EK60 Water Column Sonar Data Collected During NF1607

Description

The objectives of this project are to 1) collect high resolution multibeam and fisheries acoustic data in depths approximately 10 to 1000 meters so as to continue to characterize seafloor habitats and fish biomass hotpots in priority areas in the SE US Atlantic Waters (Outer Continental Shelf) including hardbottom seafloor habitats, sand shoals and ridges, and Ocean Dredge Material Disposal Sites (ODMDS, US Environmental Protection Agency), 2) validate seafloor habitat types using drop cameras from small boats, and 3) conduct ecological assessments of ODMDS and adjacent hardbottom habitats to determine habitat value. In addition, this project will include piggy-back objective: 1) evaluate a new unmanned surface vehicle (USV) for use in extending capabilities for seafloor mapping by NOAA survey, researchers and partners.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Web page containing information on the water column sonar data archive. https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/wcd/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Publication of Sea Areas is maintained by IHO. https://iho.int/
0 Interactive map viewer to allow discovery and access to water column sonar data https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/water-column-sonar/index.html?surveys=NF1607&instruments=EK60
0 AWS Cloud Storage to provide additional public access to water column sonar data through the NOAA Big Data Project https://registry.opendata.aws/ncei-wcsd-archive/
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
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
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
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

  • water column
  • vertical location
  • acoustic scattering
  • water column mapping system
  • benthic
  • ecosystems
  • nesdis
  • biosphere
  • bathymetry
  • in situ/laboratory instruments
  • oceans
  • south atlantic ocean
  • national geophysical data center
  • noaa
  • marine ecosystems
  • aquatic sciences
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • profilers/sounders
  • earth science
  • acoustic sounders
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ngdc
  • bathymetry/seafloor topography
  • aquatic ecosystems
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • fisheries
  • pelagic
  • wcms
  • seafloor topography
  • national centers for environmental information
  • ocean acoustics

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