Cutting-Edge Coastal Satellite Information for Decision-making from CEOS COAST

IOC Session 1: The Land-Sea Interface is physically dynamic and also biogeochemically important.  Communities and urban areas are concentrated at our coastlines, and those people and their property as well as commercial and transportation infrastructure are at risk from coastal natural hazards.  Scientific research and resiliency planning mean useful tools like quality satellite data are in demand.  The Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) Coastal Observation Applications Services and Tools Virtual Constellation (COAST-VC) make novel coastal satellite-derived data products and information publicly available and we are an endorsed UN Ocean Decade Contribution.   Our coastally-focused satellite work represents a unique international, intergovernmental, and interagency scientific collaboration dedicated to better meeting coastal decision-makers needs.

 

CEOS COAST satellite-derived data products are useful for: estuarine and coastal high-resolution Sea Surface Temperature monitoring (including in polar regions), shoreline mapping and evolution,  intertidal bathymetry for maritime safety and resource protection, coastal flooding and inundation monitoring, sea level rise/coastal vulnerability, water clarity assessment, marsh mapping and invasive species removal, critical habitat protection and restoration efforts and aquaculture lease siting, and post-storm impact assessment. This presentation will show coastal satellite data products and relevant use cases for applying this information to decision-making.  The presentation will also introduce users to where to access CEOS COAST information for customized use.  Related Town Hall, Tutorial, and other talks and posters will be cross-promoted during this presentation.