Legend (PhysicalOceanography)

Annual Mean Offshore Wind Speed m/s (1) 5.5 - 6.0 m/s 6.0 - 6.5 m/s 6.5 - 7.0 m/s 7.0 - 7.5 m/s 7.5 - 8.0 m/s 8.0 - 8.5 m/s 8.5 - 9.0 m/s 9.0 - 9.5 m/s 9.5 - 10.0 m/s 10.0 - 10.5 m/s Water Depth (2) -3,943 - -2,000 -2000 - -1,000 -1000 - -500 -500 - -200 -200 - -100 -100 - -50 -50 - -20 -20 - 0 Submarine Canyons (4) Submarine Canyons Contours - Mean Annual Offshore Wind Speed (m/s) (5) ≤ 6.5 ≤ 7.0 ≤ 7.5 ≤ 8.0 ≤ 8.5 ≤ 9.0 ≤ 9.5 ≤ 10.0 ≤ 10.2 60-meter Bathymetry Contour (6) Percent Sediment Type - Granule and pebble (9) 0% 0 - 4% 4 - 15% 15 - 25% 25 - 36% 36 - 100% Percent Sediment Type - Mud (11) 0% 0 - 1% 1 - 15% 15 - 30% 30 - 44% 44 - 58% 58 - 100% Percent Sediment Type - Sand (12) 0% 0 - 11% 11 - 27% 27 - 43% 43 - 59% 59 - 75% 75 - 91% 91 - 100% Percent Sediment Type - Steep/Deep (13) 0% 0 - 0.5% 0.5 - 1% 1 - 20% Sediment Data Density (14) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - 1916 Sediment Diversity (15) 1 2 3 4 5 Percent Sediment Type - Boulder (16) 0% 0 - 0.9% 0.9 - 6% 6 - 11% 11 - 16% 16 - 100% Percent Sediment Type - Cobble (17) 0% 0 - 2% 2 - 5% 5 - 9% 9 - 32% Median bottom stress (Pa), Annual (7) 0 - 0.03 0.04 - 0.07 0.08 - 0.11 0.12 - 0.17 0.18 - 0.25 0.26 - 0.34 0.35 - 0.46 0.47 - 0.64 0.65 - 0.87 0.88 - 1.16 1.17 - 1.6 1.61 - 2.84 Median bottom stress (Pa), Winter (18) 0 - 0.03 0.04 - 0.07 0.08 - 0.11 0.12 - 0.17 0.18 - 0.25 0.26 - 0.34 0.35 - 0.46 0.47 - 0.64 0.65 - 0.87 0.88 - 1.16 1.17 - 1.6 1.61 - 2.84 Median bottom stress (Pa), Spring (19) 0 - 0.03 0.04 - 0.07 0.08 - 0.11 0.12 - 0.17 0.18 - 0.25 0.26 - 0.34 0.35 - 0.46 0.47 - 0.64 0.65 - 0.87 0.88 - 1.16 1.17 - 1.6 1.61 - 2.84 Median bottom stress (Pa), Summer (20) 0 - 0.03 0.04 - 0.07 0.08 - 0.11 0.12 - 0.17 0.18 - 0.25 0.26 - 0.34 0.35 - 0.46 0.47 - 0.64 0.65 - 0.87 0.88 - 1.16 1.17 - 1.6 1.61 - 2.84 Median bottom stress (Pa), Fall (21) 0 - 0.03 0.04 - 0.07 0.08 - 0.11 0.12 - 0.17 0.18 - 0.25 0.26 - 0.34 0.35 - 0.46 0.47 - 0.64 0.65 - 0.87 0.88 - 1.16 1.17 - 1.6 1.61 - 2.84 Integrated Sentinel Monitoring Network (ISMN) (23) AZMP (Maritimes) - Scotian Shelf Acoustic - Scotian shelf American Lobster Settlement Index - Northeast Atlantic Ocean RI to Canada Changes in biodiversity associated with salmon aquaculture in Passamaquoddy Bay - Passamaquoddy Bay Civil Works EA/EIS Benthic Studies - Long Island Sound to Gulf of Maine DFO Ocean Quahog Banquereau - Scotian Shelf DFO Ocean Quahog Bay of Fundy - Bay of Fundy Eastern Scotian Shelf Northern Shrimp Survey - Eastern Scotian Shelf HabCam: Habitat Mapping Camera System - Atlantic Northeast Coast Long Term Monitoring Program for Salt Marshes - Narrgansett Bay NERRS System Wide Monitoring Program NH Salt Marsh Restoration Monitoring Program - Coastal New Hampshire NOAA groundfish - Northeast Atlantic Ocean NOAA scallops - Georges Bank Northeast Peak, Mid Atlantic Bight, Great South Channel NOAA surfclam - Georges Bank Northeast Peak, Mid Atlantic Bight,Great South Channel NYSDEC Juvenile Eel Survey - Carmans River Narragansett Bay Fixed Site Monitoring Network - Narragansett Bay Northeast Fisheries Science Center Resource and Ecosystem Surveys Ocean Disposal Sites for Dredged Material - New England Atlantic Coast Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning Program - MA coastline Salt Marsh and Estuarine Monitoring - Northeast Salt Marshes Spencer Baird to Congress in 1872 - Vineyard Sound Summer Groundfish Survey - Scotian Shelf U.S. EPA: Phil Colarusso - New England waters USFWS Breeding Waterfowl Survey - LIS, FIS, RIS, BIS, VS, NS, GOM Winter Groundfish Survey - Scotian Shelf MARACOOS Buoys (28) Federal Ocean Observing Buoys and Stations (26) CDIP CDIP/NERACOOS COOPS NDBC NDBC/NERACOOS NERRS Maine Seafloor Mapping Priorities 2024-2025 (29) Inshore Mapping Priorities Offshore Mapping Priorities Saildrone Gulf of Maine Mission (30)