Preregistration Required: NWQMC Webinar Series

The Role of Environmental Monitoring and Data Management in Supporting Science to Inform Decision Making: Integrating Coastal and Ocean Monitoring Programs to Address Societal Needs Presented by Dwayne E. Porter, PhD, University of South Carolina Wednesday, May 16th, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. EDT

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The Role of Environmental Monitoring and Data Management in Supporting Science to Inform Decision Making: Integrating Coastal and Ocean Monitoring Programs to Address Societal Needs

A goal of NOAA’s National Ocean Service is to increase coastal intelligence with a commitment to integrating scientifically -defensible data, models, and decision- support tools to improve the ability of decision makers scaling from federal agencies to the private individual. Implementation and maintenance of robust data management and communications infrastructures are critical challenges for development of successful collaborative scientific and management initiatives. The development of the data and information management components of coastal and ocean observing system initiatives must address both core and cooperating programs’ data and information exchange while meeting the needs of the end users. This webinar will provide an overview of the necessity for and benefits of a sound data management program. Examples will be provided to illustrate instances where management decisions have benefited from decision support tools that make use of data integrated across multiple coastal and ocean monitoring programs.