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Research Data, Programs, Specialized Labs and Associated Programs
The Baruch Institute has been collecting, producing, managing and interpreting data since 1969. Our collection provides scientists and students extensive background information, enhancing the quality of research. Numerous long-term studies are continuing at the field lab in Georgetown and have contributed to partnerships with other research groups and institutions.
Data Archives and Management |
Data Archives
The Baruch Institute’s Data Archives consist of historical data, images, and species lists generated by the hundreds of coastal studies and monitoring programs that have taken place since the late 1970s.
National Estuarine Research Reserve Centralized Data Management Office (NERR CDMO)
The Centralized Data Management Office (CDMO) was established in support of the System-wide Monitoring Program involving 25 sites around the US and Puerto Rico. The purpose of the CDMO, housed at the North Inlet-Winyah Bay, SC NERR, is the management of the basic infrastructure and data protocol to support the assimilation and exchange of data, metadata and information within the framework of NERRS sites, coastal zone management (CZM) programs, and other state and federally- funded education, monitoring and research programs.
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Carolinas Coastal Ocean Observing and Prediction System (Caro-COOPS)
A pre-operational system of integrated coastal observations and their application to user-driven research, societal, and economic needs. A Partnership Among the University of South Carolina, North Carolina State University, and the University of North Carolina-Wilmington.
North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NI-WB NERR)
The National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) is a national network of protected areas representing different biogeographic coastal regions of the United States. The sites were established for long-term research, monitoring, education, and stewardship. The North Inlet-Winyah Bay Reserve, one of 26 NERR sites, is a funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and matched resources from the host state agency.
Urbanization and Southeastern Estuarine Systems (USES) Project
The USES project is an ongoing, multidisciplinary study to assess and model the impacts of urban development on small, high salinity estuaries on the southeast coast of the United States.
Land Use - Coastal Ecosystem Study (LU-CES)
LU-CES seeks to improve our understanding of the population and socioeconomic trends that characterize the Southeastern coast, and how these trends affect our coastal ecosystems.
Mobile Link Organisms (LINKS) Project
The goal of the LINKS project is to quantify the roles of mobile animals, mainly fish and decapod crustaceans (collectively called nekton), in processing and transporting materials within and between marsh-estuarine systems and subsystems.
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South Carolina Algal Ecology Lab (SCAEL)
The South Carolina Algal Ecology Laboratory (SCAEL) was formed out of a unique partnership between the University of South Carolina’s Baruch Institute, and the Marine Resources Division of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR). Under the leadership of Dr. Susan Wilde, this laboratory is devoted to understanding the ecology of HABs. The SCAEL’s mission is to advance understanding of the natural and anthropogenic factors controlling the development of HABs, and the impacts of HABs on ecosystems, natural resources, and human health. Ultimately, the SCAEL seeks to arm management agencies with the tools needed to monitor, mitigate or prevent HAB outbreaks.
Geographic Information Processing Lab (GIP)
The GIP Lab explores the increasingly important roles that technology plays in monitoring, assessing, modeling and managing our environmental resources and associated health issues. Using the tools of Geographic Information Processing (GIP), GIP Lab staff and students develop and apply spatial models to study the impacts of anthropogenic and physiographic influences to environmental resources.
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Associated Programs and Links |
USC Marine Science Program
The resources of the Baruch Institute are available to students in the Marine Science program to provide hands-on technical and field training at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The study sites and data archives of the Baruch Institute compliment the interdisciplinary nature of the Marine Science Program academics.
The Belle W. Baruch Foundation
The Belle W. Baruch Foundation the non-profit organization that owns the 17,500-acre wildlife refuge, Hobcaw Barony. The Baruch Institute's field laboratory is located on that property.
Belle W. Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science (Clemson)
Clemson University also has a research facility located on Hobcaw Barony in Georgetown.
Scientists at Clemson's lab study coastal forest and wetland ecosystems, including wildlife, forestry, and hydrology. |
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