Description
Gridded multibeam bathymetry is integrated with bathymetry derived from multpectral World View-2 satellite data. Gridded (5 m cell size) multibeam bathymetry collected aboard NOAA Ship Hiialaka'i and R/V AHI. Bathymetry values shallower than ~20 m were derived by gauging the reletive attenuation of coastal, blue, green and yellow spectral radiance as a function of depth. A multiple linear regression analysis of coastal,blue, green and yellow band spectral values against depth determined the variables of y-intercept, coastal,blue, green and yellow slope values. Variables then used in multivariate slope intercept formula to derive depth. Digital image processing to derive depths conducted with the ENVI 4.8 software program while data editing and integration was performed using ArcGIS 10. This data set is for the shelf environment of Swains Island, Territory of American Samoa.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zip File | ZIP | SWA_DBMB_5m.zip |
Tags
- 467
- american samoa
- bathymetry
- bathymetry/seafloor topography
- benthic habitat mapping and characterization in the pacific islands region
- biosphere
- corals
- coris_metadata
- country/territory
- earth science
- geographic information
- multibeam sonar
- ocean basin
- oceans
- pacific ocean
- reef monitoring and assessment
- remote sensing
- satellite (digital scans)
- slope
- swains atoll (11s171w0001)
- swains island
- united states of america
- water depth
- worldview-2
- zoology