Coastal communities can use this product to improve sea level rise projections, support flood protection efforts, inform wetland restoration projects and much more. With higher-resolution data, local officials and others can now access and analyze details that were previously unavailable.

Using funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, NOAA and several other entities are working together to obtain high-resolution data for the entire coastal zone. Due to the increased costs associated with high-resolution CCAP data, this product is often unattainable for local communities, but not anymore. People use these data to better understand impacts from natural phenomena and human use and to evaluate management decisions.

Land cover data is obtained by analyzing imagery collected from satellites and airplanes to determine how much of a region is covered by forests, wetlands, agriculture and other land and water types. The higher resolution will make this product more applicable for use at the community level.Ĭoastal land cover or CCAP is an important data product that NOAA has provided for decades.

This valuable update will provide users with higher-quality land cover imagery by transitioning from a 30-meter resolution to a 1-meter resolution. Over the next year, new high-resolution coastal land cover data will be available for the entire coastal zone. Here at NOAA, we have exciting news to share!

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