Pacific Region RCSD Projects & Activities (PAWS) Worksheet
Form used for a entering PAWS into Piko (Worsheet Version April 27 2012)
Acronym
CoRTAD
Name/Title
Coral Reef Temperature Anomaly Database
Capability Area: Understanding Climate Variability and Change
Understanding Climate Variability and Change
Observing Systems, Data Stewardship, Data Services
Operational Products and Services
Research/Development
Historical Observations (hindcasts/climatologies)
Projections (modeling and downscaling)
Training and Capacity Building, Education, Outreach
Best Practices/Guidance
Decision Support Tools
Essential Climate Variable/Parameter
Atmospheric:
Surface (e.g., temp, precip, wind)
Upper-Air
Composition
Oceanic:
Surface (e.g., SST, SSH, salinity, ocean color)
Sub-surface (e.g., temp, salinity, nutrients, carbon, phytoplankton)
Terrestrial:
(e.g., surface water, glaciers and ice caps, land cover, biomass)
Time Frame
Seasonal (outlook)
Intra-annual to Decadal
Multi-decadal (scenarios)
Capability Area: Understanding Climate Impacts and Informing Adaptation
Understanding Climate Impacts and Informing Adaptation
Climate Impacts
Observing Systems, Data Stewardship, Data Services
Research/Development
Historical Observations (hindcasts/climatologies)
Projections (modeling and downscaling)
Climate Adaptation
Training and Capacity Building, Education, Outreach
Best Practices/Guidance
Decision Support Tools
Policies and Legislation
Assessment and Evaluation
Sector
Public Health and Safety
Fresh Water Resources
Energy
Transportation/Communication and Commerce
Community Planning and Development
Social and Cultural Resources
Agriculture and Fisheries
Recreation and Tourism
Ecosystems
Other
Status
Completed
Ongoing
Planned
Proposed
Focus Area
Fresh Water Resources and Drought
Coastal Inundation/Sea Level Rise, Extreme Weather, and Community Resilience
Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystems
Region/Locale
Central North Pacific
State of Hawaii
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Pacific Remote Islands
Western North Pacific
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)
Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)
Guam
Republic of Palau
Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI)
Other Western North Pacific
South Pacific
American Samoa
Australia
Cook Islands
Fiji
French Polynesia
Kiribati
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea (PNG)
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Other South Pacific
Pacific Basin
Global
Description
The CoRTAD contains a collection of sea surface temperature (SST) and related thermal stress metrics, developed specifically for coral reef ecosystem applications but relevant to other ecosystems as well. The CoRTAD contains global, approximately 4 km resolution SST data on a weekly time scale from 1981 through 2010.
Objectives/Outcomes
Lead Agencies, Institutions and Organizations
NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center
Contacts(names, emails)
Kenneth Casey, Kenneth.Casey@noaa.gov
Partnering Agencies, Institutions, and Organizations
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill – supported initial development and scientific application of the CoRTAD. Conservation International – provides ongoing scientific guidance for the CoRTAD.
Required Resources
Projected Timelines
Maintained and updated every one to two years, as more satellite data, which form the basis of the CoRTAD, become available.
Feedback Mechanisms and Evaluation Measures
Feedback on the performance of the CoRTAD, questions or issues on how to access and use it, and comments about the quality of the dataset may be made to NODC.Services@noaa.gov
Url
http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/sog/Cortad/
Worksheet
PnA_CORTAD.doc
Keywords
Understanding Climate Variability and Change Observing Systems, Data Stewardship, Data Services Research/Development Historical Observations (hindcasts/climatologies) Surface (e.g., SST, SSH, salinity, ocean color) Intra-annual to Decadal Understanding Climate Impacts and Informing Adaptation Climate Impacts Observing Systems, Data Stewardship, Data Services Research/Development Historical Observations (hindcasts/climatologies) Ecosystems Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystems Ongoing Global South Pacific Pacific Basin Central North Pacific Western North Pacific