California Aquatic Resource Inventory (CARI)
- Source:
- San Francisco Estuary Institute
- Description:
- CARI is a Geographic Information System (GIS) dataset of surface waters and their riparian areas consisting of polygon and line features with data-rich attributes that can be used for developing broad- or fine-scale landscape summaries of aquatic features. CARI is a seamless statewide map compiled from multiple data sources and standardized to a common classification system. This statewide dataset provides the best available map of state surface waters and serves as the base map in EcoAtlas to coordinate monitoring and assessment at the landscape scale across federal, state, and local agencies, while providing enough detail to inform local land use planning. Accompanying CARI is the CARI Editor, an interactive, online GIS mapping interface that facilitates user-generated updates to information associated with the CARI dataset. When users encounter any discrepancy between CARI details and actual landscape conditions, they can suggest changes that can be reviewed and incorporated into the authoritative CARI data, thereby maintaining CARI’s currency and ready applicability to decision making.
- Provenance:
- San Francisco Estuary Institute
- Subregion(s):
- Central Bay, Central Delta, Lower South Bay, North Delta, San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, South Bay, South Delta, and Suisun Bay
- Topic(s):
- habitat and imagery + basemaps
- Temporal Coverage:
- 1999-2016
- Data Version:
- v0.3
- Geometry Type:
- Polygon data and Line data
- File Format:
- Geodatabase
- Citation:
- San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI). 2017. "California Aquatic Resource Inventory (CARI) version 0.3." Accessed [date retrieved]. https://www.sfei.org/data/california-aquatic-resource-inventory-cari-version-03-gis-data
- Spatial Resolution - Units:
- Meters
- WRMP Primary Indicator:
- 1 - Map of baylands habitat types and elements (vegetated tidal marsh, tidal flats, diked marsh types, levees, channels, pannes, etc); impact areas and projects.
- WRMP Secondary Indicator(s):
- 4 - Map of "complete marshes" as defined by BEHGU and fluvial/upland/riparian connectivity.
- Operational Landscape Unit(s):
- Central Bay - Corte Madera, Central Bay - East Bay Crescent, Central Bay - Golden Gate, Central Bay - Mission - Islais, Central Bay - Point Richmond, Central Bay - Richardson, Central Bay - San Leandro, Central Bay - San Rafael, Central Bay - Yosemite - Visitacion, Lower South Bay - Mowry, Lower South Bay - San Francisquito, Lower South Bay - Santa Clara Valley, Lower South Bay - Stevens, San Pablo Bay - Carquinez North, San Pablo Bay - Carquinez South, San Pablo Bay - Gallinas, San Pablo Bay - Napa - Sonoma, San Pablo Bay - Novato, San Pablo Bay - Petaluma, San Pablo Bay - Pinole, San Pablo Bay - Wildcat, South Bay - Alameda, South Bay - Belmont - Redwood, South Bay - Colma - San Bruno, South Bay - San Lorenzo, South Bay - San Mateo, Suisun Bay - Montezuma Slough, Suisun Bay - Port Chicago, Suisun Bay - Suisun Slough, and Suisun Bay - Walnut
- Keyword(s):
- Watershed Monitoring, Wetland Monitoring and Assessment, and GIS - Aquatic Resource Mapping
- Documentation URL:
- SOPS in development.
- License:
- GNU Lesser General Public License 3.0
- More details at:
- https://www.sfei.org/data/california-aquatic-resource-inventory-cari-version-03-gis-data
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