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Helping Gulf Coast Communities Navigate Climate Considerations

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

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  1. Helping Gulf Coast Communities Navigate Climate Considerations Ann Weaver March 6, 2012

  2. Overview • NOAA Coastal Services Center Climate Focus • Data, Tools, Training • Collaborative Efforts

  3. 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

  4. Digital Coasthttp://www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/

  5. “Snapshots” of Your County Coastal County Snapshots www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/tools/snapshots/

  6. “Snapshots” of County Flood Hazards

  7. “Snapshots” of County Flood HazardsJackson County, Mississippi

  8. “Snapshots” of County Economic Data

  9. “Snapshots” of County Wetland Data

  10. CanVis Visualization Software www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/tools/canvis/

  11. 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

  12. Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts Viewerwww.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/tools/slrviewer/

  13. Sea Level Rise Impacts Current 1 ft. SLR

  14. Visualizing Confidence

  15. Marsh Impacts Current

  16. Marsh Impacts 1 ft. SLR

  17. Social and Economic Vulnerability

  18. Coastal Climate Adaptation Resources

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. Questions? Ann WeaverAnn.Weaver@noaa.gov(228-688-2061)orMarian HaniskoMarian.Hanisko@noaa.gov(228) 818-8840

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