Derived bathymetry of nearshore benthic habitats near Kaanapali, Maui, Hawaii
Description
Methods used were adapted from a "cookbook" of instructions developed by Kyle Hogref for using IKONOS imagery data to derive seafloor elevations in optically clear water. This dataset was derived from high-resolution (2 m) imagery from DigitalGlobe's WorldView-2 sensor of the Kaanapali area of Maui, Hawaii. Sensor bands 1,2 and 5 (coastal, blue and near IR respectively) were used to derive depth information. The method assumes uniform water clarity but deviations from that condition made extraction difficult in water greater than 30 m depth in the Kaanapali scene used. Results show that biotic material or sediment in the water column skewed results shallower if the material has a high albedo and deeper if the material has a low albedo. Nearshore areas were significantly less impacted in the Kaanapali area, due to the geomorphology of the area and the hi resolution and quality of the imagery, allowing visual descrimination of apparent sediment in the water column. For presentation purposes the map product shows an Inverse Distance Weighted interpolated bathymetry surface, restricted to data within 600 m of the shoreline.
Resources
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DD2_Depth2_filtermin4x4_10m.zip |
ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/website/data/mhi/bathymetry/DD2_Depth2_filtermin4x4_10m.zip |
Tags
- m218 benthic habitat mapping and characterization in the pacific islands region
- united states of america
- maui
- bathymetry
- oceans
- maui island (20n156w0004)
- mhi
- maui island
- hawaii
- earth science
- 1217
- bathymetry/seafloor topography
- hawaiian islands
- multibeam sonar
- central pacific ocean
- ocean basin
- main hawaiian islands
- coris_metadata
- pacific ocean
- geographic information
- country/territory