Constructing visualization tools and training resources to assess climate impacts on the channel islands national marine sanctuary NetCDF files

The Channel Islands Marine Sanctuary (CINMS) comprises 1,470 square miles surrounding the Northern Channel Islands: Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, San Miguel, and Santa Barbara, protecting various species and habitats. However, these sensitive habitats are highly susceptible to climate-driven ‘shock’ events which are associated with extreme values of temperature, pH, or ocean nutrient levels. A particularly devastating example was seen in 2014-16, when extreme temperatures and changes in nutrient conditions off the California coast led to large-scale die-offs of marine organisms. Global climate models are the best tool available to predict how these shocks may respond to climate change. To better understand the drivers and statistics of climate-driven ecosystem shocks, a ‘large ensemble’ of simulations run with multiple climate models will be used. The objective of this project is to develop a Python-based web application to visualize ecologically significant climate variables near th..., Data was accessed through AWS and then after subsetted to the point of interest, a netcdf file was downloaded for the purposes of the web application. More information can be found on the GitHub repository here: https://github.com/Channelislanders/toolkit
It should be noted that all data found here is just for the purpose for the web application., , # GENERAL INFORMATION

This dataset is the files that accompany the website created for this project. A subsetted version of the CESM 1 dataset was downloaded to instantly update the website.

## 1. Title of the Project

Constructing Visualization Tools and Training Resources to Assess Climate Impacts on the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary

## 2. Author Information

Graduate Students at the Bren School for Environmental Science & Management in the Masters of Environmental Data Science program 2023-2024.

### A. Principal Investigators Contact Information

Names: Olivia Holt, Diana Navarro, and Patty Park

Institution: Bren School at the University of California, Santa Barbara

Address: Bren Hall, 2400 University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93117

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### B. Associate or Co-investigator Contact Informat...