CoRViL is a a joint venture of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA), and the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS). This venture will provide an automated, cooperative exchange of electronic data, computer processing power and remote sensing tools for the purpose of monitoring the coral reef environment on the Great Barrier Reef. It is anticipated that this effort will eventually provide a model for monitoring physical processes at other sensitive coral reef areas throughout the world.

The CoRViL collaborative agreement is provisionally documented in 1998 Climate-Induced Bleaching of Great Barrier Reefs¹, with refinements therein soon to come.

Please see these other links to helpful information. ¹

• Arrangement Between NOAA, AIMS, and GBRMPA Regarding Scientific and Technical Cooperation in the Area of Coral Reefs (PDF document)
• AIMS Research Plan 1997-2000: Sustaining Coral Reefs
• Goals and Aims of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
• NOAA/NESDIS Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Coral Bleaching Hotspots
• An implementation of the NOAA/AOML Coral Reef Early Warning System (CREWS) on the Great Barrier Reef (PDF document)
• CREWS monitoring for Hardy Reef, Davies Reef, and Myrmidon Reef on the Great Barrier Reef
• A description of the CREWS expert system structure (PDF Document)
• Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Sea Temperature Monitoring Database
• Abstract for Large-scale bleaching of corals on the Great Barrier Reef by Ray Berkelmans and J. K. Oliver. A link to the whole paper is available at the bottom of that page. ²
• Map of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area 1998 Coral Bleaching Episode (a very large image)
• International Workshop On The Use Of Remote Sensing Tools For Mapping And Monitoring Coral Reefs. June 7-10, 1999 East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii (including the second meeting of the CoRViL principal investigators)
• RPS/SHC/BSF Protecting Coral Reef Ecosystems--"Cross-Cut" proposal for the NOAA FY2001-2005 Initiative (PDF document)
• NOAA FY 2000 Budget Request, which includes a proposal for funding of the CoRViL project (PDF Document)
• A prototype expert system for predicting wave height and reporting on storm conditions near Myrmidon Reef, Great Barrier Reef
• Report: Seasonal and local spatial patterns in the upper thermal limits of corals on the inshore Central Great Barrier Reef - R. Berkelmans & B.L. Willis (PDF document)