Data

Gaining insights into the ecological condition of aquatic ecosystems is a data-driven process. SCCWRP has developed robust frameworks, workflows and tools to automate the process of acquiring, storing, processing and interpreting large-scale environmental data sets.

Among the largest environmental data sets managed by SCCWRP are for the Southern California Bight Regional Monitoring Program (learn more) and its freshwater counterpart, the Southern California Stormwater Monitoring Coalition Regional Watershed Monitoring Program (learn more). SCCWRP-managed data sets date back to the 1970s and include seminal data like the Southern California Bight reference surveys and California Sediment Quality Objectives (learn more) data.

Newer data sets

Newer environmental monitoring data sets are hosted on the Esri ArcGIS Open Data Portal:

Older data sets

Older sets are housed in SCCWRP’s custom-built data portal. These older data sets – both for regional monitoring programs and for similar, regionally focused studies – are hosted on the Southern California Integrated GPS Network (SCIGN), a mapping tool that is a predecessor to the Open Data Portal. Older data sets include Bight and SMC regional monitoring cycles from the 1990s and 2000s, Southern California Bight reference surveys (1977, 1985, 1990), EPA Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) databases for the Southern California Bight, and California Sediment Quality Objectives data.

Submitting data to SCCWRP

To submit large-scale environmental data sets to SCCWRP, please use the SCCWRP FileExchange.

SCCWRP also has built data submission portals to allow external collaborators to self-submit data for select projects and programs. These data submission portals include built-in, automated data quality-control checkers to ensure all data are standardized and of consistent high quality.