NOAA TIFF Image - 3 m Backscatter Mosaic of the north shore of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Project NF-06-03, 2006, UTM 20 WGS84

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This image represents a 3 meter resolution backscatter mosaic of the north shore of St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. NOAA's NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Team, in collaboration with NOAA vessel Nancy Foster and territory, federal, and private sector partners, acquired multibeam bathymetry data in the US Virgin Islands from 3/21/06 to 4/2/06. Data was acquired with a hull-mounted Kongsberg Simrad EM 1002 multibeam echosounder (95 kHz) and processed by a NOAA contractor using CARIS HIPS software. Data has all correctors applied (attitude, sound velocity) and has been reduced to mean lower low water (MLLW) using final approved tides from NOAA COOPS. Data is in UTM zone 20 north, datum WGS84. The backscatter component of the bathymetry data were geometrically and radiometrically corrected using Geocoder 2.8 software. Acoustic backscatter mosaics are ostensibly an important piece of information when characterizing surficial seafloor features and delineating benthic habitats. The project was conducted to meet IHO Order 1 and 2 accuracy standards, dependant on the project area and depth. All users should individually evaluate the suitability of this data according to their own needs and standards.

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Name Format Description Link
57 Downloadable Data http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/datasets/ccma/biogeo/usvi_nps/2006/Backscatter/Backscatter_BI_3m_2006.zip
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/38839
0 Online Resource http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/projects/detail?key=263
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/nccos/dmp/pdf/38839.pdf
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

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  • seafloor
  • united states of america
  • aquatic habitat
  • virgin islands
  • sonar
  • benthic
  • national ocean service
  • integrated ocean and coastal mapping
  • national centers for coastal ocean science
  • biosphere
  • swmb
  • usvi
  • bathymetry
  • oceans
  • biogeography
  • mosaic
  • description
  • noaa
  • caribbean sea
  • bathymetry/topography
  • iocm
  • multibeam
  • atlantic ocean
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • buck island reef national monument
  • earth science
  • bathymetry/seafloor topography
  • birnm
  • simrad 1002
  • nf-06-03
  • doc/noaa/nos/nccos
  • nancy foster
  • seafloormapping_uscaribbean_2004toongoing
  • acoustic
  • us virgin islands
  • raster
  • gis
  • reef habitat
  • ocean basin
  • buck island (17n064w0006)
  • coral
  • reef
  • mbes
  • geographic information
  • 2006
  • habitat
  • country/territory
  • backscatter
  • buck island
  • nps
  • st. croix

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