gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:78642 eng UTF8 dataset Office for Coastal Management resourceProvider Cothran, Jeremy jeremy.cothran@gmail.com pointOfContact 2026-03-04T19:17:17 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Drone the NERRS: Assessing the Efficacy of a Drone-based Coastal Wetland Monitoring Protocol Across Five Biogeographic Regions - NERRS/NSC(NERRS Science Collaborative) 2024-12 creation revision publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 78642 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/78642 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information https://nerrssciencecollaborative.org/project/Franklin23 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Franklin23 Online Resource download This project promoted access to drones for a wider community of users by transferring a protocol for drone-based wetland monitoring and evaluating its efficacy in assessing and monitoring emergent vegetation. The Project Visualizing changes in emergent vegetation due to storm events, climate change, and other anthropogenic stressors is integral to assessing the health of wetland ecosystems. Ground-based monitoring - a commonly used method to assess habitat health - can be labor intensive and damaging to vegetation in sensitive habitats, and can miss key differences in small-scale heterogeneous habitats. Satellite imagery offers solutions to the challenges of labor and potential damage to sensitive habitats but is expensive and sacrifices the high-resolution details needed for small-scale analysis. Uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), also known as drones, offer a lower cost, less invasive alternative to traditional ground-based monitoring for emergent vegetation that also provides higher resolution images than satellite-based imagery. "Drone the SWMP", a 2020 NERRS Science Collaborative catalyst project, used UAS to monitor wetlands in six reserves, then assessed and developed a standardized protocol that includes equipment operation, image processing, and image analysis. This project built on the work of Drone the SWMP by transferring their protocol for monitoring coastal wetlands and evaluating its efficacy in assessing and monitoring emergent vegetation across more reserves representing a wider range of biogeographic regions. Project activities included: beginning the development of a community of practice centered around drone use in the NERRS; qualitative assessment of the existing drone monitoring protocol; and production of a whitepaper to share the information gathered over the course of the project with the wider NERRS community. The Impact Project activities increased overall drone monitoring capacity within the NERRS by supporting the development of a community of practice as well as UAS pilot certification of staff members at five more reserves. The summary reports produced through this project are available to all reserve staff and help position them to explore next steps for strengthening the community of practice and sharing information and expertise among the broader NERRS community. Expanding the number of reserve staff familiar with UAS technology and monitoring methods helped lower barriers to UAS-based monitoring and has moved reserve staff further toward addressing remaining knowledge gaps in the NERRS. completed Office for Coastal Management 2234 South Hobson Avenue Charleston SC 29405-2413 https://www.coast.noaa.gov/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Office for Coastal Management Website Website listed for Office for Coastal Management information custodian asNeeded SWMP habitat mapping monitoring remote sensing theme Apalachicola, FL NERR Chesapeake Bay, VA NERR Great Bay, NH NERR Rookery Bay, FL NERR South Slough, OR NERR Wells, ME NERR place DOC/NOAA/NOS/OCM > Office of Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2017-04-24 publication 8.5 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian NERRS project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Office for Coastal Management, [Date of Access]: Drone the NERRS: Assessing the Efficacy of a Drone-based Coastal Wetland Monitoring Protocol Across Five Biogeographic Regions - NERRS/NSC(NERRS Science Collaborative) [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/78642. NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. 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Requested citation format: NOAA National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) Science Collaborative(NSC). otherRestrictions Distribution Liability: The distributor does not assume liability. unclassified NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 78642 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/ocm/dmp/pdf/78642.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. information crossReference eng; US oceans -85.24 -84.68 29.58 30.22 Apalachicola Bay, FL NERR -76.91 -76.35 37.2 37.6 Chesapeake Bay, VA NERR -70.97 -70.82 42.975 43.18 Great Bay, NH NERR -81.78 -81.455 25.8 26.1 Rookery Bay, FL NERR -124.344 -124.26 43.263 43.315 South Slough, OR NERR -70.6 -70.535 43.26 43.35 Wells, ME NERR | Currentness: Ground Condition 2024-01-01 2024-12-01 Project Lead: Jared Franklin, Rookery Bay NERR, Jared.Franklin@floridadep.gov Collaborative Lead: Megan Lamb, Apalachicola NERR Partners: Drone Working Group false eng false Other N/A 2025-11-21 publication Multiple formats Office for Coastal Management 2234 South Hobson Avenue Charleston SC 29405-2413 https://www.coast.noaa.gov/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Office for Coastal Management Website Website listed for Office for Coastal Management information distributor https://nerrssciencecollaborative.org/project/Franklin23 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Franklin23 download dataset Representativeness N/A This information is detailed within the project links. 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