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Helping Gulf Coast Communities Navigate Climate Considerations. Ann Weaver March 6, 2012. Overview. NOAA Coastal Services Center Climate Focus Data, Tools, Training Collaborative Efforts. NOAA Coastal Services Center Climate Commitment.
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Helping Gulf Coast Communities Navigate Climate Considerations Ann Weaver March 6, 2012
Overview • NOAA Coastal Services Center Climate Focus • Data, Tools, Training • Collaborative Efforts
NOAA Coastal Services Center Climate Commitment • The Center provides the data, tools, and information coastal communities need: • • To understand the impacts of climate variability and change • • To take the steps necessary to plan for, respond to, • and adapt to climate risks
“Snapshots” of Your County Coastal County Snapshots www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/tools/snapshots/
“Snapshots” of County Flood HazardsJackson County, Mississippi
CanVis Visualization Software www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/tools/canvis/
CanVis Visualization Software • Easy to Use • No Geographic Information • System (GIS) Required Present Day / Current Conditions Simulation Approximately 1.5 meters (~5 feet) above Mean High Water
Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts Viewerwww.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/tools/slrviewer/
Sea Level Rise Impacts Current 1 ft. SLR
Marsh Impacts Current
Marsh Impacts 1 ft. SLR
Sea Level Rise Exercise Training • Coastal Community Planning and Development • Roadmap for Adapting to Coastal Risks • Coastal Inundation Mapping • CanVis • Project Design and Evaluation • Public Issues and Conflict Management
Climate Community of Practice (CoP) • What is a Climate CoP? • EOE professionals working together to: • Achieve common outcomes; • Learn from each other; and, • Develop a set of effective common approaches that can be refined over time. • Partners • NERRs • NEPs • Sea Grant Programs • CZMPs • CSC • National Marine Sanctuaries • NMFS • USGS • IOOS • RISAs • Objective • To create a climate-literate public that: • Understands its vulnerabilities to a • changing climate and • Makes informed decisions. • April 16-18 at Bourbon Orleans
Questions? Ann WeaverAnn.Weaver@noaa.gov(228-688-2061)orMarian HaniskoMarian.Hanisko@noaa.gov(228) 818-8840