Additional FREE online data resources for coral reef managers

Near Real-time Remote Sensing Datasets



Ocean Color
NOAA CoastWatch Chlorophyll
NOAA CoastWatch
  
NASA Ocean Color Chlorophyll
NASA

Ocean Surface Winds
Ocean Winds Ocean Surface Winds
NOAA OSVW
  
Ocean Winds Ocean Surface Winds
NASA OB.DAAC

True-color Imagery
True-color Images Near real-time images
NOAA CoastWatch
    

Global Precipitation
NOAA CPC Precipitation Analysis Precipitation analysis
NOAA CPC
  
Global Precipitation Measurement Global precipitation
NASA GPM and TRMM

Sea Surface Topography
Sea Surface Topography Sea surface topography
NASA JPL PO.DAAC
  
Sea Surface Topography Sea surface topography
U.S. Naval Research Lab

Ultraviolet Radiation
True-color Images UV Light/Atmospheric Ozone
NASA TOMS-EP
    

Composite Imagery
cloud composite Composite Satellite images
U. of Wisconsin, SSEC
    


Near Real-time In situ Datasets


ICON NOAA ICON stations
NOAA CRCP, HPCC Office, and AOML
  
NDBC NOAA Buoy data
NOAA NDBC
ARGO profilers ARGO profiling floats
UCSD
  
Ocean Surface Currents Ocean Surface Currents
NOAA NCEI


Forecasts


SeaWiFS bathymetry Seasonal Climate Anomalies
NOAA NCEP
  
ENSO NOAA ENSO forecast
NOAA CPC
CPC-IRI_official_enso CPC/IRI Official ENSO forecast
CPC/IRI
  
IRI-CPC_model_enso IRI/CPC Regression ENSO forecast
IRI/CPC


Other useful data resources online


Satellite Imagery
Landsat Landsat images
U. of Maryland, GLCF
  
NASA Landsat Landsat images
NASA Millennium Coral Reefs

Benthic Habitat Mapping
NOAA Benthic Maps Benthic habitat maps
NOAA NCCOS
    

Coral Reef Bathymetry
PIBHMC NOAA Bathymetry (Pacific)
NOAA PIFSC/PIBHMC
  
SeaWiFS bathymetry NASA Bathymetry
NASA GSFC

Additional Human Stressors
NOAA Nighttime Lights Composites Nighttime Lights Composites
NOAA NCEI
    

Coral Reef Information Systems
NOAA NCEI CoRIS NOAA CoRIS
NOAA CoRIS
  
ReefBase ReefBase
WorldFish
NASA Goddard Giovanni
NASA Goddard
    

About this web page
This page organizes additional data resources we hope will be of use to coral reef managers and researchers. We focus on near-real-time global information that is freely available over the web. This work was supported by NOAA, and by the World Bank Coral Reef Targeted Research and Capacity Building for Management Project.