Ocean and Coastal Mapping
John Brock, U.S. Geological Survey
Ashley Chappell, NOAA Office of Coast Survey
Jennifer Wozencraft, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise
In accord with the National Ocean Policy (NOP) established by Executive Order 13547 on July 19,
2010 the Interagency Working Group on Ocean and Coastal Mapping (IWG-OCM) has drafted a
proposed National Coastal Mapping Strategy with an initial focus on elevation that encompasses
the following broad elements:
1. An explicit and ongoing process for interagency coordination across all of the following
elements,
2. An acquisition strategy that categories all surveys into a common set of ecosystem zones
to allow interchange between diverse applications,
3. A plan to identify and endorse standards for all relevant technologies and operational
phases of elevation mapping, formats, validation procedures, and metadata,
4. A framework for the integration of multi-source datasets to create seamless cross –
shoreline geospatial models, and
5. A definition of the requirements for an Ocean and Coastal Mapping Metadata Inventory
portal.
The IWG-OCM plans to circulate a draft document for review describing this National Coastal
Mapping Strategy along with an invitation for suggestions and comments from various coastal
communities of practice.
Benthic Habitat Assessment
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Kensington C
B07. Mapping Benthic Habitats of Chesapeake Bay
Michelle Canick, The Nature Conservancy
Paula Jasinski, Chesapeake Environmental Communications
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), The Nature Conservancy (TNC), and
Chesapeake Environmental Communications (CEC) are undertaking an effort to identify the most
important habitats for protection and restoration in the waters of Chesapeake Bay. The project
is focused on three distinctive habitat types: oysters, tidal wetlands (including shorelines), and
Tuesday, March 26
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
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enthic. To develop a benthic habitat model for Chesapeake Bay, the project will generally follow
the methodology used by TNC’s Eastern Conservation Science team for the Northwest Atlantic
Marine Ecoregional Assessment (NAM ERA). This methodology uses GIS analysis and statistical
correlation of existing spatial data to link benthic organism distributions with the physical factors
of bathymetry, sediment texture, and seafloor topography. In order to adapt this methodology
to Chesapeake Bay, the current project will also consider fish distributions, salinity, and dissolved
oxygen. The distinct benthic habitats that result will be mapped and used to guide future
restoration and protection activities.
B08. Species Discrimination of Seagrass in Redfish Bay, Using Hyperspectral Imagery
John Wood, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi
Hyperspectral imagery of Redfish Bay on the Texas coast was classified for seagrass species using a
band selection determined by in situ spectral sampling and the application of spectral water depth
corrections. An iterative classification scheme was used. Three iterations included unsupervised
classifications and field site classification matching, and the fourth iteration employed a supervised
classification with the Maximum Likelihood procedure. Results showed an increase in accuracy from
similar studies using other band combination recommendations found in recent literature, developed
empirically and with other methods of in situ sampling. Kappa Coefficients indicate that the results are
not due to a chance occurrence. The methods employed in this study allow flexibility in classification
methods used at each iteration, and employ depth corrections that were previously unavailable.
B09. Quantifying Patterns in Spatial and Temporal Distributions of Intertidal
Native and Non-Indigenous Eelgrass in Yaquina Estuary, Oregon: 1997-2012
Patrick Clinton, David Young, David Specht, and T. Chris Mochon Collura, U.S.Environmental Protection Agency
Intertidal native eelgrass Zostera marina and non-indigenous dwarf eelgrass Z. japonica in lower
Yaquina estuary, Oregon were mapped between 1997 and 2012. Annual color infrared aerial
photographs acquired annually between 1997 and 2007 were used to classify distributions of the
two congeners. Seasonal changes in area of cover determined from monthly ground surveys were
also mapped using stratified random sampling and GPS perimeter mapping on foot and hovercraft.
Aerial image classification provided high resolution and synoptic mapping while GPS surveys
afforded higher temporal resolution in selected study areas. Area of non-indigenous dwarf eelgrass
Z. japonica increased exponentially over the study period while no significant change in the
native eelgrass Zostera marina was observed. A large seasonal change in area of non-indigenous
species was also measured showing a ten-fold increase in area from winter to summer. Annual
color infrared aerial photographs acquired annually between 1997 and 2007 were used to classify
distributions of the two congeners. Seasonal changes in area of cover determined from monthly
Tuesday, March 26
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
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ground surveys were also mapped using stratified random sampling and GPS perimeter mapping on
foot and hovercraft. Aerial image classification provided high resolution and synoptic mapping while
GPS surveys afforded higher temporal resolution in selected study areas. Area of non-indigenous dwarf
eelgrass Z. japonica increased exponentially over the study period while no significant change in the
native eelgrass Zostera marina was observed. A large seasonal change in area of the invasive species was
also measured showing a ten-fold increase in area from winter to summer.
Participatory Mapping
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Winchester
B10. Enhancing the U.S. Marine Protected Area Inventory
Jordan Gass, Hugo Selbie, Charles Wahle, and Mimi D’Iorio, NOAA National Marine Protected Areas Center
Marine managers have embraced marine protected areas (MPAs) and other place-based management
as a conservation tool. To reflect the best available information on MPA boundaries, resources and
management, NOAA’s MPA Center created a database, in partnership with MPA program, to characterize
MPAs in U.S. oceans and the Great Lakes. The MPA Inventory incorporates categorical descriptions
and GIS boundaries of over 1,700 U.S. MPAs. The MPA Inventory’s traditional role has been to describe
patterns of protection at national and regional levels. However, events in recent years highlighted a need
for more detailed information on resources present in MPAs and protection mechanisms. To address
current marine protection questions, the MPA Center recently completed enhancements of the MPA
Inventory to add data on the types of ecological, physical and cultural resources are found in MPAs, and
what protections exist for those resources. With these data, we are investigating ways to interpret and
analyze this information to inform managers on topics as varied as climate change, marine mammals
and marine debris. This presentation will focus on these enhancements, and detail the analyses we have
conducted with this additional information.
Tuesday, March 26
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
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B11. Using Participatory Mapping Techniques to
Characterize Coastal Uses in the Pacific Islands
Kalisi Mausio and Jamie Carter, The Baldwin Group at the NOAA Pacific Services Center
Arielle Levine, NOAA Pacific Islands Regional Office
Christine Feinholz, Pacific Cartography
Mimi D’Iorio, NOAA National Marine Protected Areas Center
Coral reefs in the tropical Pacific are facing increasing pressures from a growing variety of ocean uses, as
well as from increased coastal development and watershed impacts. Coastal-uses participatory mapping
fills a critical information gap in the management of such impacts by providing a comprehensive,
consistent, and spatially explicit picture of human uses. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) Pacific Services Center, in partnership with local, state, and federal agencies,
has assisted in the collection of coastal-uses data at three priority sites in Hawaii and American Samoa.
These projects leveraged participatory mapping methods developed at NOAA’s Marine Protected Areas
Center to interactively and digitally map coastal uses with the participation of the public. The projects
generated spatial data and map products, including mapbooks and online applications that illustrate
patterns, intensity, and qualitative information on both extractive and non-extractive and recreational
coastal uses. This presentation will focus on the process of participatory mapping and the generation of
the dataset and associated products.
B12. Virginia’s Atlantic Coast Recreational Use Mapping Project
Nick Meade, Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program
Utilizing a participatory GIS process developed by NOAA’s MPA Center and with help from NOAA
MPA and NOAA Coastal Services Center staff, Virginia, through its Coastal Zone Management
Program, collected data on the variety of ways the public recreates along and off the states Atlantic
coast during a 2 day workshop in July, 2012. Capturing recreational use data can be a challenge. For
each of a broad range of activities, which can be variable in time and place, knowledge is generally
held only by only a few key individuals. Getting the right experts to the table and keeping them
engaged in the delineation of recreational use patterns is no easy task. The MPA Center process,
which has been used to map human uses of the ocean in several successful projects throughout the
U.S., is a flexible solution that applies GIS and digital whiteboard technologies to yield accurate data
while simultaneously building stakeholder support. The Virginia workshop captured data for 20
distinct uses and received overwhelmingly positive reviews from its participants. Representatives
from other MARCO (Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean) states also attended and were
trained to conduct their own workshops which are already being scheduled.
Tuesday, March 26
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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BREAK
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Windsor Ballroom Foyer
3:00 to 3:30 p.m.
TOOLS SHOWCASE
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Windsor A, B, and C, Hampton, and Somerset
3:00 – 6:00 p.m.
T01. The MARCO Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal: A Gateway
to Comprehensive Regional Ocean Planning
Alfonso Lombana and Jay Odell, The Nature Conservancy
Charles Steinback and Tim Welch, EcoTrust
Richard Lathrop, Rutgers University
With competing demands on our oceans at an all-time high, comprehensive coastal and marine
planning has never been more important. To be effectual in supporting healthy marine ecosystems and
coastal economies, ocean planning processes should begin by equipping decision makers with data
that represents the relevant systems in the area, but the Mid-Atlantic has lacked such a data assemblage.
To change that, MARCO, a consortium of governments, NGOs, and universities, developed the Mid-
Atlantic Ocean Data Portal that compiles key political, socioeconomic, and environmental data to aid
regional planning in support of ocean health and a robust economy. The Portal is an online toolkit that
consolidates available data on fishing grounds, recreational areas, shipping lanes, habitat areas, and
renewable energy sites. The Portal is a platform to engage all stakeholders in ocean planning, making
essential data and visualization technology available to agencies, industry, and community leaders.
To understand how socioeconomic and environmental systems interrelate, stakeholders may use
interactive cartography features and graphing tools to create custom maps and perform spatial analyses
tailored to their thematic and geographic interests.
T02. Designing a Collaborative GeoDesign Project in SeaSketch
Will McClintock and Evan Paul, University of California—Santa Barbara
SeaSketch (www.seasketch.org) is a software service that may be used to create web-based projects
for ocean planning and collaborative “GeoDesign.” I will walk through the steps required to create
and configure projects in SeaSketch.
Tuesday, March 26
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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T03. Consolidating and Searching Information Regarding Oceanic
Planning and Decision Support Tools in a Web Based Application
Jesse Glasgow, Photo Science
Previously there was no central repository for ocean planners (planners) to research and select the
appropriate Decision Support Tools (DSTs) that enabled them to perform effective ocean planning.
There was a need to catalog existing DSTs in a central location. This presentation will describe the
solution of consolidating descriptive data on DSTs and providing easy access to planners. NOAA’s
Coastal Services Center produced a detailed rubric for characterizing and comparing DSTs within
the steps in a coastal/marine spatial planning process, and was intended to aid users in selecting
appropriate DSTs that can help them conduct ocean planning in their jurisdiction. The Coastal
Services Center partnered with Photo Science to create an online app that allowed users to search
and compare DSTs contained in the rubric. This web app serves as a central hub for planners to
access information about the DSTs. Users can identify and compare the DSTs based on criteria.
Users are also provided with links to case studies. This online search tool is expandable and editable.
Planners now have easy access to a broad range of oceanic geospatial planning tools in a single
location, thus streamlining their planning and management practices.
T04. Sulis – Northern Gulf of Mexico Informatics Services
John Cartwright, John van der Zwaag, and William H. McAnally, Mississippi State University
The Northern Gulf Institute operates an integrated research and transition program focused
on filling priority gaps and reducing limitations in current Northern Gulf of Mexico research,
collaboration, and decision support. Through project support from NOAA, the National Science
Foundation, and the United States Army Corp of Engineers NGI has focused research and
development efforts to improve cyberinfrastructure. These efforts are based on the Sulis Informatics
Services (SIS) tools, which provide a systematic approach to holistic water, land, and ecosystem
resources assessment. SIS provides user access to the model results and ancillary data from multiple
databases with a customized version of the ESRI Geoportal, thus requiring accurate and detailed
metadata for a rich data experience. Customizations to the Geoportal include expanded metadata
capabilities to handle complex data sets and visualization enhancements for these types of data
with EnVis. This allows users to insert additional data and to customize the data-to-image mapping.
This presentation will showcase these enhancements in cyberinfrastructure that are improving both
the collaboration between researchers and the ability of decision makers in critical situations.
Tuesday, March 26
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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T05. FloodViz – Visual Analytics for Assessment and
Interpretation of Simulated River Flooding
John van der Zwaag and Derek Irby, Gulf Research Institute, Mississippi State University
River flooding has been a leading cause of loss of life and property. Hydrologists use numerical
models such as HEC-RAS to simulate the flow of water in rivers to estimate the chances of flooding
and the extent of the flooding. FloodViz is a tool developed by Mississippi State University in
partnership with the Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center. It was designed to allow scientists
and forecasters within the National Weather Service to better interpret and distribute hydrologic
information. It uses HEC-RAS model output and digital elevation models to generate inundation
maps that can be interactively visualized in both 2D and 3D. Georeferenced imagery and shapefile
data such as roads or landmarks can be combined with the inundation maps to provide contextual
information. It also allows forecasters to better analyze the model results by providing uncertainty
visualization of ensemble model runs.
T06. Open-Ocean Aquaculture Site Evaluation Tool
Michael Parke and Marisa Guarinello, NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
NOAA is actively promoting the development of open-ocean aquaculture. Future growth of
the industry will be dependent on proper siting of these facilities in the face of economic and
environmental constraints and public opposition. “proper” siting is often in the eye of the particular
interest group. This “marine mapper” is a GIS-based site evaluation tool that allows users to put
in their own values during the site selection process. The results of the analysis are recorded and
available for download for use as a potential tool to facilitate communication between different
interest groups.
T07. Habitat Priority Planner
Lauren Long, IM Systems Group at the NOAA Coastal Services Center
Chrissa Waite, The Baldwin Group at the NOAA Coastal Services Center
The Habitat Priority Planner (HPP) isn’t just for habitats! This ArcMap extension can be applied
to any type of resource planning, follows a methodical process that uses expert input, accepts
nearly any geospatial data, and provides a dynamic, transparent means of making decisions with
stakeholders. HPP helps communities make coastal management decisions that are informed,
strategic, and far-reaching. The tool also makes analyses more efficient for experienced ArcGIS users
and gives beginners access to useful spatial analyses. During the HPP tool showcase, participants
will be able to choose their own adventure and learn how to use the tool for either ocean planning
or climate adaptation. Participants will learn about the tool’s functionality, how to use HPP to
analyze criteria related to ocean planning and climate adaptation goals, and how to engage
Tuesday, March 26
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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stakeholders in the process. Supplemental materials will be available to participants for a variety
of coastal management issues, including ocean planning, climate adaptation, restoration, water
quality, and benthic habitat conservation. These materials include example objectives and spatial
criteria for addressing these management issues using HPP.
T08. Nautical Charting Web Application Tools
Kurt Nelson, NOAA Office of Coast Survey
Briana Sullivan, University of New Hampshire, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, Joint Hydrographic Center
NOAA ENC Direct to GIS — The NOAA ENC Direct to GIS web portal provides comprehensive access
to display, query, and download of all available NOAA ENC data in a variety of GIS formats for nonnavigational
purposes using web mapping service technology. Nautical chart features contained
within a NOAA ENC provide a detailed representation of the U.S. coastal and marine environment.
These data include coastal topography, bathymetry, landmarks, geographic place names, and
marine boundaries. Features in a single NOAA ENC are limited in that they only represent the
geographic region that is depicted in that particular NOAA ENC cell. By aggregating nautical
features from all NOAA ENC in the creation of GIS data, a continuous depiction of the U.S coastal
and marine environment is achieved.
Chart Update Mashup (ChuM) — Critical nautical chart corrections are disseminated weekly via the
U.S. Coast Guard in the form of a PDF document called the “Local Notice to Mariners.” Users of both
paper and electronic nautical charts need to regularly apply these corrections to update their charts
for safe navigation. This demonstration will showcase this tool, called ChUM (the Chart Update
Mashup), that simplifies the process of combining nautical charts with the critical chart corrections
and the U.S. Coast Pilot (an aid to navigation) using Google Maps. This geo-referenced interface
simplifies finding chart corrections for a specific chart and allows for filtering and sorting the data.
T09. An Elevation Inventory for the Nation
Lindy Betzhold and Rebecca Mataosky, The Baldwin Group at the NOAA Coastal Services Center
Allyson Jason and Danielle Aiello, USGS National Geospatial Program
The U.S. Interagency Elevation Inventory displays high-accuracy topographic and bathymetric data
for the United States and its territories. The project is a collaborative effort between NOAA and
the U.S. Geological Survey, with contributions from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
This resource is a comprehensive, nationwide listing of known high-accuracy topographic data,
including lidar and IfSAR, and bathymetric data, including NOAA hydrographic surveys, multibeam
data, and bathymetric lidar. This inventory was completed May 2012 and will be updated annually.
The information provided for each elevation dataset includes many attributes such as vertical
accuracy, point spacing, and date of collection. A direct link to access the data or information about
the contact organization is also available through the inventory.
Tuesday, March 26
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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T10. Estuary Data Mapper for Coastal Geospatial Data
Discovery, Access, and Visualization
Naomi Detenbeck and Marilyn ten Brink, U.S. EPA Atlantic Ecology Division
Todd Plessel, Lockheed-Martin
The U.S. EPA Estuary Data Mapper (EDM; http://ofmpub.epa.gov/rsig/rsigserveredm/index.html)
has been designed as a free stand-alone tool for geospatial data discovery, visualization, and data
download for estuaries and their associated watersheds in the conterminous United States. EDM
requires only Internet access for operation. Using EPA, USGS, and NOAA web services, Estuary
Data Mapper provides ready access to environmental time series data such as water and sediment
quality, freshwater discharge, and tides. Shapefiles accessible through EDM include estuarine
boundaries and watersheds, USGS Seabed sediment quality sample points, National Wetlands
Inventory, and STATSGO soil parameters. Gridded data sets include NLCD and CCAP historic landuse,
CMAQ and NADP N deposition, PRISM climate normals for precipitation and temperature,
EPA ICLUS projections for population density and percent impervious area, and remote sensing
data (MODIS, SEAWIFS, World Ocean Atlas). Outputs are available in open-source formats, including
shapefiles, kml files, and ASCII grids. Users can select specific datasets for display and download or
choose pre-packaged options designed to provide input to specific decision support tools and models.
T11a. The NOAA Coastal Services Center’s Data Access Viewer
Erik Hund and Kirk Waters, NOAA Coastal Services Center
The Digital Coast Data Access Viewer (DAV) provides access to coastal data managed by the NOAA
Coastal Services Center, including lidar, land cover, imagery, and benthic data.
T11b. Marine Cadastre
Dave Stein, NOAA Coastal Services Center
Christine Taylor, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Anna Verrill, I.M. Systems Group at the NOAA Coastal Services Center
Lindsay Goodwin, The Baldwin Group at the NOAA Coastal Services Center
The Marine Cadastre is a multiagency effort to build a GIS-based marine information system for U.S.
waters that provides authoritative geospatial data and supporting information to inform decisionmaking
on a range of ocean issues. At its core, the Marine Cadastre contains marine cadastral
data, which encompass the spatial extent, usage, rights, restrictions, and responsibilities of marine
areas, and it contains other regionally specific data needed to support planning, management,
and conservation of submerged lands and marine spaces. The combination of marine cadastral,
biological, geophysical, ocean use, and legal authority data provides users with the spatial context
needed to address comprehensive marine spatial planning issues such as alternative energy
Tuesday, March 26
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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siting, aquaculture, submerged lands leasing, and marine conservation. What makes this effort
unique is its distributed data architecture, which places the data management responsibility with the
respective federal, state, or local agency. NOAA and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)
are leading the effort, organizing the underlying framework, providing data, and initiating partnerships
with data providers and users. Users of the system include BOEM’s Alternative Energy Program, privatesector
partners, and the broader coastal and marine resource management community. The project is
envisioned as the spatial data framework for state and regional ocean planning.
T12. EcoSpatial Information Database: Bringing Location to Scientific Studies
Keld Madsen, AMEC Environment and Infrastructure
The EcoSpatial Information Database (ESID) is accessible through a cloud based mapping interface
with full text and geographic search options. The system will provide the Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM) with a full understanding of ocean habitats and marine organisms by
centrally warehousing ecological resource data, such as scientific reports, journal articles, etc. The
ESID was designed as the foundation for an ecosystem-based approach to management. In one
location, ecological and spatial information is organized and easily accessible to support BOEM’s
decision making and regulation of oil and gas development activities with proper environmental
assessment. This Tool Showcase will demonstrate the capabilities of the system including:
• Conducting keyword searches (including the revision of searches and combination with
geographic searches)
• Conducting geographic searches (through the mapping interface)
• Visualizing study footprints
• Viewing citations and annotated bibliographic entries
• Viewing ecological resource data (searchable PDFs and associated files)
• Generating reports (based on search results)
• Uploading new resource data and populating the database
T13. Data Integration, Visualization, and Real-Time Decision Support
via OGC Tools and Multi-Agency Data Sharing Using ERMA
George Graettinger, Michele Jacobi , Laura Johnson, Benjamin Shorr, Jill Bodnar and Jay Coady, NOAA Office of
Response and Restoration
ERMA has been deployed in the Gulf of Mexico, the Arctic, and other sites across the country to
answer questions using near-real-time information about response and environmental impacts of
natural disasters and hazardous materials releases quickly and with multi-agency participation.
Tuesday, March 26
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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T14. Marine Geospatial Ecology Tools (MGET)
Jason Roberts, Daniel Dunn, and Pat Halpin, Duke University
Ben Best, University of California—Santa Barbara
Eric Treml, University of Melbourne
Marine Geospatial Ecology Tools (MGET) is a free, open-source geoprocessing toolbox that can help
you solve a wide variety of marine research, conservation, and spatial planning problems. MGET
can perform tasks such as downloading and converting oceanographic data into GIS-compatible
formats; identifying ecologically-relevant features in remote sensing imagery; analyzing temporal
periodicity of time-series data; fitting, evaluating, and mapping statistical models of species
habitat; and modeling habitat connectivity by simulating the dispersal of larvae. MGET is used
by government agencies, academic institutions, and NGOs throughout the world, with over 2500
users in 80 countries. At this Tools Showcase session, we will give short PowerPoint presentations
followed by interactive demonstrations of MGET from within ArcGIS Desktop. We’ll cover the
popular scenarios listed above and also highlight some of the less-well-known tools recently added
to MGET. We can also tailor demonstrations to attendees’ interests. If you use MGET already and
wish to see a particular scenario demonstrated, you’re welcome to email us your request prior to
the session.
T15. Showcase of New Functions in the Benthic Terrain Modeler (BTM)
Shaun Walbridge and Dawn Wright, Esri
Matt Pendleton, IM Systems Group at the NOAA Coastal Services Center
An interactive demonstration of the new functions in the Benthic Terrain Modeler (BTM) for ArcGIS
10.x will be showcased. The demo will include a ModelBuilder run of all the major functions in the
revised tool (including broad- and fine-scale bathymetric position index calculations, zone and
structure classification builds, depth statistics, curvature (slope of slope) and vector ruggedness
measures of terrain. The new Python toolbox with all code (including model parameters and
settings) stored in plain-text Python files, will showcase easier editing and managing of the code,
removing the need for .tbx files. A simple graphical user interface wraps around all BTM tools,
and recreates the full “wizard” experience available in the previous release. And a much improved
classification dictionary reader works with .CSV files, as well as XML data from the prior release.
T16. Tools and Applications for Economics: National Ocean Watch Data
Tola Adeyemo and Gabe Sataloff, The Baldwin Group at the NOAA Coastal Services Center
Jeff Adkins, NOAA Coastal Services Center
The NOAA Coastal Services Center has created time-series data called Economics: National Ocean
Watch, or ENOW, which describe six economic sectors that depend on the oceans and Great Lakes.
Tuesday, March 26
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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Come see how these data are used to help make decisions about topics ranging from tourism to
ports. The data can be accessed in several different ways. View ENOW data in visually appealing
infographics for multiple geographic scales. Generate Coastal County Snapshots on ocean jobs or
wetland benefits. And interact with the data in the ENOW Explorer to compare the make-up of the
sectors in an area compared to other geographies or across time.
T17. Live Tour through the Statistical and Spatial Toolbox for
the Ocean Health Index and Cumulative Impacts
Benjamin Best, Benjamin Halpern, and Darren Hardy, University of California—Santa Barbara
Managing sustainable use of the oceans necessitates a comprehensive framework for quantifying
the benefits to humans and man-made pressures on the oceans across a broad suite of services. The
Ocean Health Index arrives at a composite score derived from 10 goals, including food provision,
coastal livelihoods and economies, biodiversity, carbon storage, and more (www.oceanhealthindex.
org). The composite and goal scores account for present status, past trend, and likely future status,
which is inflected down by pressures and up with resilience. The input layers, underlying goal
equations and parameters that were applied globally across Exclusive Economic Zones in Halpern
et al. (2012 Nature) will be modifiable within a spatial and statistical toolbox for regional analyses.
Incorporation and re-calculation of ecosystem-based pressures and Cumulative Impacts (www.
nceas.ucsb.edu/globalmarine) will be made available with methods similar to Halpern et al. (2008
Science). Interactive visualizations will facilitate decision-making opportunities for improving ocean
health. The toolbox will include a web front-end, R statistics package, and set of drag and drop
form-based tools for use in either ArcGIS or an open-source GIS.
T18. Using Spatial Narratives and Deep Maps to Foster Citizen
Engagement and Understanding of Coastal Estuaries
David Hart, University of Wisconsin Sea Grant
Janet Silbernagel, Matthew Axler, and Frances Eanes, University of Wisconsin—Madison
Patrick Robinson, University of Wisconsin—Extension
Hugh Keegan, Esri
Geospatial technologies that facilitate exploration of coastal resources and deeper understanding
of the complexities of coastal management issues have the potential to strengthen stewardship of
these resources. A University of Wisconsin Sea Grant-funded project in collaboration with the Esri
Applications Prototype Lab develops and evaluates “geotools” to foster citizen engagement and
understanding of the socio-environmental complexities of Great Lakes coastal estuaries. The project
team is working with Bay Renaissance in Green Bay, Wisconsin in a participatory design process
to pilot their own spatial narratives for local estuaries and refine and evaluate the geotools. Three
Tuesday, March 26
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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spatial narrative “geotools” will be demonstrated: 1) an “authoring” tool that leverages ArcGIS Online
to construct place-based narratives; 2) a “deep map” tool that allows users to explore narratives on
a desktop computer; and 3) a “mobile” tool that allows citizens to engage the narrative in place and
submit photos, audio, video and journal entries based on their experiences.
T19. NOAA’s Land Cover Atlas
Nate Herold, NOAA Coastal Services Center
Brian Hadley, IM Systems Group at the NOAA Coastal Services Center
Land use and land cover play a significant role as drivers of environmental change and in increasing
the vulnerability of places. Information on what land covers are changing and where those changes
are occurring is essential to improving our understanding of past management practices and
effectively responding to those environmental and human-induced changes now and in the future.
Through its Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP), NOAA’s Coastal Services Center produces
nationally standardized land cover and change information for the coastal regions of the U.S., which
is updated every five years. Come see a demonstration of the Land Cover Atlas. This online viewer
provides user-friendly access to change information derived from NOAA’s C-CAP data. It summarizes
general trends related to development, forestry, and wetlands and provides the user with the
ability to highlight specific changes of interest. The tool removes the need for desktop geographic
information system software, or advanced technical expertise, by providing the user with easy
access to that distilled information. Come explore your county or watershed of interest, and learn
what is next on the horizon for exploring land cover change.
T20. Using Geospatial Tools to Plan for Sea Level Rise in the
Adapting to Rising Tides Project in San Francisco Bay
Maggie Wenger, Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC)
Tim Doherty, NOAA Coastal Services Center
The use of geospatial tools can inform vulnerability assessments and facilitate communication
in a climate change adaptation planning process. An evaluation of shoreline vulnerability was
undertaken as part of the Adapting to Rising Tides (ART) project. The ART project is a collaborative
effort of local, regional, state, and federal partners that aims to increase the San Francisco Bay
Area’s resilience to sea level rise. Twelve asset categories were evaluated: parks, community land
use, natural areas, energy, hazardous materials, contaminated lands, ground transportation,
airport, seaport, structural shorelines, storm water, and wastewater. One asset category, parks, will
be highlighted to showcase the use of geospatial tools in the planning process. The vulnerability
assessment combined information from a GIS-based analysis with expert input solicited through
a qualitative survey. Finally, “vulnerability profiles” were developed and shared with the managers
Tuesday, March 26
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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of the shoreline parks using Google Fusion Tables. The use of geospatial tools was an effective
means to communicate with park managers and the public about the potential vulnerabilities while
facilitating a conversation about the development of adaptation strategies.
T21. Gulf of Mexico Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Resilience Spatial Data Platform
Jorge Brenner, Michael Thompson, The Nature Conservancy – Texas Program
Ben Gilmer, The Nature Conservancy, Global Marine Team
This online tool provides access to discover, visualize and download a series of future scenario that
inform from decision makers to the general public of the potential impacts caused by sea-level
rise (SLR), storm surge and socio-ecological resilience issues along the Gulf of Mexico coast. This
project was completed for the Gulf of Mexico Alliance to provide technical elements necessary in
understanding the threats of SLR to habitats and coastal communities. This project used the Sea-
Level Affecting Marshes Model (SLAMM) and the Advance Circulation model (ADCIRC) to assess
the implications of coastal hazards in Galveston Bay and Jefferson County in TX, Grand Bay NERR/
NWR in MS, and Choctawhatchee and St. Andrew Bays in FL. The project accomplished primarily
the goal of delivering a freely available geospatial online tool to support the increase in the
understanding of coastal threats to green infrastructure—i.e., coastal habitats, and adaptation of
coastal communities (http://stormsmart.org/goma/slr/interface/index.html). For each of the project
sites, users can visualize and download spatial information useful for coastal habitat restoration and
building resilient communities. It uses as its main geoviewer the decision support tool developed
by The Nature Conservancy (http://gulfmex.coastalresilience.org/) in which users can access future
scenarios of SLR, storm surge, coastal resilience indicators, and reports.
T22. Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts Viewer
Douglas Marcy, NOAA Coastal Services Center
William Brooks, IM Systems Group at the NOAA Coastal Services Center
Being able to visualize potential impacts from sea level rise and coastal flooding is a powerful
teaching and planning tool, and the Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts Viewer brings
this capability to coastal communities. The purpose of this viewer is to provide coastal managers
and scientists with a preliminary look at sea level rise and coastal flooding impacts. The viewer is a
screening-level tool that uses nationally consistent data sets and analyses. Data and maps provided
can be used at several scales to help gauge trends and prioritize actions for different scenarios.
The tool is presented in a Web mapping application format using Esri’s ArcServer and Adobe’s FLEX
technology and can be accessed here (www.csc.noaa.gov/slr). This demonstration will provide a
description of the tool features as well as a discussion about mapping methods, data access, and
current and future availability.
Tuesday, March 26
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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T23. Hawaii Flash Flood Tool
Christin Reynolds and Ben Reder, The Baldwin Group at the NOAA Pacific Services Center
Adam Stein, NOAA Pacific Services Center
Shane Engel, Dewberry
The Hawaii Flash Flood Response Tool is a geographic information system (GIS) application for
emergency managers in Hawaii that provides enhanced access to data and information for flood
response. The application provides centralized access to real-time data from multiple sources,
including satellite and radar imagery, precipitation, and streamflow data, which can all be easily
paired with local GIS data to assist emergency managers and first responders with decision-making
for flood events. The Hawaii Flash Flood Response Tool was a collaborative effort of multiple offices
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including the Pacific Services Center,
the National Weather Service (NWS) Pacific Region Headquarters, and the NWS Honolulu Forecast
Office, as well as other federal agencies and the private sector.
T24. Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) Applications
Pamela Telis, USGS Florida Water Science Center
Heather Henkel, USGS Coastal and Marine Science Center
Paul Conrads, USGS South Carolina Water Science Center
The Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) is an integrated system of real-time water-level
monitoring, ground elevation data, and water-surface elevation models that provide scientists and
water managers with current on-line water-depth information for the entire freshwater part of the
greater Everglades. The EDEN daily water surface is presented on a 400 by 400 meter grid. To assist
users in applying the EDEN data to their particular needs, a series of five EDEN tools, or applications
(EDENapps), were developed. Three EDEN applications were developed to make the data more
accessible by allowing users to view, extract, plot, and manipulate the data in a variety of ways.
Two additional applications were developed to create data files formatted in netCDF file format
for further manipulation by ArcGIS and other georeferencing programs. By combining the daily
water-level surfaces with the ground-elevation model and using the EDEN applications, a full suite
of hydrologic data is made available to scientists and others, including: water depth, hydroperiod,
water-surface slope, surface animations of water elevation and water depth over time, and transects
of water depth animated over time.
Tuesday, March 26
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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T25. OpenNSPECT: A Tool for Examining Impacts of Climate and Land-
Use Change on Runoff, Nonpoint Pollution, and Erosion
Dave Eslinger, NOAA Coastal Services Center
Shan Burkhalter and Matt Pendleton, IM Systems Group at the NOAA Coastal Services Center
OpenNSPECT, an open-source version of the Nonpoint-Source Pollution and Erosion Comparison
Tool (N-SPECT), is a plug-in to the free MapWindow GIS open-source platform. Enhancements in this
version of N-SPECT include faster processing time, additional coefficients for common land cover
data products, and a comparison function to evaluate differences in land-use scenarios. In this tools
showcase, we will demonstrate the functionality of OpenNSPECT and MapWindow. Attendees can
try the tool and learn more about this open-source solution to understanding impacts of land use
and climate change on surface runoff, nonpoint pollution, and erosion.
T26. Efficient Data Discovery and Access for Diverse Environmental Data Sets
Jordan S. Read, Paul Conrads, Laura De Cicco, David Sibley and Nathaniel Booth, U.S. Geological Survey
Beach managers are improving water-quality forecasts by developing statistical models that assess
nearshore and tributary influences for beaches of interest. Previously, a barrier to developing these
models was access to relevant data. The USGS Environmental Data Discovery and Transformation
(EnDDaT) tool accesses, integrates, and formats relevant datasets for use in beach water-quality
models. EnDDaT combines historical and real-time observations with hydrodynamic model output
to produce model-ready data for operational use. EnDDaT was built using a modern computing
design that accesses data that are compliant with web services in the Great Lakes Observing System
(GLOS) enterprise architecture. For any beach of interest, users can access observations from state
and federal databases by configuring a data access profile. Locations of available data are displayed
and chosen using a mapping interface. Data processing options such as moving averages and
summations can be defined as needed for individual applications. Capabilities for the retrieval of
EnDDaT output data were designed specifically for the development and operation of beach waterquality
models, but are widely applicable to environmental data analysis and modeling.
Tuesday, March 26
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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T27. WelSTROM: A Map-Based Source for Private Well and Septic Systems in Georgia
Chris Strom and Lisa McAleer, Southern Georgia Regional Commission
Ray Bodrey, University of Georgia Marine Extension Service
WelSTROM stands for Well and Septic Tank Referencing and Online Mapping (www.sgwebmaps.
com/welstrom). In other words, WelSTROM is a map-centric, representation of the private well and
septic system installations for the state. The WelSTROM interactive map allows you to browse, query
and display private well and septic system locations within the state of Georgia. Using WelSTROM,
environmental and health professionals are able to see current well and septic system installations
in a spatial context along with other layers of information. The user can easily search and
explore the details and performance of nearby systems as well as easily see decision-influencing
factors about potential permits. Layers such as wetlands, groundwater recharge areas, property
boundaries, rivers, impaired waterways, and protected areas are all on the map.
T28. Moving Forward in the Mobile World
Kenneth Juengling and Shane Engel, Dewberry
James Boyd and Matthew McBride, NOAA Coastal Services Center
With the acceleration of the government’s adoption of various mobile technologies, the NOAA
Coastal Services Center partnered with Dewberry to identify important topics and decisions that
are part of an appropriate mobile strategy for NOAA. The Coastal Services Center provides a variety
of publications to public and private stakeholders and the public to address coastal issues. With
the adoption of various mobile devices by the government (smartphones, tablets, e-readers), the
ePub format allows for enhanced document delivery that can be leveraged to lower costs, decrease
service delivery times, and improve the customer experience through greater accessibility and
additional features. This session will provide lessons learned from the undertaking of development
of a mobile strategy.
T29. Digital Whiteboard Technology for Participatory Mapping
Mimi D’Iorio, Jordan Gass, and Hugo Selbie, NOAA Marine Protected Areas Center
Kalisi Mausio, The Baldwin Group at the NOAA Coastal Services Center
The use of digital whiteboard technology to transform any flat surface into an interactive map is
an extremely valuable tool for capturing spatial data in a participatory way. This low cost, portable
technology enables users in a group format to draw features and capture or manipulate data in
a live Geographic Information System. This toolkit is a proven method for the gathering human
use data in ocean and land environments that are critical for natural resource management
and planning. This presentation will demonstrate the use of the eBeam system and discuss the
advantages and limitations of using this as a participatory mapping method.
Tuesday, March 26
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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T30. Geospatial Data for Vulnerability Assessment: Hurricane Sandy Case Study
David Betenbaugh, IM Systems Group at the NOAA Coastal Services Center
This tools showcase station will display geospatial outputs from the NOAA Coastal Services Center’s
support of Hurricane Sandy response efforts, as well as discuss how these outputs will be used to
enhance geospatial components of the Center’s Roadmap for Adapting to Coastal Risk approach
to risk and vulnerability assessment. The Center provided geospatial support to aid several
recovery and resilience-building efforts in the coastal areas impacted by Sandy. For example,
the Center assisted the New York Department of State (NYDOS) by creating preliminary coastal
hazard composite risk maps that aggregated information for multiple coastal inundation hazards.
These maps help identify areas most susceptible to coastal flooding, storm surge, and long-range
inundation and erosion impacts. The preliminary coastal hazard composite risk maps were created
to be used in conjunction with NYDOS coastal resilience planning guidance. These efforts are
informing development of geospatial data and online mapping resources that will enhance the
Center’s Roadmap to Adapting to Coastal Risk training.
Tuesday, March 26
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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Wednesday, March 27
EARLY MORNING SESSIONS
8:30 to 10:00 a.m.
Hazards and Resilience Resources
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Kensington A
C01. Coastal Flood Hazards in the Great Lakes: A Pilot
Study for Erie County, Pennsylvania
Christina Lindemer and Jeffrey Gangai, Dewberry
Taylor Asher, URS
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has funded several pilot studies within the
Great Lakes to test new methodologies recommended in the updated Guidelines and Specifications
for the region. Erie County, Pennsylvania is the site of one of the pilot studies within Lake Erie.
Geographic Information System (GIS) tools were utilized throughout the process in order to develop
topographic data for the region, derive input parameters for modeling and calculate the extent
of flooding hazards. Transects were placed throughout twenty miles of coastline for analysis.
Unique to this study was the use of different scenarios of stillwater elevations and incident wave
conditions representing the 1-percent-annual-chance conditions to determine the most hazardous
combination. A daunting task was quickened by using ArcGIS to effortlessly compare the scope of
flooding hazards produced by each of the different scenarios. Additionally, a customized tool was
integrated into Arc GIS to allow for a 1-D model, CSHORE, to be remotely operated for calculating
the runup. Input parameters were based on extracted stillwater elevations and incident wave
condition from created rasters, along with topographic profiles developed from terrain datasets.
C02. Coastal Resilience Planning in the Great Lakes – From Stories to Solutions
Jeff Stone, Association of State Floodplain Managers
Stories and photos about coastal hazards, such as bluff failures or flooding, have a powerful
impact because they are easy to comprehend and remember. These stories and photos can then
be connected to the underlying locally relevant, science-based data that identifies why and where
these coastal hazards may occur. This knowledge then helps local decision-makers understand the
effects of proposed projects in terms of community risks and liabilities. The Great Lakes Coastal
Wednesday, March 27
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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Resilience Planning Guide is a web-based resource developed for coastal managers, floodplain
managers and planners to address existing hazard-related threats and potential impacts of climate
change on Great Lakes communities. The Planning Guide integrates local stories; geospatial data;
science-based information and visualizations; and policy and regulatory solutions in support of the
goals set forth in the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. This presentation will walk through a coastal
risk communication example from stories to solutions. This project is led by NOAA’s Coastal Services
Center and the Association of State Floodplain Managers. This is an initiative under the Digital Coast
partnership.
C03. Great Lakes Coastal Flood Study Tools and Data
Alan Lulloff and Jason Hochschild, Association of State Floodplain Managers
Coastal flooding on the Great Lakes is characterized by a range of variables that include wave
height, wave runup, ice cover, storm surge and water levels influenced by both natural and human
factors. To provide communities updated information on these hazards, the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) has initiated a Great Lakes Coastal Flood Study (GLCFS) for all coastal
counties on the Great Lakes. The dynamic nature of water levels and ice cover in the Great Lakes
makes coastal flood analysis unique and challenging for this region. GLCFS incorporates a wealth
of information, data flows, inputs and tools that have been collected and/or being developed by
FEMA, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM),
for identifying and communicating the coastal flood risk to Great Lakes communities. ASFPM will
present some of these tools, visualizations and data sets that have been developed for the Study.
Some examples will be an oblique photo viewer, a database containing 50 years of Great Lakes
storm data, LiDAR collection for topo/bathy and the data flow process to get from lake-wide storm
data grids to regulatory Base Flood Elevations (BFE) for all reaches of the Great Lakes coastline.
C04. Tools You Can Use at the Cross-Roads of Climate and Coasts
Katherine J. Kahl and Rachael Franks Taylor, The Nature Conservancy
Coastal communities are at the forefront of managing for resilient ecosystems, public safety, and
robust economies—efforts that are ever more challenging with a changing climate. Great Lakes
coastal community planners, conservation practitioners, and decision-makers seek concrete
examples, tools, and resources for meeting those challenges. The Nature Conservancy’s Great Lakes
Project is working to address those needs, including collaboration with Digital Coast partners to
integrate that work across regional efforts. Some Conservancy tools expressly inform and direct
climate adaptation efforts, while others deal more broadly with conserving coastal ecosystems.
Resources presented in this session are designed to connect users and decision-makers with
leading climate information, effective tools and resources for visualizing and applying that
Wednesday, March 27
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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information, survey data that describe opinions and knowledge about climate and, at more local
scales, specific coastal conservation projects and actions that benefit people and nature. This
session and future work will explore the nexus among these tools and with other emerging Great
Lakes Digital Coast partner efforts.
Digital Coast Applications: Planning for a Changing Climate
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Kensington B
C05. Maps for the Marianas: Utilizing Geospatial Resources to Place
Climate Adaptation on a Small Island’s Planning Agenda
Robbie Greene, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Coastal Resources Management Office;
Tridec Technologies
Jose Quan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Division of Environmental Quality
As a small island chain in the western Pacific, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
(CNMI) is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and sea level rise, yet there
has been no coordinated effort in the CNMI to plan for climate adaptation. In response, the CNMI
Coastal Resources Management Office implemented a climate change task force in August, 2012
to engage stakeholders in climate adaptation planning. Stakeholder engagement and task force
progress is heavily reliant on the use of geospatial resources to communicate locally-relevant
climate change impacts. This presentation demonstrates how geospatial resources available
through NOAA’s Digital Coast and Pacific Services Center have been used to overcome both
technical challenges and social barriers to climate adaptation planning in the CNMI. Maps and
visualizations for coastal inundation are highlighted as key components in maintaining stakeholder
involvement. Specifically, application of NOAA Coastal Services Center sea level rise mapping methods
and Digital Coast visualization tools to the island of Saipan are discussed as particularly effective means
to communicate climate impacts and prompt inter-agency data coordination efforts.
C06. Planning for Climate Adaptation with Spatial
Analysis and a Decision-Support Tool
Lauren Long, I.M. Systems Group at the NOAA Coastal Services Center
Chrissa Waite, The Baldwin Group at the NOAA Coastal Services Center
Our coastal wetlands serve communities in a variety of ways, providing recreational opportunities
and storm protection, as well as habitat and, more recently, a means for climate adaptation. By
protecting wetlands and other coastal habitats, communities can help conserve ecosystem values
and functions and allow space for the potential transitions and migration of habitats stemming
Wednesday, March 27
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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from climate change. Planning for wetland migration is complicated, and decision makers need a
transparent way to view alternatives and communicate with clarity during the planning process.
This session will highlight how to set up a spatial analysis process to address wetland migration,
develop and share criteria, and interactively make choices with stakeholders using a geospatial decisionsupport
tool called the Habitat Priority Planner (HPP). HPP is an easy-to-use geospatial tool that can
expedite the planning process by allowing users to run geospatial analyses that are based on planning
criteria, and visualize different scenarios on the fly with stakeholders. This session will demonstrate the
functionality of HPP and how to identify the best conservation areas for wetland migration.
C07. Coastal County Snapshots: One Way to Examine Hurricane Sandy’s Impacts
Alyssum Pohl, NOAA Digital Coast Fellow for the National Association of Counties and the National States
Geographic Information Council
NOAA’s Digital Coast effort provides many tools to aid in data exploration and decision-making. One
of these tools is Coastal County Snapshots. In this discussion, we share how this tool aids counties in
recognizing the economic impact Hurricane Sandy may have had on jobs.
C08. Estimating Climate Change Impacts on Phosphate Runoff in the
Sheboygan River, Wisconsin, Watershed Using OpenNSPECT
Dave Eslinger, NOAA Coastal Services Center
Jeff Stone, Association of State Floodplain Managers
Understanding the possible impacts of climate change on management issues is one of the
difficult challenges facing today’s coastal manager. One method of doing that is to simulate the
results of different climate change scenarios through a modeling exercise. In this presentation, the
impacts of different precipitation regimes under different climate change scenarios are examined
in terms of changes in the amount of phosphate runoff in the Sheboygan River watershed in
Wisconsin. Changes in precipitation are taken from the Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change
Impacts (WICCI) program, which has down-scaled climate model results from a variety of future
scenarios. The presentation will demonstrate how to use OpenNSPECT, a plug-in to the free,
open-source MapWindow geographic information system, to evaluate different climate-driven
precipitation scenarios in comparison to the climatic normal precipitation. Relatively small (~5-10
percent) changes in the amount of rainfall, and changes in the number of rainfall events, both had
substantial impacts on the amount of phosphate runoff.
Wednesday, March 27
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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GIS Tools and Incident Response
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C09. Data Service and Analysis of DWH CTD, Chemistry, and Fluorometry
Charles Carleton, Betsy Schenck-Gardner, Scott Cross, and Rost Parsons, NOAA National Coastal Data
Development Center
For the Deepwater Horizon response effort, NOAA’s National Coastal Data Development Center
(NCDDC) processed and analyzed nearly 2000 Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) profiles
as well as collated much of the shipboard data collected during the National Response effort
including analytical chemistry results and other sensors. These data were published in the ocean
archives at the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). Through the NOAA “Science Box”
a publically accessible online map interface, the Deepwater Horizon Response Data Atlas, was
constructed by NCDDC to facilitate ongoing research and access to the foundation data sets. In
addition many of the data were reformatted as netCDF files with common vertical grid to allowing
many general data and analysis tools to interact with the data. Capabilities of the Response Data
Atlas and data types and available data interaction will be presented. In addition from data within
the Atlas, some example products derived from the profiles highlighting the subsurface oil plume
as detected through fluorescence and dissolved oxygen sensors will be discussed.
C10. NOAA’s Environmental Response Management
Application: Leveraging Data During an Incident
Michele Jacobi and Amy Merten, NOAA Office of Response and Restoration
Allison Bailey, Sound GIS
Zach Winters-Staszak, Genwest Systems
ERMA is designed to aid in spill preparedness and planning and to assist environmental response
efforts and situational awareness. The application is based on open-source software which meets
Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) specifications and ensures that ERMA is compatible with
other commercial and open-source GIS applications. The Open-source based software supports
data sharing, leverages existing data projects, reduces ERMA’s maintenance costs, and ensures
system flexibility as the technology advances. Data can be visualized from a variety of sources and
the site has the ability to include additional media such as photos and links to scientific reports.
The application has been customized with site-specific data for several different geographic regions
throughout the United States. During a response, ERMA allows a user to quickly and securely upload,
manipulate, export, and display both static and real-time, geographic data sets. ERMA was developed
by the NOAA and the University of New Hampshire along with the EPA, U.S. Coast Guard, and DOI in a
cross-agency effort. ERMA provides environmental resource managers and Agency partners quick access
to the data necessary to make informed decisions for environmental response.
Wednesday, March 27
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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C11. Florida’s Evolving Oil Spill Response GIS Capabilities Post Deepwater Horizon
Henry Norris and Kathleen O’Keife, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Florida has been using GIS tools to support spill planning and response since the early 1990s. After
a three-vessel collision in Tampa Bay in 1993, staff with the then Florida Marine Research Institute
worked 24/7 to support the Incident Command with custom maps and analyses. After-action
reports noted that the GIS support contributed greatly toward an effective response. However,
there were many lessons-learned that exposed deficiencies, and these drove the development of
new GIS tools and information products. These improvements were in place when, in April 2010, the
Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded. Staff (from the now Fish and Wildlife Research Institute)
moved quickly to provide GIS support to federal, state and industry responders. The magnitude of
the spill was unanticipated, yet the spill-response GIS that was in place (the trained staff, targeted
tools and custom information) proved to be invaluable as the response stretched from days, to
weeks, to months. As before, there were many lessons learned and these lessons will transform into
a new suite of products and services to improve Florida’s spill response capabilities.
C12. Incorporating Subsistence Mapping into the Arctic
Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA)
Amy Merten and Michele Jacobi, NOAA’s Office of Response and Restoration
The presentation will demonstrate methods for incorporating traditional knowledge and
subsistence mapping activities into the Arctic Environmental Response Management Application
(ERMA), an online mapping tool for the U.S. Arctic. To improve oil spill preparedness and response,
it is vital to integrate observations and perspectives from local experts into mapping, which helps
optimize the prioritization and protection of subsistence-use and culturally sensitive areas. The talk
will discuss methods for incorporating local knowledge and demonstrate refined mapping included
in Arctic ERMA.
Wednesday, March 27
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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Shoreline Mapping
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Winchester
C13. The Development and Implementation of Dynamic Reporting
through the Coastwide Reference Monitoring System Website
Craig Conzelmann, Sarah Piazza, Marc Comeaux, and Christina Hunnicutt, U.S. Geological Survey, National
Wetlands Research Center
Twenty-two years ago, Congress authorized the development of the Coastwide Reference
Monitoring System (CRMS) which operates a network of 390 monitoring stations distributed across
Louisiana’s coastal zone. The CRMS analytical teams have worked with the Data Management
team to develop many derived products which help to inform resource management decisions.
The CRMS web application leverages a mapping environment to bring spatial context to dynamic
reporting elements ranging from basic charts to complex down-loadable documents or report
cards. The CRMS charting engine is capable of generating thousands of charts representing
hydrological, vegetation, soils, and remotely sensed data. Recent development has expanded
beyond the single metric charts into numerous multi-metric indices which are available individually
or as part of a CRMS Report Card. This talk will discuss the technology behind the development and
implementation of the CRMS dynamic report cards and their dependency on the CRMS data driven
charting services.
C14. Standardizing Oregon’s Tidal Shorelines
Randy Dana, Oregon Coastal Management Program
The state of Oregon has a robust process for defining and maintaining standard data sets for use in
GIS. In the spring of 2012, a work group was formed to review data sets representing tidal shorelines
for Oregon, intending to recommend a standard shoreline. The work group cataloged various
shoreline definitions, uses, and representations and developed a strategy to evaluate and report the
fitness of shoreline data sets for specific uses. The group’s efforts are ongoing; the presentation will
review the project’s background, progress, and current status, and we hope audience members will
offer suggestions for future directions.
Wednesday, March 27
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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C15. Assessing 25 Years of Shoreline Change throughout
New Jersey: The New Jersey Beach Profile Network
Stewart Farrell, Kimberly McKenna, B. Steven Howard, and Michael Flynn, Coastal Research Center, The Richard
Stockton College of New Jersey
The Coastal Research Center at the Richard Stockton College has completed an assessment of
25 years of biannual beach and nearshore profile data that were collected along the Atlantic
Ocean, Raritan Bay, and Delaware Bay shorelines for the state New Jersey Beach Profile Network
(NJBPN). NJBPN includes data from 105 locations and provides local and regional information on
seasonal, annual, and storm-damage assessments. Trends in shoreline movement and volume
change are determined from cross-sectional analysis and are provided to assist coastal managers
in the implementation of policies that protect beaches, dunes, and erosion hazard areas as well
as reducing risks to coastal development. Profile locations were revisited within days following
Hurricane Sandy which made landfall five miles south of Atlantic City. Post-storm profile data were
compared to the Fall 2012 surveys to calculate beach and dune volume changes caused by the
storm and compared to the 25-year trend.
C16. The Dilemma of Data on Multiple Shorelines
Julie Herman and Tamia Rudnicky, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
The Center for Coastal Resources Management often tackles questions that involve shorelines with
a variety of data attributes, such as bank height, bank erosion, vegetative cover, fetch, beach or
marsh presence, etc. These projects range from analyzing ecosystem services to land use changes
to sea level rise, and may cover much of the Chesapeake Bay, up to 24,000 kms (15,000 miles)
of shoreline. The ongoing problem is data associated with base maps that do not match, due
to temporal or spatial differences. The challenge is to transfer all the necessary data to a single
shoreline, from other linear or polygon features. In addition, each project may utilize different
base maps, requiring the process to be repeated continually. The magnitude of shoreline lengths
involved necessitates an automated approach with minimal manual corrections. Several versions
have been developed, and a summary is presented for others dealing with similar types of data
transfer issues. Suggestions for the next new and improved version are welcome, with our final goal
being the least amount of manual corrections and a way to easily identify where those corrections
need to be made.
BREAK
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10:00 to 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday, March 27
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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LATE MORNING SESSIONS
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Sea Level Rise
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Kensington A
D01. The California King Tides Initiative – Raising
Awareness about the Impacts of Sea Level Rise
Hilary Papendick, California Coastal Commission, Tridec Technologies
Heidi Nutters, San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Communicating about sea-level rise has proven challenging for scientists and policymakers.
Appeals have failed when they are too global in nature, or do not engage people in a meaningful
way. Recent research suggests that people’s direct experiences with flooding play a significant role
in their willingness to act on climate change. The California King Tides Photo Initiative relies on
citizen participation to take photos of extremely high tides, or ‘king tides’. The Initiative uses social
media and outreach events to engage citizens and to share the photos, and is creating an archive
of photos that can be used to record and monitor the impacts of high tides over time. The photos
are currently used in publications, presentations, exhibits, and sea-level rise and coastal hazard
visualization tools. These photos preview how our shorelines are changing and what daily tides may
look like in the future. In addition, the images create a powerful argument for proactive planning to
create resilient coastal ecosystems and communities, today and in the future. The presentation will
provide an overview of this innovative approach to raising awareness about sea-level rise.
D02. Consideration of Vertical Uncertainty in Elevation-
Based Sea-Level Rise Assessments
Dean Gesch, U.S. Geological Survey
The accuracy with which coastal topography has been mapped directly affects the reliability and
usefulness of elevation-based sea-level rise vulnerability assessments. Recent research has shown
that the qualities of the elevation data must be well understood to properly model potential
impacts. The cumulative vertical uncertainty has contributions from elevation data error, water level
data uncertainties, and vertical datum and transformation uncertainties. The concepts of minimum
sea-level rise increment and minimum planning timeline are used in recognition of the inherent
vertical uncertainty of the underlying data. These concepts were applied to conduct a sea-level rise
vulnerability assessment of the Mobile Bay, Alabama, region based on high-quality lidar-derived
elevation data. The results that detail the area and associated resources vulnerable to a 1.18 m sea-
Wednesday, March 27
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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level rise by the year 2100 are reported as a range of values (at the 95% confidence level) to account
for the vertical uncertainty in the base data. The Mobile Bay analysis provides an example of how to
consider and properly account for vertical uncertainty in elevation-based sea-level rise vulnerability
assessments, and the advantages of doing so.
D03. Conservation Planning Using Sea-Level Rise and Storm Surge
Impact Estimates: A Comparison of Two Gulf of Mexico Regions
Ben Gilmer and Jorge Brenner, The Nature Conservancy
Coastal communities across the Gulf of Mexico are increasingly vulnerable to coastal hazards
including sea level rise (SLR) and storm surge. Local planners and property owners have generally
not decided how they will respond to SLR nor have they developed future shoreline management
strategies to address SLR. These increasing hazards threaten not only the human-built infrastructure
and coastal communities, but also natural habitats and ecosystems. Through a participatory
stakeholder process, we identified ongoing and future conservation planning efforts in the
Galveston Bay, Texas and Choctawhatchee Bay/St. Andrew Bay, Florida regions that could be
informed by SLR and storm surge projections, socioeconomic indicators, and marsh migration
scenarios. We then estimated the potential impacts of SLR and storm surge to human communities
and natural habitats, with an emphasis on coastal marsh, to allow decision makers to more easily
develop adaptation strategies that foster coastal resilience in the face of a changing climate. This
study provides examples of how Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model (SLAMM), SLR, storm surge, and
socioeconomic data can be used in combination to support these efforts.
D04. Presenting Information on Future Exposure and Risk Due to Sea
Level Rise to Facilitate Public Deliberative Learning Sessions
Brian Batten and Mohan Rajasekar, Dewberry
Todd La Porte and Karen Akerlof, George Mason University
Howard Ernst, U.S. Naval Academy
Dan Nafaf, Anne Arundel Community College
Although a variety of information and tools have been developed to improve communication of
the hazards and risks associated with sea level rise, few focus on assisting local citizens and decision
makers. The Community Adaptation to Sea Level Rise and Inundation study (CASI), funded by Mid-
Atlantic Sea Grant, sought to engage individuals in a deliberative session to increase awareness
and potentially spur grassroots adaptation support. An integral aspect of the effort was to develop
and visualize hazard and risk information that would make local sea level rise impacts personally
relevant for individuals—specifically the property and neighborhood levels. Increased recognition
of potential impacts was pursued through presentation of several alternative futures of sea level
Wednesday, March 27
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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ise, including combined presentation exposure and risk to both inundation and changes in coastal
flooding. Unique aspects included presenting information at the structure level, including relative
damage, change in flood probability, and assessing composite risk across all scenarios and serving
information through open-source platforms to minimize serving costs.
Data Management II
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Kensington B
D05. An ISO FAQ and Other Metadata TLAs (Three Letter Acronyms)
Lynda Wayne, GeoMaxim
The U.S. geospatial data community has many questions as it moves toward implementation of
an international metadata standard. What’s new with the standard Will we be required to use it
Do I have to convert my existing metadata records What tools are available How do I get started
Learn the answers to these and other questions and share your concerns and insights with regard to
implementation of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) suite of metadata standards.
D06. Coastal Web Atlases as Interoperable Resources: Best
Management Practices from the Wisconsin Coastal Atlas
David Hart, Stephen Ventura, A J Wortley, and Jaime Stoltenberg, University of Wisconsin Sea Grant
Michael Bricknell, mbrickmaps LLC
Carl Sack, University of Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Coastal Atlas provides maps, data, and decision support tools that promote
sustainable management of the Great Lakes. The initial content of the atlas addresses coastal
hazards, but new tools under development focus on adaptive management of coastal and marine
resources, coastal and marine spatial planning and increasing the safety of water sports. Besides
applications that address important coastal management issues, the project also tackles research
topics that advance the science needed to effectively build and link coastal web atlases. These
include guidance on making choices among different web mapping technologies, principles
for development of domain spatial data infrastructures; development of effective archives for
coastal geospatial data; and application of ontology tools to promote semantic mediation of local
government spatial data sets to conduct spatial analyses of coastal issues at a regional scale. Using
the Wisconsin Coastal Atlas as a model, this presentation illustrates methods and best practices
for developing an interoperable coastal atlas that can integrate local data as well as become a
component of a networked regional coastal atlas.
Wednesday, March 27
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
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D07. GeoDatabase Design for Complex and Temporal Spatial Data
Keith VanGraafeiland, Continental Shelf Associates (CSA)
George McLeod, Old Dominion University
This paper discusses the design and development of the GeoDatabase for use on complex projects
that occur over a lengthy temporal scale. File nomenclature, attribute format, and data access
considerations are addressed. Quality analysis and quality control (QA/QC) procedures, associated
documentation as well as metadata requirements for data compilation are discussed. Pros and
cons of different data management approaches are reviewed to determine the most suitable
GeoDatabase design for your project.
D08. Querying Contaminant Data for Clean-Up and Restoration of the Great Lakes
Ben Shorr, NOAA Office of Response and Restoration
As part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, NOAA has developed an innovative query tool for
accessing sediment, tissue and water chemistry, and sediment bioassay data. As part of this project,
NOAA has spent the past 2 years gathering and standardizing an enormous amount of contaminant
data by partnering with all Great Lakes states and several Federal Agencies. These datasets in the
Query Manager database structure form the basis for our analysis and support of clean-up and
restoration activities at high priority sites in the Great Lakes basin. Our team has built an innovative
database query tool called DIVER Explorer, which provides access to all of these datasets with
interactive mapping, charts and data table. This environment is built using open source tools and
provides the flexibility to create a custom query or select from a menu of existing queries. The
mapping capabilities provide the user an opportunity to select a search area or draw free-hand.
Data can be directly shared with NOAA’s Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA),
or exported into spreadsheet format and GIS formats including ESRI Shapefiles or KML for mapping
and analysis.
Socioeconomic Data
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Kensington C
D09. Diving into the Ocean and Great Lakes Economy
Gabe Sataloff and Tola Adeyemo, The Baldwin Group at the NOAA Coastal Services Center
Jeff Adkins, NOAA Coastal Services Center
To understand the full value of coastal and ocean management alternatives, it is important to
consider the effects that can be quantified in terms of jobs, wages, and output, and how those
indicators can be linked to other data sets. The NOAA Coastal Services Center has created timeseries
data called Economics: National Ocean Watch, or ENOW, which describe six economic
Wednesday, March 27
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
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sectors that depend on the oceans and Great Lakes. This presentation focuses on linking ENOW
data to other economic and human use data sets, which can provide valuable information to aid
in management decisions. Come see how these data can be used to address a myriad of coastal
management and natural resource competition issues, from fish to ports to tourism.
D10. A New Analysis of U.S. Population Living in Coastal Flood Hazard Areas
Mohan Rajasekar and Zack Roehr, Dewberry
Mark Crowell, Federal Emergency Management Agency
In a 2012 study, FEMA determined that about 2.8 percent of the U.S. population resides within 1%
annual chance (informally known as 100-yr) coastal flood hazard areas located along the ocean
and Great Lakes coasts. The population estimates relied on 2010 Census Block Group (CBG) data,
with the assumption of uniformly distributed population within each CBG. More recently, a refined
analysis was undertaken by substituting 2010 CBGs with a high resolution population distribution
dataset known as LandScan USA. This dataset provides population distribution estimates with a
cell size far smaller than the typical CBG. A countrywide best available flood zone data layer was
created using FEMA’s National Flood Hazard Layer as a starting point, with gaps filled using data
layers digitized from paper maps. This updated study indicates that approximately 2.2 % of the U.S.
population lives in 100-yr coastal flood hazard areas, and that approximately 3.6% of the Nation’s
population lives in 100-yr riverine flood hazard areas. In total, about 5.8% of the U.S. population
lives in either coastal or riverine one-percent annual chance flood hazard areas.
D11. Gulf360: A Look at the Socio-Economic State and
Trends for the Tri-National Gulf of Mexico Region
Cristina Carollo and David Yoskowitz , Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University—Corpus Christi
Cuauhtemoc Leon, Centro de Especialistas en Gestión Ambiental, Mexico City
James Gibeaut, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University—Corpus Christi
Gulf 360 is a one-stop document and searchable geospatial database that focuses on the coastal
socioeconomic characteristics of the Gulf of Mexico. Its inspiration was the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration’s “The Gulf of Mexico at a Glance” that provides highlights on the
coastal communities, coastal economy, and coastal ecosystem of the five U.S. Gulf States. Gulf 360
goes beyond this product and encompasses socioeconomic data from the three countries in the
Gulf of Mexico (Cuba, Mexico, the United States) and can act as a benchmark for future analysis.
The output can be used by the private sector, non-governmental organizations, academics, and
government entities in order to make more effective decisions by incorporating socioeconomic
information. Gulf 360 was developed by the Harte Research Institute in collaboration with the
Centro de Especialistas en Gestión Ambiental, Mexico. The approach employed for all countries
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Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
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was to use existing Geographic Information System data from appropriate government agencies.
Socioeconomic data that were used to create the document include, but are not limited to,
population density and change over time, household income, employment, ecoregions, tourism,
and oil and gas.
D12. Using the Social Vulnerability Index (SoVI) for Assessing Coastal Risks
Christopher T. Emrich, University of South Carolina
The Social Vulnerability Index (SoVI) is a multi-dimensional, scalable, spatially reliant algorithm
identifying place-based social vulnerability to environmental hazards. It enables comparative
assessment of pre-existing conditions as a means for understanding the potential impact of
hazard events across space. Outputs provide guidance on the differential capacity within places to
prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters. SoVI has been used and referenced in NOAA’s
Coastal Services Center’s hazards work and in other state and county hazards and vulnerability
assessments (see www. sovius.org). This research utilizes the latest census information to create
a SoVI for every U.S. coastal county. Utilizing the most current geospatial technologies enables
seamless incorporation of outputs from this study into planning and situational awareness products
effectively providing researchers, planners, emergency managers and the general public with the
tools needed to quickly identify those areas with a decreased ability to combat hazard impacts.
Understanding the place-based character of social vulnerability in a rapid and standardized fashion
creates opportunities to mitigate/prepare for the impact of future threats.
Online Ocean Planning Portals
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Winchester
D13. The Pacific Regional Ocean Uses Atlas: Using Participatory GIS
to Incorporate Traditional Knowledge into Ocean Management
Hugo Selbie, Mimi D’Iorio, and Jordan Gass, NOAA National Marine Protected Areas Center
Understanding ocean use patterns is critical to avoid conflicts and identify operating areas for
new and emerging uses. The Ocean Use Atlas can fill this information gap in ocean management
by providing a continuous picture of human uses for ocean managers. The Atlas is designed to
capture spatially where stakeholders use the ocean across a range of human activities captured
within three broad categories of use: consumptive, non-consumptive, and industrial activities.
Using participatory mapping techniques the project offers a proven approach that allows coastal
groups to draw a picture of human use for multiscale ocean planning. This method is employed
for the Pacific Regional Ocean Uses Atlas project (PROUA), an interagency collaboration between
NOAA and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to identify areas for future renewable
Wednesday, March 27
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Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
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energy planning. This project will gather information on ocean uses occurring on the outer
continental shelf of Washington, Oregon, and Hawaii, including state water mapping in select areas. This
presentation will focus, with special reference to the PROUA effort, on the workshop methodology and
utility of Atlas data for informing spatial planning and other lessons learned over 5 years of mapping.
D14. The NOAA Gulf of Mexico Data Atlas: Digital Discovery
and Access Platform for Gulf Ecosystem Data
Kathryn Rose, Betsy Schenck-Gardner, Russ Beard, Laughlin Siceloff, and Scott Cross, NOAA National Coastal Data
Development Center
The Gulf of Mexico Data Atlas is an online data discovery and access tool that allows users to browse
a growing collection of ecosystem-related datasets visualized as map plates. As with a traditional
hardcopy atlas, each plate is accompanied by a descriptive summary authored by a subject matter
expert. The map plates are made available via Web Mapping Services, and links to the underlying
digital data from the data originators are also provided. A search capability allows users direct
access to data and map services. Thematically, the Atlas provides long-term assessments of physical,
biological, environmental, economic and living marine resource characteristics in the Gulf of
Mexico, describing baseline conditions to inform restoration and monitoring efforts. The current
Gulf Atlas holds 195 map plates in 65 subject areas resulting from collaborations between over 30
federal, state, non-governmental, and academic partners. An oversight group reviews the Atlas
contents each year and plans for annual updates. Each partner provides data and supporting text;
NOAA provides overall coordination, develops map plates, and maintains the web application. The
2013 Atlas will be the third annual installment in an ongoing group effort.
D15. Promoting Collaborative Ocean Planning: The Ocean
Community and Marine Planning Portal Network
Adam Bode, I.M. Systems Group at the NOAA Coastal Services Center
A large and growing number of users rely on coastal and marine geospatial data to support
research, planning, and decision-making processes. Accordingly, numerous atlases, portals, and
catalogs have emerged to supply these users with the data they need. These systems include
national, regional, state, and local efforts. While each system has its own unique purpose, attributes,
and constituencies, the current proliferation of systems creates a timely opportunity to leverage
experience, expertise, and data across regions and between regional and national systems. That
is, ocean data managers now have the opportunity to design a “system of systems” and create a
community of practice to bring key regional and national data management systems together
around a set of common goals and standards. Learn about the origins and current status of the
Ocean Community on Data.gov and how the Marine Planning Portal Network has enabled more
effective communication and technical collaboration between state, regional, and national systems.
Wednesday, March 27
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Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
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D16. Northeast Ocean Data Portal
Nicholas Napoli, Northeast Regional Ocean Council
Daniel Martin, I.M. Systems Group at the NOAA Coastal Services Center
The Northeast Ocean Data Portal is an online data and information system developed by a
consortium of private, nonprofit, and governmental organizations to support ocean planning in
New England. The portal provides access to data products and interactive maps characterizing
marine resources and the use of ocean space, while also providing access to a range of external
technical resources within and outside of the region that may be useful in ocean management and
planning. This presentation will focus on recent developments with the portal, including efforts to
provide targeted and simplified content for ocean planning stakeholders, non-technical users, and
the Northeast Regional Planning Body. The presentation will also highlight the use of the portal in
ongoing ocean planning discussions in the Northeast, including in outreach to the energy, aquaculture,
maritime commerce, commercial fishing, recreational, and conservation sectors. Lastly, it will provide an
overview of planned developments resulting from these discussions with stakeholders.
PLENARY LUNCH
12:00 to 2:00 p.m.
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Kensington Ballroom
Katrina to Sandy – Lessons Learned
EARLY AFTERNOON SESSIONS
2:00 to 3:30 p.m.
Geospatial Applications for Flooding and Storms
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E01. Geospatial Scaling of Regional Flood Frequency Distributions
Chris Mack, AECOM
Regional flood frequency analyses of long term tide gage water level extremes were conducted
for FEMA coastal Flood Insurance Studies along the southeastern Atlantic coast. Frequency
distributions of the 2-year, 5-year, 10-year, and 25-year return periods were developed using the “R”
statistical program with the L-moments estimation methods. Monthly tide extremes were collected
via the NOAA/NOS/CO-OPS – ODIN MAP web portal. Long-term gage sites were limited and in some
cases geospatial techniques were developed to scale distributions to sites with shorter or nonexistent
record lengths. Results of the analysis were published in tabular, graphical, and geospatial
layers/maps.
Wednesday, March 27
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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E02. A Survey of NASA’s Gulf of Mexico Initiative Coastal Geospatial Tools
Duane Armstrong, Nancy Searby, John Haynes, NASA
In 2007, NASA created the Gulf of Mexico Initiative to help the Gulf Coast recover from the
devastating hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Solicitations in 2008 and 2009 selected 48 projects
spanning the northern Gulf of Mexico. The projects focused on high priority issues identified by
the states bordering the Gulf and important societal benefit areas identified by NASA. Leveraging
NASA’s remote sensing assets and other data sources, the geospatial tools created by these projects
are used across the Gulf to understand the environment, conserve and restore critical habitats,
improve public health, manage natural resources, enhance coastal community resiliency, and
prepare for the next disaster. This presentation will discuss specific examples of these tools and their
applications, and highlight new or upcoming remote sensing instruments that can provide data for
the next generation of coastal geospatial tools.
E03. Documenting and Disseminating Hurricane Inland Storm Tides
Data: Monitoring for Hurricane Irene from South Carolina to Maine
Paul Conrads, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), South Carolina Water Science Center
Robert Mason, USGS Headquarters
Jeanne Robbins, USGS North Carolina Water Science Center
Brian McCallum, USGS Georgia Water Science Center
Marie Peppler, USGS Wisconsin Water Science Center
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has developed a mobile storm-tide network to provide detailed
time-series data for selected hurricane landfalls. As part of this program, water-level and barometric
pressure monitors are deployed to areas of hurricane landfall resulting in a concentrated network
of tens to hundreds of temporary, tide gages placed along water channels and nearby overland
features such as beaches, wetlands, and constructed environments. USGS storm-tide networks
have been successfully deployed for Hurricanes Rita (2005, 32 water-level monitoring sites); Wilma
(2005, 30), Gustav (2008, 80); and Ike (2008, 65); and Tropical Storm Ernesto (2006, 40), Hurricanes
Earl (2010, 45), Irene (2011, 260), and Isaac (2012, 378). Data were collected as frequently as every 2
seconds for 1-2 days prior to landfall and for as much as 2 weeks afterwards. Data at some sites in
southwest Louisiana and Texas and along the Atlantic coast were collected for multiple storms. For
Hurricanes Irene and Isaac, a web-based map viewer was developed to enable public tracking of
the deployment in near-real time and to provide an easy to use portal to the resulting time series
data (http://wim.usgs.gov/stormtidemapper/stormtidemapper.html).
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Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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E04. Applied Visualization for Hurricane Storm Surge
Risk Awareness and Emergency Management
George McLeod, Department of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Old Dominion University
Keith VanGraafeiland, Continental Shelf Associates (CSA)
Thomas R. Allen, Department of Geography, East Carolina University
While storm tracks, intensity forecasts, and tabular metrics have become ubiquitous, they do little to
convey the highly localized effects of potential flooding at municipal or facility scales. Visualizations
of storm surge forecasts offer opportunities to improve risk awareness and communication in
emergency situations. Enhanced visualizations that better communicate “on the ground” potential
flooding impacts play an increasingly critical role in risk communication and emergency response.
Recent storm surge modeling efforts in Florida, North Carolina, and Virginia will be discussed
for their contributions to enhanced risk communication and provision of diverse forms of storm
surge geovisualization. In these case studies, GIS and cartographic techniques combine surge
forecasts, orthophotography, and building planimetrics for determination of critical infrastructure
accessibility, economic losses, and identification of social vulnerabilities. Such applications
require cautious and informed use of disparate data (meteorological, geospatial, infrastructural).
Awareness of surge model limitations, factors inhibiting spatial representation, and technical and
communications challenges is required.
Data Access and Methods
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E05. GRIIDC – Solving Data Management Challenges
within the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative
William Nichols, James Gibeaut, and Felimon Gayanilo, Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas
A&M University–Corpus Christi
The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) is a 10 year independent research program funded
by a $500 million commitment by BP to study the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on
the environment and public health in the Gulf of Mexico. To date, over 150 institutions and 1300
researchers have been funded by GoMRI in areas ranging from large-scale oceanographic modeling
to micro-scale particle dynamics, and are projected to collect and produce a vast amount of
heterogeneous data. The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative
(GRIIDC) was created to manage GoMRI research data with the mission of ensuring a data and
information legacy that promotes continual scientific discovery and public awareness of the Gulf
of Mexico ecosystem. Due to the amount and variety of data that will be generated, GRIIDC faces
Wednesday, March 27
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Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
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many data management challenges. This presentation will describe the systems and services
GRIIDC is building to address these challenges, including the use of advanced protocols to handle
bulk data transport, development of new metadata standards and tools for documentation, and the
use of digital object identifiers (DOI) and data registries to support discovery and persistent data citation.
E06. Wetland Subsidence and Hydroperiod Calculation
for a Conservation Area in Central Florida
Sandra Fox, Lawrence Keenan, Angelique Bochnak, Dean Dobberfuhl, and Steven J. Miller, St. Johns River Water
Management District
The St. Johns Marsh Conservation Area (SJMCA) is located at the headwaters of the St. Johns River
in Florida. It was designed to temporarily retain floodwater, provide long-term water conservation,
and restore and preserve floodplain wetlands. The historic SJMCA floodplain has been encroached
upon by agriculture and extensively drained by canals; efforts to restore historical hydrologic
functions within the SJMCA are in progress. An area of 7,500 acres of mixed marsh (primarily mixed
herbaceous marsh, willow, sawgrass and mixed shrub) comprises the study area in the SJMCA
which was extensively surveyed for elevation in 2000 (1420 points) and then again in 2009/2010
(477 points); comparison showed extensive loss of elevation in the southern region. 175 points
common (within 1 meter) to both years were used to create elevation surfaces using a variety of
interpolation methods within ArcGIS in order to produce a change surface from which the total loss
of soil was calculated. A digital elevation model of estimated current elevation was also produced
in order to model hydroperiod (depth, duration and timing of ponded water) using stage data from
eight recorders (5 years daily time step) as input to a customized tool in ArcGIS.
E07. LiDAR QAQC Performed in a Web-Sever/Cloud Environment
to Streamline Data Through-put and Dissemination
Bob Ryan and Alex Bostic, URS
The LiDAR collection process primarily consists of three phases: Acquisition and Processing,
QAQC, and Dissemination. While there have been a many advancements in the acquisition and
processing phase, the other two phases have remained largely static. A considerable expenditure
of time, effort, and money is usually spent to send multiple hard drives of processed LiDAR
data to production teams and project stakeholders for quality assessments and back again for
final approval. This presentation will demonstrate web-driven workflow for visual QAQC and
dissemination of LiDAR data. The advancements in web servers and web APIs provide a platform
for a streamlined and logical workflow. Web tools will be demonstrated for LiDAR data viewing and
analysis. LiDAR data can be viewed as TINS, hillshades, and intensity images. Analysis capability
is provided by on-the-fly classification and profiling tools for performing quick analysis of data
Wednesday, March 27
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Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
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anomalies. Imagery services to provide a visual context allow for a significant advancement in
the workflow to reduce the time wasted on writing, shipping, and downloading data to and from
multiple drives, multiple times. For large projects, this solution proves to be very time and cost effective.
E08. Accessing Free Federal Infrastructure Data
and Geospatial Resources – HSIP 2012
Leah Schwizer, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data Working Group
The Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Working Group (HIFLD WG) was established in 2002
to identify, share, and protect geospatial infrastructure data and information used for visualization
and analysis. The HIFLD WG is chartered by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (OASD);
Department of Homeland Security (DHS); National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and the Unites
States Geological Survey (USGS). The HIFLD WG currently has more than 4,300 contributing
partners across the Infrastructure Protection, Homeland Security, and Emergency Management
mission areas that are concurrently working toward common ‘best of breed’ processes, improved
Homeland Security Infrastructure Program (HSIP) datasets, and related technologies. HSIP supports
communities by providing free infrastructure data and geospatial resources. This brief will focus
on 2012 advancements and access and utilization for Federal, State and Local partners. There will
be an overview of HIFLD, HIFLD to the Regions (HTTR), updates on the HSIP Gold and Freedom
datasets, Common Operational Picture (COP) Viewers and Web Mapping Services (WMS) and other
information sharing capabilities and geospatial resources being made available to mission partners.
Coastal Imagery Past and Present
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E09. American Samoa – Challenges in Tropical Island Data Collection
Steve Raber, Photo Science
Jamie Carter, The Baldwin Group at the NOAA Coastal Services Center
In partnership with American Samoa, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National
Resources Conservation Service, and National Park Service, the NOAA Coastal Services Center
contracted with Photo Science in 2012 to collect aerial topographic LiDAR and high-resolution
digital multispectral imagery for the islands of American Samoa and the Rose Atoll National Wildlife
Refuge. Considered high-priority data sets for use in planning for natural hazards and watershed
management applications, the data will improve analyses of these issues and will provide
immediate benefits to researchers and local decision makers. While the mission was ultimately
successful, covering only 75 square miles, the technical and non-technical challenges in collecting
Wednesday, March 27
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Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
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these data were numerous and significant. In a word, the data collection effort was epic. This
presentation will provide background on the geospatial data needs in American Samoa and how
the local government agencies’ geospatial capabilities have developed over time, an overview of
the project with an emphasis on the challenges faced by the field team, and the lessons learned in
data acquisition in remote, tropical regions of the world.
E10. Digital Globe Incorporated Satellite and Aerial Imagery for Coastal Applications
Brett Thomassie, DigitalGlobe
DigitalGlobe operates a growing constellation of high resolution satellites (QuickBird and
Worldview systems). The DigitalGlobe satellite constellation collects over 2.6M km2 of imagery daily
(6X the world’s landmass each year). This collection capability is well suited for temporal analysis
of large coastal study areas globally, and contributes to the rapid population and updating of
DigitalGlobe’s growing image library (over 2 billion km2 of imagery).
• WorldView-2 (WV2), launched in 2009, enables DigitalGlobe to provide half-meter panchromatic
resolution and 1.8-meter multispectral resolution (8-multispectral bands). The added spectral
diversity of WV2 allows for more precise multispectral analysis, change detection, bathymetry and
other coastal mapping.
• WorldView-3 (WV3), launching in 2014, will be the first multi-payload, super-spectral, highresolution
commercial satellite. WV3 includes 31 cm panchromatic resolution, 8 multispectral
bands at 1.24 m multispectral resolution, and 8 SWIR bands at 3.7m resolution.
DigitalGlobe imagery and value added products/services are designed to support a wide range of
coastal projects and science/research applications worldwide and examples of these will be covered.
E11. Viewing Beach Renourishment within 3-Dimensional Interface
Heather Vollmer and Angela Belden, Shaw Group
If, as the famous phrase goes, a picture is indeed worth a thousand words, then a 3-Dimensional
rendering is worth an infinite amount of words. By utilizing ArcGIS 3d Analyst and ArcScene, the
processes involved in planning, constructing, and carrying out a beach renourishment can be
displayed and explored like never before. Results of the geophysical surveys (vibracores, borrow
area design, bathymetric survey, cultural resources), marine biological surveys (hardbottom, critical
habitats), and the engineering designs are innovatively given a new sense of scale, as they are now
displayed within a 3d environment. This has tremendous benefits because it allows the marine biologist,
surveyors, engineers, and geologist to explore the spatial relationships between the various discipline
elements allowing for better design, construction and mitigation decisions to be made.
Wednesday, March 27
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Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
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E12. The Past Informs Our Future: Pacific Historical Aerial
Imagery Inventory and Digitization Project
Christin Reynolds and Ben Reder, The Baldwin Group at the NOAA Coastal Services Center
Aaron Lawrence and Chris Chalmers, Woolpert
At the Pacific Islands Digital Coast Partnership meeting held in late August 2011 in Honolulu,
Hawaii, U.S. Pacific Islands representatives unanimously expressed a need for a centralized
database of historical aerial imagery. To help fill this gap, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) Pacific Services Center applied for and received funding through the Coastal
Storms Program to inventory Pacific Islands aerial imagery. The geographic scope of the project
includes Hawaii, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
Woolpert, Inc. was contracted to compile a region-wide inventory of historical aerial imagery and
digitize and georeference select data sets. This project will help federal, state, and local agencies
throughout the region by providing an inventory of available historical aerial images. The historical
imagery inventory is geographically searchable, and digitized images will be provided to the public
through NOAA’s Digital Coast. This resource will give coastal decision makers and local communities
improved access to geospatial data that will provide a historical context against which to measure
the impacts of a wide number of current and future resource issues.
Web-Based Coastal and Ocean Planning Resources
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E13. Developing a West Coast Regional Data Registry
Tanya C. Haddad and Andy Lanier, Oregon Coastal Management Program
Todd Hallenbeck, Sea Grant Fellow, West Coat Governors Alliance on Ocean Health
The West Coast Governors Alliance was launched by the governors of California, Oregon, and
Washington with the goal of advancing regional ocean governance to promote ocean health.
Although the WCGA works primarily on high-level policy issues, the Alliance plays a pivotal role in
supporting the collection and sharing of foundational data and information. The 2008 WCGA Action
Plan and Sea Grant’s West Coast Regional Research and Information Needs report identified improved
access to, and interoperability of, geospatial data as necessary for more efficient management of our
ocean resources. In 2012, the WCGA established a Regional Data Framework ACT and committed
resources to improving the connectivity of West Coast human and IT networks, and to increasing
access to ocean and coastal data for research, ocean planning, and resource management. We will
report on the progress made to date under Phase I and II of the RDF work plan. Topics covered will
include the development of a prototype regional data registry and catalog to allow for discovery,
download, and use of regionally relevant ocean and coastal data sets, and the strengthening of
partner capacity to participate in technological components of the Regional Data Framework.
Wednesday, March 27
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Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
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E14. Redesigning the Washington Coastal Atlas for the
Public: Shoreline Photos, Public Beaches and More
Liz O’Dea, Darby Veeck, and Tammy Pelletier, Washington Department of Ecology
The Washington Coastal Atlas (www.ecy.wa.gov/coastalatlas/) provides geographic information to
support informed management of Puget Sound and the outer coast of Washington State. Over the
years the atlas has developed a broad user community beyond its targeted coastal management
audience. Recent redevelopments have focused on improving usability, upgrading technology,
and adding and enhancing tools that target specific user groups and needs. These tools include
information on public beach access locations, an improved shore photo viewer, federal flood maps,
and beach closure and water quality information. The redevelopment includes the migration of
the Coastal Atlas Map from ArcIMS to ArcGIS Server using the JavaScript API in a new interface
design. The development of each tool involved creating user profiles to represent the diverse
audience, designing each tool page to meet user needs, and user testing by a sampling of users
who represent different groups. Early awareness of and continued input on atlas user needs have
improved the overall usability of this online resource. This presentation will illustrate how usability
influenced the atlas redesign process.
E15. Applying a Visual Resource Management System for
Decision Making in Oregon’s Territorial Sea
Andy Lanier, Oregon Coastal Management Program
Laurel Hillmann, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
Paul Manson, Portland State University
The planning process to amend Oregon’s Territorial Sea Plan for marine renewable energy resulted
in a flood of public comments related to potential adverse impacts to important aesthetic
resources. The state developed a framework for visual resource management (VRM), which
modified established methods developed by the federal government for use in terrestrial public
land management. The framework includes the conduct of a scenic quality inventory, adoption of
visual class standards, and the determination of standards to be applied in a regulatory process.
144 locations were surveyed as part of the scenic quality evaluation process, for use in determining
visual resource class values. Class values and their associated viewsheds and standards will help
Oregonians understand the potential impacts of any proposed development. Presentation of the
resulting VRM information on Oregon MarineMap provides an invaluable tool for understanding
future visual impacts of proposed development from this new industry. The application of VRM for
Oregon’s ocean environment is an innovative approach to handling the concern for potential visual
impacts of this new ocean use, and could provide a model for use in other states, or applications.
Wednesday, March 27
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Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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E16. Building an Online Community that Fosters Knowledge of
California’s Ocean Health: The Launching of OceanSpaces
Anthony Hale and Holly Rindge, California Ocean Science Trust
Fishermen, scientists, policymakers and other stakeholders are deeply interested in scientific
monitoring that is yielding new knowledge about California’s marine protected areas (MPAs)
and ocean health. When the MPA Monitoring Enterprise was charged with managing the state’s
MPA monitoring programs, we considered new ways to engage a diverse audience and enable
individuals to create and share new knowledge. Are there new technologies that could lend greater
transparency, salience and context to the data How can consumers and producers of the data be
brought closer together for their mutual benefit How can technology help connect stakeholders
with science and lend greater support to science at the management table Out of these needs,
OceanSpaces was born. We will share our approach to building a new online community with
proven open-source technology and a strong subject-matter focus. By marrying versatile
technologies with a clear purpose, OceanSpaces is custom designed to meet the challenges of an
evolving community nimbly and effectively. The site features open-source communication tools to
promote outreach and combines them with a customized version of Open Atrium’s collaboration
suite to foster complex, sustained teamwork.
BREAK
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Westminster Hall
3:30 to 4:00 p.m.
LATE AFTERNOON SESSIONS
4:00 to 5:30 p.m.
Wetland Mapping
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F01. Improving Regional Wetland Mapping for the State of Washington
Lisa Erickson, Andrew Brenner, and Tim Siewack, Photo Science
Chris Robinson, I.M. Systems Group at the NOAA Coastal Services Center
Nate Herold, NOAA Coastal Services Center
The NOAA Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) provides a good picture of regional land cover
at a statewide scale. A key component of these maps is wetlands, which are critical but difficult to
Wednesday, March 27
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Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
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map. The Washington Department of Ecology, NOAA Coastal Services Center, and Photo Science
created an improved wetland classification for the 2006 C-CAP for Washington. Using Landsat,
National Wetland Inventory (NWI), National Elevation Dataset (NED), soils, and National Agriculture
Imagery Program (NAIP) imagery, a wetland probability map was created and then used to improve
wetland classes. The wetland probability map identified not just areas of wetlands, but also areas
that were potentially wet, such as wet pastures. Segmented NAIP imagery was also used to improve
the resolution of the resulting wetland probability map that ranged from 0—upland to 10—
water. This data set was then used in combination with multi-date Landsat imagery to classify the
palustrine and estuarine wetlands into aquatic bed, emergent, shrub, and forested wetlands. Since
this approach uses data sets that are available across most of the U.S., it is well suited to improving
the accuracy of wetland classes in C-CAP and other regional data sets across the nation.
F02. Assessing the Relative Stability of the Nation’s Wetlands
James Edwards and Jim Morris, University of South Carolina
Coastal wetlands form the interface of land and sea and are facing numerous stresses, especially
sea level. As sea level rises, coastal wetlands must maintain their elevation by accreting sediment
or migrating. Research conducted at the University of South Carolina has indicated that knowing
where a wetland lies within the tidal prism and the distribution of elevation values relative to
Mean High Water (MHW), we can predict the stability of coastal wetlands. While LiDAR technology
provides the best and most dense Digital Elevation Models (DEM), it is not available for every
coastal area. Therefore, National Elevation Dataset (NED) is utilized for delineating elevation values
from National Wetland Inventory (NWI) estuarine wetlands. MHW has been defined from a dataset
of NOAA tide gauges that represent point locations with tidal attributes that can be used to
interpolate MHW surfaces. Specifically, ESRI’s ArcMAP has been employed to select and manipulate
elevation data and to display coastal wetland stability. I present estimates of coastal wetland
stability for each of the 21 conterminous coastal states and additionally by region.
F03. GIS Inventory of Impacted Tidal Wetlands in Coastal Georgia
Shelly Krueger, University of Georgia Marine Extension Service
From 1780 to 1980, 23% of the wetlands in Georgia have disappeared and anthropogenic
disturbance continues as wetlands are managed for mosquito and flood control, bisected and filled
for causeways, armored against erosion and utilized for dredge material containment areas. The
purpose of this study was to create a GIS file geodatabase to inventory tidal wetlands in coastal
Georgia that have been impacted structurally and hydrologically. Isolating a single underlying
impact was difficult, because the majority of the wetlands identified had multiple impacts (e.g.,
channelized and impounded). This project was developed by the University of Georgia Marine
Wednesday, March 27
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
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Extension Service on behalf of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources as the first phase to
identify potential wetland restoration, mitigation and/or preservation sites. Phase II will require
comprehensive on-site study. Coastal zones present unique challenges, and the impacted wetland
inventory serves to identify impacted sites both historic and contemporary, record 2006 baseline
values and track changes over time.
Partnerships for Coastal Planning
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F04. Laying the Foundation for Regional Ocean Planning in the U.S. Caribbean
John Knowles, Lynnette Roth, and Collin Daugherty, The Nature Conservancy
Ernesto Diaz, Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources
Jean-Pierre Oriol, U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources
The U.S. Caribbean Regional Ocean Planning project, led by the Puerto Rico Department of
Natural and Environmental Resources, the USVI Department of Planning and Natural Resources
and the Nature Conservancy, is developing a sustainable management plan and framework for
ocean management through effective communication, coordination, and cooperation among
decision makers. To accomplish this, the project aims to establish a Caribbean Regional Ocean
Partnership, identify sustainable funding options for coastal and marine spatial planning (CMSP),
and collaborate between regional CMSP data managers. While the project is still in its early stages,
this presentation will discuss the achievements and challenges facing the project and partnership
with a particular focus on the collaboration efforts among regional data managers. In addition, the
broader vision and objectives for the project and its implementation plan will be discussed.
Wednesday, March 27
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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F05. Using Digital Coast for Community Hazard Mitigation Planning
Darrin Punchard and Zsolt Nagy, AECOM
During a time when many local communities are being asked to do more with less, Digital Coast
resources provide meaningful data and tools for visualizing and analyzing natural hazard risks
without the need for sophisticated GIS technology. This session will address the value of Digital
Coast for local planners and decision makers in the preparation and updating of local multi-hazard
mitigation plans. It will include examples of how practitioners can utilize this technological gateway
to meet FEMA mitigation planning requirements and position their communities to become more
resilient by better understanding, communicating, and managing risks to foreseeable hazards.
F06. State Coastal Zone Management Policies and Practices and Best Practices
in Local Planning Uses of Geospatial Technology for Coastal Management
Elizabeth Felter, Jim Schwab, and Erin Musiol, American Planning Association
Diana Bowen, Coastal States Organization
Communities and states face an array of problems related to hazards management, environmental
projection, and the impacts of climate change. Increasing the skills and capacity of local
governments is one of the most promising ways to ensure improvements in this area. The Coastal
Services Center and the Digital Coast Partnership has contributed to this effort by making an array
of coastal-specific tools, resources, and training available to local governments. Two Digital Coast
partner organizations, the American Planning Association (APA) and the Coastal States Organization
(CSO), have made major contributions to the Partnership’s progress. Prior initiatives by both
organizations include a needs assessment survey about planners’ current proficiency in, and use of,
geospatial technology, surveys related to the role and the needs of the coastal zone management
programs for adaptation to climate change, and research and training projects addressing coastal
management issues. Current efforts by these organizations include hosting a Coastal Management
Fellow to research and document existing state coastal zone management policies and practices
and best practices in local planning uses of geospatial technology for coastal management. This
research will culminate in a Planning Advisory Service Report focused on both state-level policies
and practices regarding coastal zone management and the local use by planners of geospatial
technology to further coastal resource management objectives. It will highlight for planners and
policy makers the most essential links between state coastal policies and the use of geospatial
technology in local government to advance those policies, particularly through local land-use
strategies. The Fellow, with support from his mentors at APA and CSO, will present the results of her
research to date during this session. Participants will leave the session with an understanding of:
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Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
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• Relevant coastal management and planning legislation, policies, and technical assistance across
the U.S.
• The most essential needs of local and regional planners with regard to coastal planning
challenges
• The nature and extent of state technical assistance available to community planners
• Case studies in local and regional planning in the use of geospatial technology for managing
coastal hazards and environmental quality, with an eye to the potential impacts of climate change
Applications of Lidar and Imagery
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F07. CT ECO: A Growing Resource for Natural Resource
Professionals and Decision Makers
Emily Wilson and Cary Chadwick, Center for Land Use Education and Research, University of Connecticut
Connecticut Environmental Conditions Online, or “CT ECO,” is a website that was designed to
provide access to the most up-to-date natural resource information available statewide, including
aerial imagery, with the general public. Not surprisingly, it has become a valuable resource for
GIS professionals as well. The power behind CT ECO is the variety of ways that these data can be
accessed, including the basic “map catalog,” simple map viewers, and advanced map services.
Recent and ongoing additions to CT ECO include LiDAR from several sources and statewide 2012,
4-band, aerial imagery. This talk will include a tour of the website, along with “how-to” and lessons
learned focused on processing and serving LiDAR data and large image data sets with ArcGIS
Server. It will also discuss new ways that ArcGIS Online is being used to deploy the data and provide
even greater accessibility. CT ECO is a collaboration between the University of Connecticut Center
for Land Use Education and Research (CLEAR), and the CT Dept. of Energy and Environmental
Protection (CT DEEP).
F08. Watershed Based Stream Health with Object Based Image Analysis
Joshua Nolan, Woolpert
Lower Satilla River is a HUC 10 watershed located in Camden County, Georgia. This is a very
important watershed and contains sensitive habitats due to its proximity to a Cumberland Island
National Seashore. A 1 meter spatial resolution land cover map was derived for the study area from
a 2009 NAIP 4 band imagery and LiDAR using Geographic Object Based Image Analysis (GEOBIA)
techniques and rule-sets created on eCognition software. The increase in impervious surface in
a watershed and the decline of natural vegetation cover creates the conditions that accelerate
stream impairment. An analysis of the natural vegetation within a 100ft buffer around the stream
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Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
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network is performed to determine the extent of stream impairment in the watershed. In addition
a change in the impervious surface and vegetation from 2005 to 2009 will be determined using 3
band NAIP imagery with GEOBIA techniques. The percentage of natural vegetation is compared to
the percentage of impervious surface found in the watershed to determine the overall health of
all streams in the watershed for 2009. The rate of change of the impervious surface and vegetative
cover from 2005 to 2009 provides estimates of the future health of the ecosystem in this watershed.
F09. A Multi-Sensor Approach to Vegetation Analysis
to Support Mosquito Habitat Mitigation
Chris Ogier, Woolpert
In support of Volusia County, Florida’s efforts to mitigate mosquito infestation events, Woolpert
co-collected airborne data with multiple remote sensing sensors to use as the basis for the
analysis. Tide coordinated airborne LiDAR and 128-Band Hyperspectral imagery data was acquired
concurrently along coastal regions of Volusia County. This presentation will review the project
planning, acquisition, and analysis of the data. The purpose of this project was to identify areas
of vegetation that are known to contribute to mosquito breeding and incubation of larvae. A
multi-sensor acquisition contributed to a “best-of-breed” approach regarding both the benefits of
three-dimensional, structural and topographic nature of the LiDAR data fused using object oriented
techniques with the broad range of spectral information provided by the hyperspectral sensor.
In addition to the airborne data acquisition, the appropriate ground control and feature-based
ground-truthing was performed. The lidar, digital imagery, and hyperspectral imagery were utilized
as the source data for the supervised spectral analysis and classification. The results of the data
analysis results and future implications of the project will be discussed.
Delineating Shorelines
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F10. NOAA Continually Updated Shoreline Product
David Ermisch, NOAA National Geodetic Survey
NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey has developed the Continually Updated Shoreline Product (CUSP)
to provide the most current shoreline representation of the United States and its territories. This
shoreline data is for coastal mapping applications and to assist decision makers in developing
coastal community plans, managing resources, mitigating hazard events, and conducting
environmental analyses to meet our nation’s economic, social, and environmental needs. Over the
years, several continuous shorelines have been developed, but many have not been maintained
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Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
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and therefore no longer adequately represent current conditions. CUSP has been designed to
deliver continuous shoreline with frequent updates. Where applicable, CUSP will reference a mean
high water shoreline based on vertical modeling, images acquired near mean high water, or image
interpretation using water level stations and shoreline indicators. CUSP is built upon NGS National
Shoreline data and uses both NOAA and non-NOAA contemporary sources to replace older vintage
shoreline areas. The combination of NOAA data sources and processing tools with available outside
data has allowed NGS to create this Continually Updated Shoreline Product.
F11. Baselines, Coast Lines and Marine Boundaries – How
Do You Find Them, and What Are They For
Christine Taylor and Douglas Vandegraft, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Meredith Westington, NOAA Office of Coast Survey
BOEM and NOAA are two Federal agencies that produce maps and data depicting jurisdictional
boundaries which serve as framework layers for various offshore decisions. Each agency offers GIScompatible
vector boundaries and traditional raster-based maps. BOEM is responsible for managing
the Federal offshore leasing program under 43 U.S.C. Section 1344. They compute the Submerged
Lands Act Boundary and the Revenue Sharing Boundary that delimits where energy revenues
are shared with the adjacent states. They also produce Outer Continental Shelf protractions for
the purpose of leasing the seafloor for energy resources. NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey (OCS)
is responsible for surveying and mapping U.S. waters to support safe and efficient navigation.
Working with federal partners on the U.S. Baseline Committee, which is chaired by U.S. State
Department, OCS depicts the outer limits of the U.S. territorial sea, contiguous zone, and EEZ on its
charts. Both BOEM and NOAA have made nationwide vector datasets of these boundaries available
for GIS users. The latest developments to these boundary data layers as well as individual agency
work flows with emphasis on the key differences between each data product will be discussed.
F12. Delineating Tidally-Referenced Shorelines Using VDatum
and LiDAR: Long Beach Island, New Jersey Pilot Study
Daniel Barone, Coastal Research Center, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
Roger Barlow, U.S. Geological Survey
Robert Koch, American Samoa Coastal Management Program
Mapping shoreline change in the Mid-Atlantic is becoming more critical as sea-level has increased
2 -3.7mm/year as a June 2012 U.S.G.S. publication has revealed (Sallenger and others). No one
agency holds the resources to undertake large-scale mapping from terrestrial LiDAR. New Jersey’s
existing shoreline data is a patchwork of methodologies, scales, and processes from varying
sources. To address this issue, a consortium has been formed to assess use cases and methods
Wednesday, March 27
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Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
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for creating tidally-referenced shorelines using LiDAR and VDatum software. VDatum, created by
the National Geodetic Survey (NGS), is a tool for converting spatial orthometric elevation data to
tidally-referenced elevation data. Creating tidally-referenced shorelines is important since they
are typically a key dataset for coastal studies as well as jurisdictional boundaries. Therefore, this
data will promote sharing and reliable comparisons across multiple agencies. A methodology
for creating tidally-referenced shorelines using VDatum has been documented by undertaking a
pilot project in Long Beach Island, New Jersey. The goal of this effort is to create an NGS approved
consistent shoreline dataset with sound methodology that can be maintained by the consortium.
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Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
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Thursday, March 28
EARLY MORNING SESSIONS
9:00 to 10:30 a.m.
Marine Transportation
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Kensington A
G01. Mapping Vessel Traffic Patterns Using Automatic Identification System Data
Daniel Martin, I.M. Systems Group at the NOAA Coastal Services Center
The National Automatic Identification System (NAIS) is a network of shipboard transceivers and
shore-side base stations that track commercial vessels worldwide 24 hours a day. Each vessel
reports its location, speed, heading, cargo, identity and other elements that are collected by the
U.S. Coast Guard. NOAA and BOEM work in collaboration with the U.S. Coast Guard to process
and publish this information in a readily useable and accessible format for coastal and ocean
planning. Using this data at practically any scale poses a number of analytical challenges related
to data volume, data quality and data structures. Three years of nation-wide data have been
published along with several tools to help GIS professionals through the process of cleaning and
analyzing AIS to derive vessel traffic patterns. Understanding vessel traffic patterns is important to
managing offshore use conflicts, ecological studies and transportation planning. This presentation
will introduce AIS, the data and tools developed by NOAA and BOEM, and recommended data
processing methods.
G02. Applications for AIS Marine Traffic Data: Derived Vessel
Traffic Volume Analysis in Offshore Wind Energy Planning
Stephen Creed, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Office of Renewable Energy Programs
A major factor for wind energy planning on the Outer Continental Shelf is the identification of
marine vessel traffic patterns and potential conflicts with offshore leasing. Existing charted data
provides needed context, but doesn’t provide the volume of traffic or routing outside of established
traffic areas. The Automatic Identification System (AIS) created by the U.S. Coast guard provides
location information gathered from marine vessels for coastal waters and inland rivers. Archived
AIS raw data provides a valuable snapshot of spatial and temporal information that can be used for
further analysis and visualization of traffic patterns. BOEM’s recent efforts have focused on analyzing
Thursday, March 28
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
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the density of marine traffic and identifying sub-trends for specific vessel types using 2010 AIS
vessel data. The resulting traffic volume datasets cover the Atlantic coastal waters and outer
continental shelf from Maine to the Florida Keys. The data depicts the number of individual vessels
by type, traveling through each 1200 x 1200 meter polygon in the study area for 2010. Although
developed for wind energy assessment, the vessel data derived from the analysis can be used in a
variety of other marine spatial planning applications.
G03. Estimating Error in VMS Data
Alice Thomas-Smyth, Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University
Vessel Monitoring System data is increasingly becoming a desired tool for fisheries management
in the United States. The Groundfish fishery in California has required vessels to participate in VMS
since 2008, but the data is only recently being explored and utilized by government organizations.
The raw VMS data contains tens of thousands of points per vessel per year, not all of which
are valid or important for analysis. Borrowing techniques from animal movement analysis and
known information on the behavior of fishing vessels, we can identify points that are likely due to
erroneous data and possibly move towards a set of streamlined tools that will ‘clean’ future VMS data.
Ecology GIS Tools
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Kensington B
G04. Statistical and Spatial Toolbox for the Ocean
Health Index and Cumulative Impacts
Ben Best, Benjamin Halpern, and Darren Hardy, University of California—Santa Barbara
Managing sustainable use of the oceans necessitates a comprehensive framework for quantifying
the benefits to humans and man-made pressures on the oceans across a broad suite of services. The
Ocean Health Index arrives at a composite score derived from 10 goals, including food provision,
coastal livelihoods and economies, biodiversity, carbon storage, and more (www.oceanhealthindex.
org). The composite and goal scores account for present status, past trend, and likely future status,
which is inflected down by pressures and up with resilience. The input layers, underlying goal
equations and parameters that were applied globally across Exclusive Economic Zones in Halpern
et al. (2012 Nature) will be modifiable within a spatial and statistical toolbox for regional analyses.
Incorporation and re-calculation of ecosystem-based pressures and Cumulative Impacts (www.
nceas.ucsb.edu/globalmarine) will be made available with methods similar to Halpern et al. (2008
Science). Interactive visualizations will facilitate decision-making opportunities for improving ocean
health. The toolbox will include a web front-end, R statistics package, and set of drag and drop
form-based tools for use in either ArcGIS or an open-source GIS.
Thursday, March 28
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
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G05. EcoDAAT – Fisheries Decision Support Tools Utilizing ArcServer and Oracle
Stephen Sontag, RPS Applied Science Associates
Tiffany C. Vance, NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Cloud computing technologies and server software (ArcGISServer) allow efficient access to scientific
data while enabling the analysis power of a GIS to be used with database tools. This talk describes
the development of a geospatial decision support tool for fisheries oceanography data. EcoDAAT
contains oceanographic and fisheries data for studies of the early life history of fish species in the
north Pacific, Bering Sea, and the U.S. Arctic. EcoDAAT consolidates five Access databases into a
single Oracle database and uses ArcServer for data selection tools. Data loading tools manage the
gathering, processing, QA/QC, and loading of data into the database from the deck of a ship to their
analysis for a manuscript. Data can be selected using either map-based or form-based queries. The
use of ArcServer for geoprocessing allows the results to be tightly coupled with ArcGIS for analysis
and display of the data. Since EcoDAAT is based upon server technology, it could be redeployed on
a cloud resource to handle larger datasets and greater numbers of users. It can also be expanded
to handle ancillary datasets such as weather observations, ocean circulation models, and climate
indices for the north Pacific and Bering Sea.
G06. NOAA’s Equivalency Analysis Tool: A Geographically
Explicit Model for Habitat Equivalency Analysis
Laura Johnson, I.M. Systems Group at the NOAA Office of Response and Restoration
Ben Shorr, NOAA
Zach Nixon, Research Planning, Inc.
Dan Hudgens, Industrial Economics, Inc.
Habitat Equivalency Analysis (HEA) has become an industry-standard analytical approach in natural
resource damage assessment to quantify ecological injuries and scale compensatory restoration
actions. Over time, the method has been increasingly applied to more complex sites, including sites
with multiple habitat types, sites characterized by multiple contaminants at varying concentrations,
and sites subject to different types of primary remediation at various points in time. Built on
the dual platforms of ESRI ArcGIS and Microsoft Access, NOAA’s Habitat Equivalency Analysis
tool is designed to meet these needs. It allows for geospatially explicit calculations of estimated
injuries at sites with various habitat types contaminated by multiple chemicals. It permits users to
input characteristics of compensatory restoration projects and estimates the scale necessary to
compensate for site injuries. Multiple HEA inputs can be entered as distinct “scenarios” with unique
injury, remediation, and restoration parameters for each analysis. Additionally, the results of the
HEA analyses are presented in summary reports, and can be exported to Microsoft Excel and ESRI
ArcGIS for further viewing and exploration.
Thursday, March 28
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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Topo, Bathy, and In Between
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Kensington C
G07. Selecting the Right Technology: A Comparative Look at Airborne LiDAR
and Vessel-based Sonar Bathymetric Technologies for Nearshore Surveys
Todd Mitchell and Phil Hogan, Fugro
Efficiency, accuracy, detail and capability are the fundamental factors that need to be evaluated
when selecting an appropriate remote sensing technology for nearshore surveys. The land/water
interface is one of the most challenging areas to acquire survey data in and it is often the site of
many engineering projects that require exceptional characterization of geospatial and geological
conditions. Both LiDAR and SONAR are fundamental technologies for surveys of this nature. Where
capabilities overlap, it is essential to understand the relative advantages and disadvantages of each
technology. This paper briefly summarizes the effective capabilities inherent with today’s LiDAR (both
topographic and bathymetric) technologies, acoustic sonar as well as ancillary technologies, and offers a
comparative discussion regarding functional trade-offs, principally between cost and quality.
G08. Merging LiDAR and Acoustic Data along Coastal California
Amar Nayegandhi and Joshua Novac, Dewberry
Dewberry led a team to merge topobathymetric from recently collected topographic and
bathymetric data along California’s shoreline from the 10-meter contour inland to the states 3-mile
offshore boundary. The merged data set would be an important component in several applications,
including studies for sea level rise, mitigating impacts from natural hazards, storm surges, and
flooding, as well as preserving the integrity of coastal habitats and resources. The primary data
sources included the coastal topographic LiDAR data acquired during the Coastal California
Mapping Project (CCMP); LiDAR bathymetry data acquired by the Joint Airborne LiDAR Bathymetry
Technical Center of Expertise (JALBTCX); and the acoustic data acquired for the California Seafloor
Mapping Project (CSMP). Other available datasets that met certain criteria were also included in the
data merge. We present some of the challenges encountered in merging these data sets that had
various temporal and spatial resolution, accuracies, and data voids. We will also present steps taken
to provide a consistent and seamless topobathymetric DEM at 1-meter resolution.
Thursday, March 28
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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G09. Challenges in the Development of High-Resolution
Coastal Topo-Bathy Digital Elevation Models
Mike Sutherland and Barry Eakins, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of
Colorado-Boulder, and the NOAA National Geophysical Data Center
Pamela Grothe, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
Digital elevation models (DEMs) serve a wide variety of functions, ranging from simple visualization
to more complex uses such as the modeling of physical phenomena occurring on the Earth’s
surface. In the coastal context, these uses include hydrodynamic modeling, habitat mapping,
and studies of coastal erosion and morphologic change. The utility and reliability of a DEM is
determined by how accurately it represents the surface of the Earth, which is a reflection of the
quality of the source data and the processing steps taken during development. There are a variety
of issues unique to developing high-resolution DEMs in coastal environments, where topographic
and bathymetric data are integrated, that can significantly impact the magnitude of the deviation
of the DEM from measurements of the Earth’s ‘true’ surface. Examples include vertical datum
discrepancies among source data and poor data availability (e.g., intertidal zone), among others. We
present a variety of techniques to help overcome these and other obstacles, and discuss methods
for assessing DEM accuracy.
Shoreline and Sediment Characterization
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Winchester
G10. Building Resilient Communities Using a Beachfront Vulnerability Index
Sarah Latshaw, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Office of Ocean and Coastal
Resource Management
Matt Slagel, North Carolina Division of Coastal Management
Coastal areas face considerable development pressures, which often lead to built communities
threatened by erosion, powerful storms, and gradual sea level rise. Coastal hazards have significant
economic, social, and ecological impacts, since over half of the U.S. population lives in coastal areas.
In South Carolina, efforts to reduce hazard risks led to the 1988 Beachfront Management Act, which
was implemented to protect “life, property, and unique habitats…for the future”. The BMA included
regulations on beachfront construction/reconstruction, repairs, and erosion control structures, and
limited seaward movement of development. These policies project long-term historical erosion
rates 40 years into the future, but don’t account for sudden shoreline changes due to storms or for
sea level rise.
Thursday, March 28
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
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By creating a beachfront vulnerability index, we can evaluate the areas that may be most affected
by both chronic and episodic hazards. The index includes data on physical aspects of the South
Carolina coastline (e.g., elevation, long-term erosion rate, proximity to inlets, etc.). With knowledge
of vulnerable coastal areas, we can work with communities to mitigate/adapt to risks from coastal
hazards, while creating resilient communities.
G11. Hurricane Sandy Damage Assessment: Lessons
Learned to Rebuild a Resilient New Jersey Shore
Michael Flynn, Coastal Research Center, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey Coastal Research Center (CRC) initiated a post-storm
survey and assessment of the NJ shoreline in response to severe beach erosion resulting from the
landfall of Hurricane Sandy. The staff of the CRC immediately collected GPS data along the New
Jersey Beach Profile Network (NJBPN) sites following the storm. The data collection started as early
as October 31st and concluded at the end of November. To measure the erosion, pre-existing Fall
2012 survey data was used to provide an accurate comparison and assessment of storm related
shoreline and beach volume changes. In general, damages to beaches, dunes, and property were
significantly worse on the north side of the storm’s zone of coastal landfall in Atlantic County.
In addition to performing a technical analysis, the impact of the storm was evaluated through
personal observations and discussions with residents while traveling to survey along the coast.
Technical reports, aerial photographs, and personal accounts were used to provide explanations
for why some regions of the coast were damaged more extensively than others. A review of this
assessment was also used to address issues related to rebuilding the Jersey shore in a way that
respects nature and protects people, properties and public investments.
G12. GIS Sediment Sampling Tool
Rose Dopsovic, Bowhead Science and Technology at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Philip Wolf and Tanya Beck, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Analysis of sediment resources is presently not a standardized process, and is often time consuming
due to the lack of a consistent archive method and data storage format. To address this problem,
the Sediment Sampling application for ArcGIS was developed. This product was created as a
means to organize and access all data related to core boring or sediment testing activity. The
ArcGIS Desktop (ArcMap) toolbar allows users to retrieve detailed Sediment Sample properties in
correlation with any relevant sediment testing (chemical, biological, or physical) results, and link
related documents such as Core Boring, Gradation Curves, or Sediment Testing reports. Through
spatial or attribute queries sample sites can be located in the mapping display. Users can launch a
variety of pre-defined filters, such as isolating sites where specific material characteristics are found
Thursday, March 28
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
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or report chemical testing results for areas of interest. Recently a new analysis module has been
added to provide a platform to determine locations of (user-defined) suitable sand resources and
estimated volumes. This presentation will discuss the architecture and abilities of the Sediment
Sampling GIS tool and its use in recent USACE projects.
BREAK
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Westminster Hall
10:30 to 11:00 a.m.
LATE MORNING SESSIONS
11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Offshore Site Suitability Analyses
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Kensington A
H01. Planning for Multiple Offshore Uses with Spatial
Analysis and a Decision-Support Tool
Lauren Long, I.M. Systems Group at the NOAA Coastal Services Center
Chrissa Waite, The Baldwin Group at the NOAA Coastal Services Center
Our oceans serve communities in a variety of ways, providing recreational opportunities and food
resources, as well as habitat and, more recently, a place to harness energy. Planning for multiple
uses in the ocean and nearshore is complicated, and decision makers need a transparent way
to view alternatives and communicate with clarity during the planning process. This session will
highlight how decision makers can discuss their ocean planning needs, develop and share criteria,
and interactively make choices with stakeholders using a geospatial decision-support tool called
the Habitat Priority Planner (HPP). HPP is an easy-to-use geospatial tool that can expedite the
planning process by allowing users to run geospatial analyses that are based on planning criteria,
and visualize different scenarios on the fly with stakeholders. This session will show the functionality
of HPP, provide resources useful for offshore planning, and demonstrate how to locate ocean areas
most compatible with the desired use.
Thursday, March 28
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
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H02. Supporting New York’s Offshore Planning Efforts
Jeff Herter, New York Department of State
The Department of State (DOS) developed materials to guide future decision-making for important
offshore areas to better protect or enhance economic opportunities related to ocean resources.
New York’s ocean planning area extends from 1500 feet off the southern shore of Long Island
to the edge of the continental shelf and encompasses approximately 16,740 square miles. DOS
utilized existing ocean information such as infrastructure data, renewable energy (wind) siting
requirements, and bio-geophysical information, marine species inventories and offshore habitats to
develop offshore planning materials. Information was evaluated and organized into 4 general data
topics: infrastructure, bio-geography, renewable energy requirements and offshore human use.
Some Examples of Bio-geographic information used include:
• Deep Sea Coral – developed from a database representing 5,619 records of known locations and
taxonomy of deep-sea, cold water corals.
• Marine Mammals – derived from a database of thousands of aerial and shipboard survey
observations from 1978-2011.
• Sea Turtles – Sea turtle sightings are part of the same marine mammal database.
• Seabirds – Seabird sightings data were extracted from the Manomet Bird Observatory’s Cetacean
and Seabird Assessment Program (CSAP) database.
Offshore Human Use Data Creation
New York created and compiled information on a wide range of human uses of the ocean. DOS staff,
with assistance from the NOAA Coastal Services Center, developed a process and materials that the
leaders of stakeholder groups used to collect ocean use information from their members.
H03. Developing Georgia’s Coastal and Marine Portal (G-CAMP): Planning for Today
Tony Giarrusso, Center for GIS, Georgia Institute of Technology
Sonny Emmert, Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning (CMSP) is a topic at the forefront of many state and federal
initiatives, especially as it pertains to offshore or near shore activities. Efficient planning requires
that information on the physical environment, ecosystems, and human use patterns be integrated
to plan for and evaluate cumulative impacts of these activities relative to the best uses of specific
areas. Unfortunately, the spatial datasets and tools needed to perform these tasks are often
unavailable or difficult to identify and locate, especially at the local level. Although many federal
entities provide national GIS data and spatial tools, currently, no centralized CMSP data list, tools or
repositories from which to obtain or view this information for Georgia exist. Thanks to funding from
NOAA, researchers from the Center for GIS and the Strategic Energy Institute at the Georgia Institute
Thursday, March 28
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Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
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of Technology (GIT) have partnered with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources to create a
Georgia Coastal and Marine Portal (G-CAMP) over the next several years. The portal, consisting of
an interactive map / data viewer, data catalog, and planning resource page (all constructed using a
combination open source and proprietary technologies), is intended to fill data and resource gaps
identified in the Georgia Coastal Management Program’s 2010 Assessment of Ocean Resources.
Additionally, the portal will provide state resource managers, scientists, academics, and other
stakeholders with data and tools designed specifically to address Georgia’s coastal and marine
planning, management and policy issues.
Conservation and Restoration Decision Support
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Kensington B
H04. Gulf of Mexico Coastal Resilience: Using a Decision
Support Tool to Advance Restoration Planning
Nicole Love, Zach Ferdana, and Seth Blitch, The Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy (TNC), in partnership with the University of Southern Mississippi and
NOAA, has developed a web-based mapping application to advance previous efforts towards
large-scale conservation and restoration planning in the Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico Coastal
Resilience (http://gulfmex.coastalresilience.org) is a spatial database and interactive decision support
tool that displays important socioeconomic and coastal hazards information related to resilience
and restoration of the region’s coastal habitats. One unique feature of this tool for the northern
Gulf of Mexico is the Oyster Restoration Index Explorer. The Explorer allows users to perform
scenario planning using a sliding scale of biological and socioeconomic factors to visualize areas of
the coast where projects can be implemented with the greatest probability of success and longterm
sustainability. In Louisiana, TNC is focusing on the successful implementation of the tool by
planning targeted outreach and training opportunities to coastal decision makers. These efforts will
be extended Gulf-wide through TNC’s Gulf of Mexico Program and other partnerships.
H05. Modeling Coastal Ecosystem Services for Decision
Support: A Case Example in Mobile Bay, Alabama
Zach Ferdana, Laura Flessner, Mary Stubljar, Jeff DeQuattro, and Judy Haner, The Nature Conservancy
Greg Guannel, Natural Capital Project
George Raber, University of Southern Mississippi
The Nature Conservancy (www.nature.org) and Natural Capital Project (www.naturalcapitalproject.
org) have been collaborating efforts on an innovative model and decision support tool that allows
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Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
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planners and managers to evaluate how restored oyster reefs or other coastal ecosystems can
protect shorelines from erosion while stimulating a recovering fisheries economy. This joint effort
is being advanced in Mobile Bay, Alabama, as part of the TNC’s Coastal Resilience program (www.
coastalresilience.org), which provides tools and information for practitioners who apply planning
innovations to coastal hazard and adaptation issues. The newest addition to the Gulf of Mexico
Coastal Resilience tool (http://gulfmex.coastalresilience.org) is the Nearshore Waves module that
will help evaluate natural coastal protection services by calculating a reduction in wave height and
energy provided by coastal ecosystems from a set of input parameters and allows users to design
a proposed restoration project. This module will help to inform decision makers about the scope
of the problem and provide options for advancing restoration to commensurate with long-term
habitat losses.
H06. Using Web-Based Tools To Improve the Restoration Decision Process
Craig Conzelmann, Ryan Twilley, and Kevin Suir, U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center
The Atchafalaya Basin is located in the southern region of the Lower Mississippi Valley and is the
largest contiguous bottom-land hardwood forest, and overflow, alluvial swamp remaining in
the United States. Natural resource managers throughout the basin are in need of tools to which
will help them make sense of the complex relationships between management activities and
their impact on habitat and water quality. Working with managers from various agencies, the
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has developed a web-mapping application that focuses on the
restoration planning process and provides the public access and insight to an inherently complex
government process. This presentation will show how USGS leveraged the spatial capabilities of
ArcGIS Server with SQL Server to provide observational, analytical and informational data to both
the browser-based and the full desktop ArcGIS clients.
Digital Coast Applications: Coastal Change Analysis Program Data
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Kensington C
H07. Land Cover Resolution – High versus Moderate: How Low Can You Go
Nate Herold, NOAA Coastal Services Center
Chris Robinson, IM Systems Group at the NOAA Coastal Services Center
The Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) produces a nationally standardized database of
land cover information for the coastal regions of the U.S. at multiple spatial resolutions. C-CAP
products provide inventories of the nation’s intertidal areas, wetlands, and adjacent uplands. While
regional C-CAP data capture changes in our coastal areas by updating land cover maps every five
years, high-resolution C-CAP products focus on bringing NOAA’s national mapping framework to
the local level, providing spatially detailed data that are more relevant for addressing site-specific
Thursday, March 28
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
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management decisions. Naturally, everyone wants the highest-resolution data set they can get their
hands on, but is it always necessary or worth the added cost Will higher-resolution data affect the
results of their analysis or the effectiveness of their application Or can they work with a lower-cost
option This presentation will compare C-CAP’s regional and high-resolution land cover product
lines, and walk attendees through some of the factors (and a couple of case studies) they may want
to consider before taking the plunge of developing this kind of information.
H08. Implementation of a Custom Outlier Detection Tool for Object-
Based, High-Resolution Land Cover Change Mapping
Andrew Brenner, Lisa Erickson, and Chad Evely, Photo Science
To complete the first round of updates for NOAA’s high resolution mapping program PSI developed
a multi-variate outlier detection tool that is capable of map to image and image to image change
detection. The change analysis was performed using an object based image analysis approach
(OBIA) where OBIA derived image segments were attributed with information from either both
image dates and time 1 (T1) cover class label, or only time 2 (T2) image and T1 cover class label.
Acquiring multiple dates of high quality and comparable imagery of the tropics can be difficult
and it was sometimes preferable not to include the T1 image. The T1 map was used as a thematic
delimiter for segmentation, which ensures consistency between the cover maps. The outlier
detection tool analyzes differences between segments of interest and class population, there
are options on how to weight segment image attributes that provides the analyst flexibility to
customize the analysis based on specific properties of the region of interest. This inherent flexibility
supports change detection in multiple environments where input data may vary in type and quality
but output data are standardized.
H09. Creating and Using a Land Cover Time Series 1985–2011 for
Lake Michigan Watershed: Challenges and Possibilities
Chad Lopez, Andrew Brenner, Syed Ahmed, Brian Bower, and Emilly Foster, Photo Science
John McCombs, The Baldwin Group at the NOAA Coastal Services Center
Photo Science, working with NOAA’s Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP), has completed a
series of land cover change data sets that cover the periods 1985, 1992, and 2011 that complement
the existing 1995, 2001, and 2006 data sets. Photo Science worked with an approach developed by
the U.S. Geological Survey, the Multi-Index Integrated Change Analysis (MIICA), and combined it
with some other change detection methods to update the 2006 C-CAP land cover data set to 2011.
Then retrospective data sets were created for 1985 and 1992. The methods used and challenges
found will be discussed. These data provide a comprehensive picture of change within the basin
over the last 26 years, showing urban sprawl and changes in forest lands. The presentation will
also discuss how these data can and are being used by agencies outside NOAA to develop forestry
information, data for protection and restoration of ecological services, and for land use planning
decision making.
Thursday, March 28
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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Fisheries Management
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Winchester
H10. Progressing from Data to Information: Using GIS to Improve
Management of Coral and Fisheries Resources in the Gulf of Mexico
Mark Mueller, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, charged with sustainably managing Gulf coral
and fishery resources in federal waters, is developing a baseline of spatial information on shallow
and deep sea coral habitats and associated fisheries. This baseline will be used for addressing
management questions and improving a surprisingly incomplete understanding of coral/fishery
interrelationships. We are identifying and compiling datasets on coral locations, fisheries, habitat
(oceanographic variables, bathymetry, benthos, bottom type, etc.) along with human-use and
jurisdictional layers. We are implementing a cloud-based interactive map viewer and data portal
using ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Viewer for Flex. Anticipated users include managers, coral and
fisheries scientists, and fishermen. Ideas in development include a georeferenced literature search
showing spatial footprints of relevant studies and a “coral crowdsourcing” project to obtain usable
observation information from the public. A scientific coral advisory committee offered expert
guidance on desirable outcomes, and we are hosting a three-day workshop in May 2013 focused on
coral/fisheries relationships which will provide further input on data gaps and management actions.
H11. Using Side Scan Sonar to Assist Fishery Independent
Research in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico
Patrick Raley, Chris Gardner, Hannah Trowbridge, and Doug DeVries, NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center
High resolution habitat maps are essential for maximizing efficiency, accuracy, and precision in
fishery-independent reef fish surveys. Such maps are also invaluable for marine spatial planning
and for predicting, assessing, and modeling impacts of many natural and anthropogenic events
and actions, however, little is known about the quantity, distribution, and types of inner- and midshelf
hard bottom habitats—essential to reef fish populations—in the NE Gulf of Mexico. In 2002
the Panama City NMFS lab began development of a fishery-independent trap and video survey
of natural reefs on the inner shelf of the northeastern Gulf of Mexico, with the primary objective
of establishing an age-based annual index of abundance for young economically important reef
fish. In 2009, we purchased a Marine Sonic side scan sonar to expand our sampling area, as well
as to better locate, quantify, and classify hard bottom habitats in our study area. This presentation
will demonstrate how acoustic data greatly assists in fishery independent research, and show the
results of cross-shelf side scan mapping currently happening in the northeastern Gulf.
Thursday, March 28
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
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H12. Digital Deck: Tools for Community Fisheries Accountability and Sustainability
Tim Welch, Charles Steinback, and Edwin Knuth, Ecotrust
Digital Deck is a technology platform being developed by Ecotrust’s Marine Consulting Initiative to
address challenges being faced with collection of fisheries data and its use for ensuring compliance
with fisheries requirements and standards as well as collaborative research, spatial planning,
monitoring, and traceability. We’ll share our latest experience working with the Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife and the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission to pilot an electronic logbook
app that allows fishermen to quickly and easily collect information while at sea using a locationaware
phone or tablet. In addition to meeting logbook requirements we’ll demonstrate how this
information can be used to allow fishermen to more effectively participate in the management of
their fisheries and businesses.
Thursday, March 28
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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Author Index
Adeyemo, T........................... D09, T16
Adkins, J.................................. D09, T16
Ahmed, S................................ H09
Aiello, D................................... T09
Akerlof, K................................ D04
Allen, T R................................. E04
Armstrong, D........................ E02
Asher, T.................................... C01
Axler, M................................... T18
Bailey, A.................................. C10
Barlow, R................................. F12
Barone, D................................ A07, A09,
F12
Batten, B................................. D04
Beard, R................................... D14
Beck,T...................................... G12
Belden, A................................ E11
Best, B...................................... G04, T14,
T17
Betenbaugh, D..................... B04, T30
Betzhold, L............................. B04, T09
Blackbourn, M...................... A12
Blitch, S................................... H04
Bochnak, A............................ E06
Bode, A.................................... D15
Bodnar, J................................. T13
Bodrey, R................................ T27
Booth, N.................................. T26
Bostic, A.................................. E07
Boulware, J............................ A10
Bowen, D................................ F06
Bower, B.................................. H09
Boyd, J..................................... T28
Brenner, A.............................. F01, H08,
H09
Brenner, J............................... D03, T21
Bricknell, M............................ D06
Brock, J.................................... B06
Brooks, W............................... T22
Brown, M................................ B04
Burkhalter, S.......................... T25
Canick, M................................ B07
Carleton, C............................. C09
Carollo, C................................ D11
Carter, J................................... B11, E09
Cartwright, J......................... T04
Chadwick, C.......................... F07
Chalmers, C........................... E12
Chappell, A............................ B06
Clancy, S................................. A03
Clinton, P................................ B09
Coady, J................................... T13
Collingsworth, P.................. B05
Comeaux, M.......................... C13
Conrads, P.............................. E03, T24
Conzelmann, C.................... C13, H06
Creed, S................................... G02
Cross, S.................................... C09, D14
Crowell, M.............................. D10
Dana, R.................................... C14
Daugherty, C........................ F04
De Cicco, L............................. T26
DeQuattro, J.......................... H05
DeRaps, M.............................. B01
Detenbeck, N....................... T10
DeVries, D.............................. H11
Diaz, E...................................... F04
D’Iorio, M................................ B10, B11,
D13, T29
Dobberfuhl, D...................... E06
Doherty, T.............................. T20
Dopsovic, R........................... G12
Draganov, K........................... B04
Dunkin, L................................ A08
Dunn, D.................................. T14
Eakins, B.................................. G09
Eanes, F................................... T18
Eberbach, S........................... A03
Edwards, J.............................. F02
Emmert, S.............................. H03
Emrich, C................................ D12
Engel, S................................... T23, T28
Erickson, L.............................. F01, H08
Ermisch, D.............................. F10
Ernst, H.................................... D04
Eslinger, D.............................. A10, C08,
T25
Evely, C.................................... H08
Farrell, S.................................. A07, C15
Feinholz, C............................. B11
Felter, E.................................... F06
Ferdana, Z.............................. B03, H04,
H05
Finkbeiner, M........................ A11
Flessner, L............................... B03, H05
Flynn, M.................................. A07, C15,
G11
Foster, E................................... H09
Fox, S........................................ E06
Franks Taylor, R..................... C04
Gangai, J................................. C01
Gardner, B.............................. D14
Gardner, C.............................. H11
Gass, J...................................... B10, D13,
T29
Gayanilo, F............................. E05
Gerlt, B..................................... A10
Gesch, D................................. D02
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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Author Index
Geselbracht, L...................... B02
Giarrusso, T............................ H03
Gibeaut, J............................... D11, E05
Gilmer, B................................. B02, B03,
D03, T21
Glasgow, J.............................. T03
Goodwin, L............................ T11B
Graettinger, G....................... T13
Greene, R................................ C05
Grothe, P................................ G09
Guannel, G............................. H05
Guarinello, M........................ T06
Haddad, T............................... E13
Hadley, B................................ T19
Hale, A..................................... E16
Hallenbeck, T........................ E13
Halpern, B.............................. G04, T17
Halpin, P................................. T14
Haner, J................................... H05
Hardy, D.................................. G04, T17
Hart, D..................................... D06, T18
Haynes, J................................ E02
Henkel, H................................ T24
Herman, J............................... C16
Herold, N................................ F01, H07,
T19
Herter, J................................... H02
Hillmann, L............................ E15
Hochschild, J......................... C03
Hogan, P................................. G07
Howard, B S........................... A07, A09,
C15
Hudgens, D........................... G06
Hund, E................................... B04, T11A
Hunnicutt, C.......................... C13
Irby, D...................................... T05
Jacobi, M................................ C10, C12,
T13
Jasinski, P............................... B07
Jason, A................................... T09
Johnson, L.............................. G06, T13
Juengling, K.......................... T28
Kahl, K J................................... C04
Keegan, H............................... T18
Keenan, L............................... E06
Kinsman, N............................ B01
Knowles, J.............................. F04
Knuth, E.................................. H12
Koch, R.................................... F12
Krueger, S............................... F03
La Porte, T.............................. D04
Lanier, A.................................. E13, E15
Lathrop, R............................... T01
Latshaw, S.............................. G10
Lawrence, A........................... E12
Leon, C.................................... D11
Levine, A................................. B11
Lindemer, C........................... C01
Lombana, A........................... T01
Long, L..................................... C06, H01,
T07
Lopez, C.................................. H09
Love, N.................................... H04
Lulloff, A.................................. C03
Mack, C................................... E01
Madsen, K.............................. T12
Manson, P.............................. E15
Marcy, D.................................. T22
Margles, S............................... B03
Marshall, J.............................. B04
Martin, D................................ D16, G01
Martinez-Diaz, J................... A12
Mason, R................................. E03
Mataosky, R........................... T09
Mausio, K................................ B11, T29
McAleer, L.............................. T27
McAnally, W H...................... T04
McBride, M............................ T28
McCallum, B.......................... E03
McClintock, W...................... T02
McCombs, J........................... H09
McKenna, K........................... C15
McLaren, T............................. B05
McLeod, G.............................. D07, E04
Meade, N................................ B12
Merten, A............................... C10, C12
Miller, B................................... B05
Miller, S J................................. E06
Minsker, B............................... B05
Mitchell, T............................... G07
Mochon Collura, T C.......... B09
Morris, J................................... F02
Mueller, M.............................. H10
Musiol, E................................. F06
Nafaf, D................................... D04
Nagy, Z.................................... F05
Napoli, N................................. D16
Nayegandhi, A..................... G08
Nelson, K................................ T08
Nichols, W.............................. E05
Nixon, Z.................................. G06
Nolan, J................................... F08
Norris, H.................................. C11
Novac, J................................... G08
Nutters, H............................... D01
O’Dea, L.................................. E14
Odell, J..................................... T01
Ogier, C................................... F09
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
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Author Index
O’Keife, K................................ C11
Oriol, J-P................................. F04
Osler, M................................... A03
Papendick, H......................... D01
Parke, M.................................. T06
Parsons, R............................... C09
Paul, E...................................... T02
Pelletier, T............................... E14
Pendleton, M........................ A10, T15,
T25
Peppler, M.............................. E03
Piazza, S.................................. C13
Plessel, T................................. T10
Pohl, A..................................... C07
Powell, J.................................. A04
Punchard, D.......................... F05
Quan, J.................................... C05
Raber, G.................................. H05
Raber, S................................... E09
Rajasekar, M.......................... D04, D10
Raley, P.................................... H11
Read, J..................................... T26
Reder, B................................... E12, T23
Reif, M...................................... A08
Reynolds, C............................ E12, T23
Rindge, H................................ E16
Robbins, J............................... E03
Roberts, J................................ T14
Robinson, C........................... A11, F01,
H07
Robinson, P........................... T18
Roehr, Z................................... D10
Rose, K..................................... D14
Rosenfeld, I............................ A05, A06
Roth, L..................................... F04
Rudnicky, T............................ C16
Ryan, B..................................... E07
Sack, C..................................... D06
Sataloff, G............................... D09, T16
Schenck-Gardner, B........... C09, D14
Schwab, J............................... F06
Schwizer, L............................. E08
Searby, N................................ E02
Selbie, H.................................. B10, D13,
T29
Shepard, C............................. B02, B03
Shorr, B.................................... D08, G06,
T13
Sibley, D.................................. T26
Siceloff, L................................ D14
Siewack, T.............................. F01
Silbernagel, J........................ T18
Skahill, J.................................. B04
Slagel, M................................. G10
Sontag, S................................ G05
Specht, D................................ B09
Stein, A.................................... T23
Stein, D.................................... T11B
Steinback, C.......................... H12, T01
Stoltenberg, J....................... D06
Stone, J.................................... C02, C08
Strom, C.................................. T27
Stubljar, M.............................. H05
Suir, K....................................... H06
Sullivan, B............................... T08
Sutherland, M....................... G09
Sylvester, C............................ A08
Taylor, C.................................. F11, T11B
Telis, P...................................... T24
ten Brink, M........................... T10
Tenczar, N............................... B05
Tepas, K................................... B05
Thomassie, B......................... E10
Thomas-Smyth, A............... G03
Thompson, M....................... T21
Torres, V.................................. A01
Treml, E................................... T14
Trowbridge, H...................... H11
Twilley, R................................. H06
van der Zwaag, J................. T04, T05
Vance, T C............................... G05
Vandegraft, D....................... F11
VanGraafeiland, K............... D07, E04
Veeck, D.................................. E14
Ventura, S............................... D06
Verrill, A................................... T11B
Vollmer, H............................... E11
Wahle, C.................................. B10
Waite, C................................... C06, H01,
T07
Walbridge, S.......................... A10, T15
Waters, K................................. B04, T11A
Wayne, L................................. D05
Welch, T.................................. H12, T01
Wenger, M............................. T20
Westington, M..................... F11
Wilson, E................................. F07
Winters-Staszak, Z.............. C10
Wolf, P...................................... G12
Wood, J................................... B08
Wortley, A J............................ D06
Wozencraft, J........................ B06
Wright, D................................ A10, T15
Yoskowitz, D.......................... D11
Young, D................................. B09
Young, J.................................. A02
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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Center Floor Plan
Table of Contents
Conference Overview. .................................... 3
Monday, March 25 ................................... 3
Tuesday, March 26 ................................... 4
Wednesday, March 27 ................................ 9
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 13
Conference Abstracts and Detailed Agenda ................. 15
Monday, March 25 .................................. 15
Special Interest Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tuesday, March 26 .................................. 19
Morning Sessions ..................................... 19
Afternoon Sessions .................................... 25
Tools Showcase ....................................... 32
Wednesday, March 27 ............................... 46
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 46
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 54
Early Afternoon Sessions. ............................... 61
Late Afternoon Sessions ................................ 69
Thursday, March 28 ................................. 77
Early Morning Sessions ................................. 77
Late Morning Sessions ................................. 83
Author Index. .......................................... 90
Embassy Suites Conference Center Floor Plan ............... 93
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