Environmental Monitoring

Mission Statement

LUMCON’s goal is to document and quantify the changing landscape by leveraging high-resolution monitoring in the coastal southeastern Louisiana region.  This will include the design and implementation of scientific surveys, monitoring programs and investigations of the chemical, geologic, atmospheric, and biological environments.

A ship labeled Acadiana positioned with a stormy sky

LUMCON-GENERATED DATA

LUMCON’s monitoring stations are equipped with meteorological and hydrographic instrumentation. The operational stations collect and archive real-time data. To view our real-time data please click here.

The DeFelice Marine Center tower is equipped with cameras that display views north, south, east, and west. To view these please click here.

If you have any questions or concerns or would like information on the instruments we use to gather this data, please email [email protected].

Map of Active and Archived Stations
Pelicans flocking together

eBird Observation Data

The buttons will redirect you to eBird.   From eBird you can view bird observation data collected around the Marine Center by LUMCON staff and other eBird members through the links below.

eBird is is managed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to gather information in the form of checklists of birds, archive it, and freely share it to power new data-driven approaches to science, conservation and education.