Northeast Puerto Rico and Culebra Island World View 2 Satellite Mosaic - NOAA TIFF Image
Description
This GeoTiff is a mosaic of World View 2 panchromatic satellite imagery of Northeast Puerto Rico that contains the shallow water area (0-35m deep) surrounding Northeast Puerto Rico and Culebra Island. The WV2 imagery was processed using ArcGIS tools to cloudmask, deglint and water-column correct the image (Lyzenga method) then using PCI imagery analysis to create a continues, color balanced mosaic. The DigitalGlobe WV2 is a commercial high resolution (0.5m - 1.5m) multi-spectral satellite that surveyed the NEPR area in 2011-2013. The enhanced Red, Green, Blue and Near Infrared 1 bands allowed the Biogeography branch to delineate habitats using feature extraction tools in Envi 5.1 software. The multispectral bands were analyzed to detect coral reefs and seagrass beds under the surface of the water, as well as features above the surface, such as mangroves, salt ponds, and the shoreline edges. The WV2 mosaic, the bathymetry model, principle component analysis, and aerial imagery were all used integrally to create the NEPR Benthic Habitat Map.
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Tags
- seafloor
- coastal ocean science
- united states of america
- reef monitoring and assessment
- aquatic habitat
- sea surface
- corals
- benthic
- biosphere
- puerto rico (18n066w0000)
- satellite imagery
- biogeography
- luquillo (18n065w0012)
- fajardo (18n065w0004)
- description
- multi spectral
- noaa
- 793
- near infrared
- caribbean sea
- culebra island (18n065w0011)
- northeast grand reserve
- bathymetry/topography
- grid
- atlantic ocean
- mapping shallow benthic habitats of the north east reserves mpa
- earth science
- seagrass
- mangrove
- worldview-2
- 2013
- raster
- gis
- reef habitat
- digital globe
- ocean basin
- caribbean sea /north atlantic ocean
- shoreline
- coral
- reef
- puerto rico
- zoology
- coris_metadata
- geographic information
- satellite (digital scans)
- worldview 2
- habitat
- country/territory
- northeast ecological reserve
- remote sensing
- vieques sound