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"@context": "http://schema.org/", "@type": "WebPage", "additionalType": "Project", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/pcmsc/science/california-seafloor-mapping-program", "headline": "California Seafloor Mapping Program", "datePublished": "June 6, 2022", "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Guy R Cochrane, PhD", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/guy-r-cochrane", "identifier": { "@type": "PropertyValue", "propertyID": "orcid", "value": "0000-0002-8094-4583" } }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Samuel Y Johnson", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/samuel-y-johnson", "identifier": { "@type": "PropertyValue", "propertyID": "orcid", "value": "0000-0001-7972-9977" } }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nadine Golden", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/nadine-golden", "identifier": { "@type": "PropertyValue", "propertyID": "orcid", "value": "0000-0001-6007-6486" } }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Peter Dartnell", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/peter-dartnell", "identifier": { "@type": "PropertyValue", "propertyID": "orcid", "value": "0000-0002-9554-729X" } } ], "description": [ { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "MLML \u2014 Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (https://www.mlml.calstate.edu)" }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Data ground-truthing \u2014 video, still photography, or physical sampling of the seafloor. Visit progress page." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Federal Funding \u2014 NOAA National Ocean Service, Office of Coast Surveys; U.S. Geological Survey Coastal and Marine Geology Program; and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "GIS \u2014 geographic information system" }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "CMSP \u2014 Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning" }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "CSMP \u2014 California Seafloor Mapping Program" }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "State Funding \u2014 2006 Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006 (Proposition 84)." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "MLPA \u2014 California Marine Life Protection Act" }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Although the CSMP was originally developed to support the design and monitoring of marine reserves through the Marine Life Protection Act [California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), 2007], accurate statewide mapping of the seafloor has also contributed significantly to these efforts:" }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "COPC \u2014 California Ocean Protection Council (http://www.opc.ca.gov)" }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "USGS \u2014 U.S. Geological Survey (https://www.usgs.gov)" }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "CDFW \u2014 California Department of Fish and Wildlife (https://www.wildlife.ca.gov)" }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "PCMSC \u2014 Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center (https://www.usgs.gov/centers/pcmsc)" }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "California Seafloor Mapping Program map block names are listed north to south, with corresponding links to swath mapping data, video ground-truthing data, seismic profiling data, map sheet sets, and digital data." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "MPA \u2014 Marine Protected Area" }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "The California Seafloor Mapping Program (CSMP) is a cooperative program to create a comprehensive coastal and marine geologic and habitat base map series for all of California's State waters." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Objective \u2014 create a comprehensive coastal/marine bathymetric, geologic, and habitat base map series for all state waters (MHHW - 3nm)." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "NOAA \u2014 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (https://www.noaa.gov/)" }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Bathymetry and Backscatter Data Collection \u2014 ship-based, high-resolution sonar data collection for all parts of the coast unmapped as of 2008, about 80% of California\u2019s mainland waters. Visit progress page." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "NAMSS \u2014 USGS National Archive of Marine Seismic Surveys (https://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/namss/)" }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "MHHW \u2014 mean higher high water" }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Basic Components" }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Data collected during this project reveal the seafloor offshore of the California coast in unprecedented detail (for example, see the computer animations on this page) and provide an ecosystem context for the effective management of this precious marine resource." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "GIS Data and Map Production \u2014 creation of GIS databases and multi-sheet folio map sets (1:24,000 scale), which will include bathymetry, geologic and habitat interpretation maps spanning the entire California land/sea margin. Visit map sheets page." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "CSUMB \u2014 SFML \u2014 California State University at Monterey Bay Seafloor Mapping Lab (http://seafloor.otterlabs.org)" }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Learn about our data collection methods and techniques, find map block names and corresponding links to data, read descriptions of the maps in a published block, and see examples of how our data is used in coastal zone management and research." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "The California Ocean Protection Council (COPC) authorized funds to establish the CSMP in 2007 and assembled a team of experts from state and federal agencies, academia, and private industry to develop the best approach to mapping and classifying coastal and marine geologic habitats, while at the same time updating all nautical charts. Initiated in 2008, the CSMP has collected bathymetry (underwater topography) and backscatter data (providing insight into the geologic makeup of the seafloor) that are being turned into habitat and geologic base maps for all of California's State Waters (mean high water line out to three nautical miles)." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Data Management and Dissemination \u2014 creation of an online data repository for the public dissemination of all digital data and map products covering the California state waters. Visit GIS data and metadata page." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Subbottom profiling \u2014 high-resolution, seismic-reflection profiling to determine thickness and distribution of sediment and other geologic units, locations of active faults and folds, submarine landslides, and other features. 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