Description
This is an integrated benthic habitat map system which consists of a number of separate map layers including multibeam bathymetry, digital NOAA nautical charts, acoustic backscatter imagery, hyperlinked underwater still photographs and/or video framegrabs of the benthos, seafloor classification results of living cover and substrate from optical imagery and towboard diver observations, derived depth contours, layers of geomorphic information (slope, rugosity, Bathymetric Position Index Structures, and Bathymetric Position Index Zones), Ikonos satellite imagery where available, and terrestrial topography. These data are incorporated into stand alone ArcGIS and ArcReader projects. ArcReader is a software package that can be downloaded and installed free of charge, and enables the user to view and perform limited manipulations of these map layers.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Web Page | HTML | pibhmc_amsamoa_tutuila.htm | Open resource |
Tags
- 1084
- acoustic imagery
- american samoa
- amsam
- aquatic habitat
- backscatter
- bathymetric position index structures
- bathymetric position index zones
- bathymetry
- bathymetry/seafloor topography
- benthic habitat
- benthic habitat mapping and characterization - american samoa and pria
- biosphere
- corals
- coris_metadata
- country/territory
- earth science
- geographic information
- habitats
- mapping
- multibeam backscatter
- multibeam sonar
- ocean basin
- oceans
- oes0402
- pacific ocean
- photographic analysis
- reef monitoring and assessment
- rugosity
- slope
- south pacific
- synthesis map
- tc0201
- tutuila island
- tutuila island (14s170w0016)
- united states of america
- videography
- zoology