![]() ![]() ![]() The software allows you to stack this information on top of each other geographically to look for patterns or to make graphic and visual displays of complex data sets. Two types of software seemed of particular significance, ArcGIS and Microsoft Access.ĪrcGIS (Geographic Information System) provides layers of informationĪrcGIS (Geographic Information System) provides layers of information, anything from land use patterns, topography to local data for an area on water quality or hurricane patterns. Stephanie Farrington, Biological Research Specialist with Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University, gave me a crash course on data management that may be better explained through some of the pictures and activities I was involved in below. Stephanie Farrington processing the photo grabs taken every 2 minutes from the dive 24,000 records were created on just 2 dives that needed to be inventoried and processed. But data management is essential for communicating and validating findings of the ROV dives. Geographic Area of Cruise: Continental shelf edge of the South Atlantic Bight between Port Canaveral, FL and Cape Hatteras, NCĭata processing may be seen by some to be a less glamorous role compared to ROV operators and their joysticks. Mission: Conduct ROV and multibeam sonar surveys inside and outside six marine protected areas (MPAs) and the Oculina Experimental Closed Area (OECA) to assess the efficacy of this management tool to protect species of the snapper grouper complex and Oculina coral ![]()
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