Benthic Habitats of the Main Hawaiian Islands Prepared by Visual Interpretation from Remote Sensing Imagery Collected by NOAA Year 2000: Niihau

Description

This project is a cooperative effort among the National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, the University of Hawaii, and Analytical Laboratories of Hawaii, LLC. The goal of the work was to develop coral reef mapping methods and compare benthic habitat maps generated by photointerpreting georeferenced color aerial photography, hyperspectral and IKONOS satellite imagery. Twenty-seven distinct benthic habitat types within eleven zones were mapped directly into a GIS system using visual interpretation of orthorectified aerial photographs and hyperspectral imagery. Benthic features were mapped that covered an area of 790 km^2. In all, 204 km^2 of unconsolidated sediment, 171 km^2 of submerged vegetation, and 415 km^2 of coral reef and colonized hardbottom were mapped.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/39402
0 Online Resource http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/products/biogeography/hawaii_cd/data/
57 Online Resource http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/datasets/ccma/biogeo/hawaii/shapes/niihau.zip
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/nccos/dmp/pdf/39402.pdf
57 Downloadable Data http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/datasets/ccma/biogeo/hawaii/shapes/niihau.zip
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords

Tags

  • coral reef
  • national ocean service
  • national centers for coastal ocean science
  • niihau
  • color aerial photography
  • oceans
  • environmental monitoring
  • united states
  • noaa
  • hawaii
  • u.s. exclusive economic zone
  • oceancommunity
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • submerged aquatic vegetation
  • coralline algae
  • zone
  • doc/noaa/nos/nccos
  • hawaii_2000
  • aurora hyperspectral imagery
  • reef
  • habitat
  • unconsolidated sediments

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