EcoWatch Data Services

One of NOAA's critical objectives is to Protect, Restore and Manage the use of Coastal, Ocean and Great Lake resources through an Ecosystem Approach to Management (EAM).

NCDDC has built and maintains a group of services designed to support scientists and decision-makers by providing different ways to search for and visualize data. To this end, EcoWatch provides a data management infrastructure that is comprised of data services and support functions for data discovery of atmospheric, oceanographic, and terrestrial physical sciences. These data facilitate sustained economic growth, scientifically sound environmental management, and public safety of the Nation and the international community.*

*from the EcoWatch Draft White Paper, April 2010

Gulf of Mexico Data Discovery Portal A variety of data and information is accessible for the Gulf of Mexico, including physical oceanographic, biological, and bathymetric data sets and maps, coastal ocean models, near real-time satellite imagery, as well as a diverse collection of reports, documents and other ecosystem related Web resources.

Customizable Data Access Portal NCDDC has built and operates a collection service that aggregates and maintains a cached repository of data from many different source locations, providing a near real-time footprint for these data collections. Learn more about this on-line service and its customizable, RESTful data access.

Data Submission Support NCDDC's Regional Science Officers are available to assist with preparing complex coastal and oceanographic data for archive and access. They coordinate with Federal, State, and local agencies, academic institutions, not-for-profit organizations and the private sector to identify data for submission to the appropriate data center to create a unified long-term data base for the Nation.