Additional FREE online data resources for coral reef managers
Near-real-time remote sensing datasets
Ocean Color
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Chlorophyll
NASA
Global, milligrams chl-a per cubic meter. 4km and 9km. Daily to yearly updates. |
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Chlorophyll
NOAA CoastWatch
Global, various satellites, milligrams chl-a per cubic meter. 9km. Daily updates. |
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Ocean Surface Winds
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Ocean Surface Winds
NOAA STAR
Global wind speed and direction, reported in knots. 12.5km. Daily updates. |
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Ocean Surface Winds
NASA JPL PO.DAAC
Global winds, meters per second. 12.5km to 1-degree. Daily updates. |
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True-color Imagery
Global Precipitation
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Precipitation analysis
NOAA CPC
Blended satellite and in situ data, millimeters per day.
Binary. 2.5-degree. 5-day means. |
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Global precipitation
NASA GPM
Microwave global rainfall data, 0.5-millimeters per hour. 0.1-degree. 30-minute to 1-month updates. 2014-present. |
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Sea Surface Topography
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Sea surface topography
NASA JPL PO.DAAC
Global sea surface height anomaly, in millimeters. Binary format. 2-hour to 1-month updates. |
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Cloud Cover
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Global Cloud Montage
U. of Wisconsin, SSEC
Global. GIF images and animations. Updated every 6 hours. |
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Ultraviolet Radiation
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UV Radiation
NASA TOMS
Global. 1 x 1.25 degree (V008), daily. Data from 1978 - present. |
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Near-real-time in situ datasets
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NOAA ICON stations
In situ,
near-real-time data (salinity, wind, light, etc.) for several
Caribbean reefs. |
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NOAA CRED instruments
In situ,
near-real-time data (temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, etc.) for several
Pacific reefs. |
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NOAA buoy data
Near-real-time ocean
and atmosphere conditions from data buoys around the world. |
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Ocean Surface Currents
NOAA NCEI
Global in situ ocean currents data. Diverse instruments, collection protocols, processing methods, and data storage formats. |
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Forecasts
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SST anomaly forecasts (CFSv2)
Monthly and three-month outlooks of SST anomalies from
the NOAA NCEP coupled forecast system model version 2 (CFSv2). |
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NOAA ENSO forecast
NOAA CPC current
conditions for its El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) system. |
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Other useful data resources online
Satellite Imagery
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Photos from Landsat
NASA Millennium Coral
Reefs Landsat archive. Global, 30m resolution images of reefs. |
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Benthic Habitat Mapping
Coral Reef Bathymetry
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NASA Bathymetry
Experimental, produced
by NASA from 1km SeaWiFS satellite imagery. Images and PGM raster format. |
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Additional Human Stressors
Coral Reef Information Systems
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ReefBase
Publications,
threats, laws, bleaching, diseases, etc. for global coral reefs. |
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Giovanni
NASA Goddard
Online tool to visualize, analyze, and export many NASA remote sensing datasets. |
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NOAA's CoRIS
A single point of
access to NOAA coral reef ecosystem information and data products. |
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About this webpage

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.