Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Portal - Alaska Ocean Observing System
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Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Portal - AOOS
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The Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Ecosystem Portal combines the National Marine Fisheries Service Alaska Region Cook Inlet beluga whale scientific sightings mapper with biological, physical and socio-economic data layers into a data integration and visualization tool on the Alaska Ocean Observing System’s platform. The additional data layers include oceanographic and environmental measurements from real-time sensors; regional oceanographic and climate models; bathymetry and habitat information; data on beluga whale prey in Cook Inlet; local and traditional knowledge; other project-level GIS data; and the locations of current and planned major development activities.
This portal was made possible with funding from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), and the Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council (CIRCAC).