Ocean Solutions, Earth Solutions, 2nd Edition by Edited by Dawn J. Wright - 2016

Esri Press, 2016. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. In studies drawn from 2013 and 2014 fora on geographical information systems (GIS) and oceans, Earth and environmental scientists discuss use-inspired science and realistic solutions for problems of the ocean and so of Earth. Among their topics are tools for implementing the coastal and marine ecological classification standard, a GIS tool to compute a pollutant exposure index for the southern California Bight, extending the Esri geoportal server to meet the needs of the West Coast Ocean Data Network and inform regional ocean management, linking landscape condition impacts to coral reef ecosystem composition for the east end of Saint Croix, approaches to visualizing complex ocean data using worldwide telescope, near real-time oceanic glider mission viewers, and modeling and mapping coastal ecosystem services to support climate adaptation planning. (2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR)