Coral Health and Monitoring Program (CHAMP)

Coral Health and Monitoring Program (CHAMP)

2002

"The mission of the Coral Health and Monitoring Program (CHAMP) is to provide services and information sources for coral reef researchers and the public in order to help improve and sustain coral reef health throughout the world. Our long term goals are: To establish an international network of coral reef researchers for the purpose of sharing knowledge and information on coral health and monitoring; to provide near real-time data products derived from satellite images and monitoring stations at coral reef areas; to provide a data repository for historical data collected from coral reef areas and add to the general fund of coral reef knowledge. NOAA/OAR's CHAMP, as co-partner with NESDIS in the Coral Reef Watch program, is now in the process of installing Coral Reef Early Warning System (CREWS) monitoring stations at all major US coral reef areas, according to recommendations by the US Coral Reef Task Force. These meteorological and oceanographic monitoring stations, as well as those in the SEAKEYS Network, provide near real-time data and information products."

coral; satellite; health; monitoring; reef; warning; meteorological; oceanographic

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