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Research paper guidelines click here

Field site descriptions click here

Poster examples may be viewed in the halls of DeLoach, here, or here

Beach Profiles South

INSTAR

Miami INSTAR  http://www.projectinstar.org 

 

Charlotte Area Data


 

Wilmington Area Data


 

Watersheds


 

WEATHER, WAVES, TIDES AND SEA LEVEL


NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmsopheric Administration) http://www.noaa.gov/
Current Weather at the Portland Buoy http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/

station_page.phtml?$station=44007

NOAA/NOS Tides Forecast for Portland, Maine http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/tides/

nynePORT.html

NOAA/NOS Tidal Differences for Maine Locations http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/tab2ec1a.html
NOAA/NOS Sea Level Trends http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/seatrnds.html
NOAA/NOS Sea Level, Benchmarks http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/data_res.html
NOAA/NOS Tide and Current Glossary http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/tideglos.html
FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) http://www.fema.gov/
MEMA (Maine Emergency Management Agency) http://www.state.me.us/mema/
NWS Coastal Maine Marine Forecast-Stonington, ME to Merrimack R., MA http://www.state.me.us/mema/

weather/pwmcwfpwm

NWS Coastal Maine Marine Forecast-Eastport to Stonington, ME http://www.state.me.us/mema/

weather/pwmcwfcar

Maine Harbors http://www.maineharbors.com/
Tidelines (merchandise) http://www.tidelines.com/
USGS News and Information on El Nino http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/elnino/

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ORGANIZATIONS


Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission http://www.smrpc.maine.org/
Maine Department of Marine Resources http://janus.state.me.us/dmr/
Maine Coastal Program http://www.state.me.us/spo/mcp/
Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve http://www.communitynetwork.com/

wells/farm/farm.html

Higgins Beach Management Plan http://www.scarborough.me.us/town/townhall/

gengov/admin/planning/hbmp/hbmp04.htm

National Sea Grant http://www.mdsg.umd.edu/NSGO/index.html
Sea Grant HazNet http://www.haznet.org/text/erosion.html
New Hampshire Sea Grant Program http://www.seagrant.unh.edu/index.html
USGS (United States Geological Survey) Center for Coastal Research http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/
USGS Briefings on Coastal and Marine Geology Issues http://marine.usgs.gov/fact-sheets
USGS Natural Hazards http://www.usgs.gov/hazards
US Army Corps of Engineers http://www.usace.army.mil/
Office of Naval Research http://www.onr.navy.mil/
EPA Beach Watch http://www.epa.gov/ost/beaches/
Hurricane Damage to Residential Structures http://www.Colorado.EDU/hazards/wp/wp94

/wp94.html

Heinz Center Report: Evaluation of Erosion Hazards http://www.heinzcenter.org/publications

/erosion/index.htm


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INSTITUTIONS INVOLVED IN COASTAL RESEARCH


University of Maine Department of Geological Sciences http://www.geology.um.maine.edu/
University of Maine School of Marine Sciences http://www.ume.maine.edu/~marine/

generalmain.html

University of Maine Darling Marine Center http://server.dmc.maine.edu/
Maine Maritime Academy http://www.mainemaritime.edu/
National Undersea Research Center (NURC) http://www.nurc.uconn.edu/
University of New Hampshire Earth, Oceans, and Space http://www.eos.sr.unh.edu/
Cornell/UNH Shoals Marine Laboratory http://www.sml.cornell.edu/
University of Rhode Island School of Oceanography http://gso.uri.edu/
University of Rhode Island Coastal Resources Center http://crc.uri.edu/
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution http://www.whoi.edu/
University of South Florida http://www.marine.usf.edu
University of Delaware http://www.ocean.udel.edu/
Oregon State University, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences http://www.oce.orst.edu
University of Hawaii at Manoa http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/

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MAINE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COASTAL SITES OF INTEREST


Maine Geological Survey Marine Geology Fact Sheets http://www.state.me.us/doc/nrimc/

pubedinf/factsht/mar-fact.htm

Reid State Park Beach Cleanup http://www.state.me.us/doc/nrimc/mgs/

sites-1998/jan98.htm

Historical Changes to a Beach in Lubec http://www.state.me.us/doc/nrimc/mgs/

sites-1998/aug98.htm

The Variety of Maine's Changing Shoreline http://www.state.me.us/doc/nrimc/mgs/

sites-1999/july99.htm

Sebago Lake Beach Changes http://www.state.me.us/doc/nrimc/mgs/

sites-1997/august.htm

Rockland Landslide, 1996 http://www.state.me.us/doc/nrimc/mgs/

sites-1997/septembr.htm

Burnt Island's Glacial Erratics of the Lincoln Sill http://www.state.me.us/doc/nrimc/mgs/

sites-2000/nov00.htm

Using GIS to Measure Beach Shoreline Change http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/projects/p074.htm
Penobscot Bay GIS Project http://www.csc.noaa.gov/id/text/pbgis.html
Maine Coastal Barrier Resource System http://www.state.me.us/doc/nrimc/pubedinf/

factsht/marine/barrier.htm

Federal Coastal Barrier Resource System http://www.fws.gov/cep/cbrtable.html

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