Center for Ocean Mapping and Innovative Technologies

Providing NOAA with a world-class mapping center to develop unique technologies to map, identify, and respond to a variety of threats in the world’s ocean and coastal zones.

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Tampa Bay Nested Survey Project – Student Blog #3

Tampa Bay Nested Survey Project – Student Blog #3

Me at my desk at CMS, creating digital ecosystems!Written by: Bea Combs-Hintze, PhD student with Drs. David Naar & Steve Murawski. It’s all about Balance – in life, and in modeling I am expecting my first child at the end of the month. (Deep breaths.) Life these...

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What we do

The intended benefits of COMIT will serve a diverse community of constituencies by developing, testing and implementing better, cheaper, and faster approaches to ocean and coastal mapping.

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Uncrewed Systems

Improving the efficiency of seafloor mapping efforts via advanced technology and processing algorithms.

Geodetic Observations

Developing tools for high precision measurements of the seafloor in coastal zones.

Applied Hydrography

Increasing capacity to rapidly respond to coastal impacts and changes.

Forecasting and Remote Sensing

Resolving complexity of spatial and temporal scales for hydrodynamic modeling in nearshore environments.

Professional Development

Capacity building through training modules, certificate programs, graduate coursework, and seminars.

Outreach

Community engagement via user-ready content and products for the general public and elementary to high school-aged students.