Links to Georgia-related Data

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Georgia Rivers LMER

• Project Description
• Database

Sapelo Island

• UGAMI Monitoring Program

Here you will find summaries of hydrological and meterorological data collected by the Marine Institute's monitoring equipment at 2 Duplin River sites within the Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve.
• Dr. Steven Y. Newell's homepage

Images of saltmarsh around Sapelo.
• University of Georgia Marine Institute Collected Reprints

A searchable database of the UGMI Collected Reprints

Weather

• Georgia Weather

Georgia Weather from NOAA, includes satellite, radar and forecast etc.
• Interactive Marine Observations

Buoy at Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary gives offshore weather and sea conditions (Buoy No. 41008)
• Georgia State Climatologist

Current and historical datasets for weather stations across Georgia

Tide Predictor and Sea Level Data

• NOAA Tide Predictor

Tide tables for Georgia coastal locations and other US locations
• Observed Water Levels

Current and historical water level (sea level) datasets from NOAA

Ocean Color

The remote sensing of ocean color from space provides information on the abundance of phytoplankton and the concentration of dissolved and particulate material in surface ocean waters.

• Coastal Zone Color Scanner Browser

Global or local satellite images during 1978-1986.
• Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS)

Near real-time satellite images -- apply for a user name to access data.

Satellite Images of Sea Surface Temperature

• Ocean Remote Sensing (Johns Hopkins Univ.)

Recent satellite images of southeast Gulf Stream.
• GOES Experiment SSTs

Recent satellite images of southeast coast.
• CoastWatch Southeast Node Products

Near real-time satellite images of NC/GA coast, registered CoastWatch user only.

Other Satellite Images

• CoastWatch GOES Products

Visible, infrared and water vapor satellite images, updated hourly.

Coastline and Bathymetry

• Coastline Extractor

Extract ascii longitude and latitude coastline from several data sets.
• Bathymetry (Isobath) Extractor

Extract ascii isobath from two data sets.
• Medium Resolution Digital Vector U.S. Shoreline

High-quality, Geographic Information System-ready, general-use digital vector data set.

Geology and Geophysics

• Marine Geology and Geophysics

National Geographic Data Center, comprehensive data set.
• Measured and Estimated Seafloor Topography

Global seafloor map.
• New Global Seafloor Topography from Satellite Altimetry

World Data Center A for Marine Geology & Geophysics .
• Global 30 Arc Second Elevation Data Set

Digital elevation with 30 Arc resolution.
• Hydro. 1K North America

Hydrographic data set of North America, includes streams, flow direction and drainage basins etc.

Other Useful Links

• USGS Surface Water Data Retrieval Site

Current and historical river discharge data for Georgia rivers
• WTOC Savannah Weather Page

Weather conditions for Savannah plus numerous links to other coastal information, astronimical information and an excellent tropical weather page
• Georgia Coastal GIS Laboratory

GIS data for the Georgia coast and watersheds of Georgia rivers