Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map Derived from an Unsupervised Classification of Gridded Bathymetry Derivatives for the NOAA Habitat Blueprint West Hawaii Focus Area

Description

Hard and soft bottom seafloor substrate data and maps for the NOAA Habitat Blueprint West Hawaii Focus Area (WHFA) in the Main Hawaiian Islands. Cell values in the raster datasets reflect whether the seafloor is hard bottom or soft bottom based on an unsupervised classification run using ArcGIS software with the Spatial Analyst extension. The classifications are based on bathymetry, acoustic derivatives and verified using seafloor optical data.

The seafloor substrate map and associated data are accessible online via the Pacific Islands Benthic Habiat Mapping Center (PIBHMC) website at www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc.

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WestHawaii_hardsoft.zip ZIP Zip file containing hard- and soft-bottom substrates data (shapefile feature class layer) and maps (JPG and PDF) for the Habitat Blueprint West Hawaii Focus Area.
WestHawaii_hardsoft.zip ZIP Zip file containing hard- and soft-bottom substrates data (shapefile feature class layer) and maps (JPG and PDF) for the Habitat Blueprint West Hawaii Focus Area.
WestHawaii_hardsoft.zip ZIP Zip file containing hard- and soft-bottom substrates data (shapefile feature class layer) and maps (JPG and PDF) for the Habitat Blueprint West Hawaii Focus Area.
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Citation URL Unknown NOAA Habitat Blueprint West Hawaii Focus Area website Open resource
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Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Website Unknown Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage Open resource
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Website Unknown Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage Open resource
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Citation URL HTML Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center (PIBHMC) website. All data are accessible through this website. Open resource
Citation URL HTML Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center (PIBHMC) website. All data are accessible through this website. Open resource
Citation URL HTML Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center (PIBHMC) website. All data are accessible through this website. Open resource

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