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This article highlights the efforts of NOAA and USCG to promote safe marine operations and transportation in the Arctic through mapping and charting. It discusses the challenges posed by the opening of Arctic Ocean transportation and the plans for improved data dissemination and prioritized mapping in the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas. The article also outlines the planned activities for FY16, including the use of new acquisition technologies and the establishment of a new "requirements" process.
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Office of Coast SurveyFY2015 AccomplishmentsFY2016 Plans Presented by Rear Admiral Gerd Glang Director September 2015
FY15 Improved data dissemination
FY15 Prioritized the Arctic • The White House • Office of the Press Secretary • For Immediate Release: September 01, 2015 • FACT SHEET: President Obama Announces New Investments to Enhance Safety and Security in the Changing Arctic Enabling safe marine operations and transportation in the Arctic. ...One consequence of the warming Arctic is the opening of Arctic Ocean transportation and the dramatic increase expected in oceangoing sea traffic. Even today, cruise ships are venturing farther north, with routine Arctic marine transit anticipated by approximately 2020. In response, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) will take action to promote safe marine operations and transportation in the Arctic through mapping and charting efforts in the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas, regions with newly open waters for which existing maps and charts are nonexistent or outdated. This will include a joint NOAA/USCG survey of a transit route through the Aleutians and Bering Strait, as well as a joint effort among NOAA, USGS, and the State of Alaska to use satellite data for shoreline and near-shoreline coastal mapping, critical to observing climate change in action.
FY15 Advanced on transforming charting production
FY15 Strengthened partnerships:international and interagency
FY15 Progress on new data sources and methods
FY16 Increase use of new acquisition technologies
FY16 Expand use of external data for chart updates Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise PLANNED LIDAR
FY16 Establish new “requirements” process
FY16 Improve Coast Survey geospatial data availability
FY16 Redefine survey priorities