NOAA TIFF Image - 8m Multibeam Bathymetry, US Virgin Islands - St. John Shelf - Project NF-10-03 - (2010), UTM 20N NAD83

Description

This dataset contains a GeoTIFF with 8x8 meter cell size representing the bathymetry of a sharply sloping swath of the St. John Shelf, a selected portion of seafloor south of St. John, USVI, derived from data collected in March and April 2010. NOAA's NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Branch, in collaboration with NOAA vessel Nancy Foster and territory, federal, and private sector partners, acquired multibeam bathymetry data south of St. Thomas and St. John, USVI, from 3/18/10 to 4/6/10. Data was acquired with a hull-mounted Kongsberg Simrad EM 1002 multibeam echosounder (95 kHz) for water depths greater than 75 meters, and with a moon pool flange-mounted Reson 7125 multibeam echosounder (dual frequecy, 200/400 kHz) for water depths of up to 75 meters. It was 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 and zoning from NOAA COOPS. Data is in UTM zone 20 north, datum NAD83. The processed CARIS data was used to generate a CARIS BASE surface based on CUBE. A BAG file was exported from the BASE surface, and converted to a GeoTIFF in ESRI ArcMap 10. The project was conducted to meet IHO Order 1 and 2 accuracy standards, dependent on the project area and depth. All users should individually evaluate the suitability of this data according to their own needs and standards.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/nccos/dmp/pdf/38883.pdf
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/38883
0 Online Resource http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/projects/detail?key=263
0 Downloadable Data http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/projects/detail?key=263
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
  • st. john (18n064w0011)
  • united states of america
  • reson 7125
  • aquatic habitat
  • virgin islands
  • sonar
  • benthic
  • national ocean service
  • integrated ocean and coastal mapping
  • 2004
  • national centers for coastal ocean science
  • biosphere
  • usvi
  • bathymetry
  • oceans
  • biogeography
  • 2010
  • description
  • noaa
  • simrad em 1002
  • caribbean sea
  • lesser antilles
  • st. john
  • bathymetry/topography
  • iocm
  • 2009
  • multibeam
  • u. s. virgin islands (17n064w0000)
  • atlantic ocean
  • 2008
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • bathymetry/seafloor topography
  • doc/noaa/nos/nccos
  • nancy foster
  • seafloormapping_uscaribbean_2004toongoing
  • us virgin islands
  • raster
  • gis
  • reef habitat
  • ocean basin
  • 2007
  • coral
  • reef
  • 2005
  • u. s. virgin islands
  • mbes
  • geographic information
  • 2006
  • geotiff
  • habitat
  • country/territory
  • nps

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