http://www.nerrs.noaa.gov/ Program Sectors g Research and - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

http://www.nerrs.noaa.gov/

Program Sectors g • Research and Monitoring • Education • Education • Stewardship • Coastal Training Program • Coastal Training Program

Research and Monitoring M g System-Wide Monitoring Program (SWMP) Identify and track short-term variability and long-term changes in estuarine environments Abiotic Monitoring Habitat Monitoring Biological Monitoring  Water quality   Habitat change Biodiversity  Weather parameters Weather parameters     Land use Land use Habitat Habitat

System-Wide Monitoring Program Water Quality and Meteorological Monitoring

System-Wide Monitoring Program Water Quality and Meteorological Monitoring Collection of water quality parameters every 15 minutes. YSI 6600V2 automated data logger Calibrating Deploying Monthly grab Monthly grab Weather Station – collects Weather Station collects Monthly diel Monthly diel data every 5 seconds sampling sampling

System-Wide Monitoring Program Centralized Data Management Office http:/ / cdmo.baruch.sc.edu/

System-Wide Monitoring Program Water Quality and Meteorological Near-Real Time Data http:/ / cdmo.baruch.sc.edu/

System-Wide Monitoring Program Water Quality and Meteorological Data Files

Narragansett Bay Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Daisy Durant, PhD Marine Research Specialist II daisy@nbnerr.org