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The CoastWatch mission is to provide and ensure timely access to near real-time satellite data to protect, restore, and manage U.S. coastal ocean resources, and understand climate variability and change to further enhance society's quality of life. Our primary users include Federal, State, and local marine scientists, coastal resource managers, and the general public.
CoastWatch consists of two components: Central Operations and Regional Nodes. Central Operations, managed by NOAA's National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), coordinates the processing, delivery, quality control and storage of data products. The seven regional nodes are made up of other NOAA line offices that participate in the CoastWatch Program. They are located around the country, hosting equipment and personnel to provide near real-time data distribution and regional scientific expertise to the local user community. Together, central operations and the regional nodes provide for the distribution pathway for CoastWatch data products.
Learn more about the regional applications and the people of CoastWatch by exploring the following links:
CoastWatch Brochure:
The Nation's Source for Coastal Satellite Data (PDF)CoastWatch People:
Coastwatch Central Help Desk:
- Shawna Karlson, SPS Inc. for National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service - CoastWatch
Node Managers:
- Gary Hufford, Alaska CoastWatch Region, National Weather Service
- Dr. Jeffrey J. Polovina, Central Pacific Region (Hawai'i) , National Marine Fisheries Service
- George Leshkevich, Great Lakes Region, Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
- Dr. R. Michael Laurs, West Coast Region, National Marine Fisheries Service
- Grayson Wood, Northeast Region, National Marine Fisheries Service
- Tom Leming, Caribbean/Gulf of Mexico Region, National Marine Fisheries Service
Receiving Station:
- Joaquin Triņanes, Caribbean/Gulf of Mexico Region, Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
Program Manager:
- Kent Hughes, CoastWatch Program, National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service
Central Support:
- John Sapper, Central Processing, National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service
- William Pichel, POES SST Validation, National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service
- Alex Kidd, Satellite Active Archive, National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service
- Sathyadev Ramachandran, Ocean Color Validation, SPS Inc. for National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service - CoastWatch
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The NOAA CoastWatch Program is
operated within NOAA's National Environmental Satellite Data Information
Service (NESDIS). NOAA
is a part of the Department of Commerce (DOC). |
