Science & Data

Singing the No-Fly Zone blues.

85 miles to Beluga whales – Hexacopter photogrammetry of Cook Inlet beluga whales

Measuring whales from the air – Hexacopter photogrammetry of Cook Inlet beluga whales.

Blue skies, calm seas, and whales as far as the eye can see—Hexacopter photogrammetry of Cook Inlet beluga whales.

Working in Cook Inlet – Where Did all the Water Go?

NOAA Scientists are using an Uncrewed Aerial System, a hexacopter, to collect photographs of the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale.

Evidence for the earliest “Krill Trap” on record in the Western Beaufort Sea.

This Arctic survey of marine mammals in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas, off the northern and western coasts of Alaska, has been conducted every year since 1979. A long-term dataset like this is both unusual and important. Exact dates and specific locations of the survey have varied over the years, but the study goals, general area of survey, and survey methods have stayed remarkably similar. ASAMM is co-managed by the NOAA Fisheries Marine Mammal Laboratory, and funded and co-managed by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.

Norton Sound beluga whale survey to be conducted for first time in nearly 20 years.

Norton Sound beluga whale survey to be conducted for first time in nearly 20 years.