SECOORA Data Portal Survey

https://portal.secoora.org/

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* 1. In what capacity do you use the SECOORA data portal? Please check all that apply.

Commercial Shipping (e.g. harbor pilots, port management, tug boat operators, shipping, etc.)

Commercial fishing - fisherman or harvester

Commercial fishing - aquaculture, shellfish

Commercial boating (e.g. whale watch, tour boat, charter fishing, etc.)

Energy (e.g. oil and gas, renewables, transportation)

Environmental or coastal manager (e.g. Federal, Tribal, state, local, etc.)

Emergency manager (e.g. Federal, Tribal, state, local, etc.)

Fisheries manager (Federal, Tribal, state, etc.)

Industry

U.S. Coast Guard or military

Weather and/or surf forecaster (federal)

Weather and/or surf forecaster (private)

Recreational boater/fisherman (e.g. power boats, sailboat, kayak, etc.)

Recreational user (e.g., surfer, diver, beach goer, etc.)

Educator (classroom and other)

Researcher/Scientist

Student

General Public

Other

Other (please specify)

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* 2. Please select a category that describes how you are using the data in the portal and then describe the use further. Check all that apply.

Maritime Safety (e.g., deciding whether to go to sea, designing a recreational boating or fishing trip, deciding if your charter boat should go out for the day)

Management Agency (e.g., writing an EIS, reviewing a permit application, managing a natural resource such as commercial fishery or aquaculture)

Public Use (e.g., beach safety, planning a kayak, swimming or sailing trip)

Researcher (e.g., data analysis, data search)

Education (e.g., developing curriculum, educational materials, news articles)

Fishing (e.g., determine best fishing spots, managing hatcheries or aquaculture sites)

Coast Guard/Military (e.g., search and rescue, mission planning, monitoring)

Industry (e.g., siting considerations, manage assets, environmental monitoring)

Please describe the use further.

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* 3. How did you hear about the SECOORA’s data portal?

Presentation/Demo

IOOS website

Classroom (school project, professor)

Search engine such as Google or Yahoo

News Story (radio, newspaper, TV)

Newsletter or other RA publication

Other

Other (please specify)

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* 4. How easy is it to use the data portal?

Very easy

Easy

Neither easy nor difficult

Difficult

Very difficult

Please add comments here.

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* 5. Which datasets are you most interested in accessing through the portal? Select all that apply.

Physical data (e.g. waves, current, salinity)

Meteorological data (e.g. winds, temperature, pressure)

Water quality data (e.g., dissolved oxygen, pH, pCO2, etc.)

Model or satellite data (e.g., sea surface temperature, salinity)

Biological data (e.g., plankton, population assessments, whale sounds, acoustics, ecological characterizations, subsistence harvest, etc.)

Mobile platform (e.g., glider) or ocean profile data

Extreme events (e.g., harmful algal blooms, storms, flooding, etc)

Historical data

Webcam data

Other (please specify)

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* 6. Do you have any comments, suggestions or feedback on how to improve SECOORA data portal?

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* 7. Would you be interested in simpler, more targeted applications of the portal? If so, what data would you be most interested in accessing through those targeted applications (i.e. real time)?

Yes

If checked yes - What would you be most interested in accessing through those targeted applications (i.e. real time)?

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* 8. Would you be willing to complete a survey about the economic value of coastal data within the next year? Please provide your name and email contact.

First and Last Name

Affiliation

Email Address

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* 9. Please check yes or no if you would like to sign up for the SECOORA newsletter.

Yes

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* 1. In what capacity do you use the SECOORA data portal? Please check all that apply.

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* 2. Please select a category that describes how you are using the data in the portal and then describe the use further. Check all that apply.

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* 3. How did you hear about the SECOORA’s data portal?

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* 4. How easy is it to use the data portal?

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* 5. Which datasets are you most interested in accessing through the portal? Select all that apply.

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* 6. Do you have any comments, suggestions or feedback on how to improve SECOORA data portal? ﻿

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* 7. Would you be interested in simpler, more targeted applications of the portal? If so, what data would you be most interested in accessing through those targeted applications (i.e. real time)?

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* 8. Would you be willing to complete a survey about the economic value of coastal data within the next year? Please provide your name and email contact.

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* 9. Please check yes or no if you would like to sign up for the SECOORA newsletter.

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* 10. Do you have any additional comments, suggestions or feedback on the SECOORA Data Portal?

* 6. Do you have any comments, suggestions or feedback on how to improve SECOORA data portal?