Palmyra Atoll Quickbird II Terrestrial Mosaic (1.8m)
Description
Benthic habitat maps of the nearshore marine environment of Pamyra Atoll were created by visual interpretation of remotely sensed imagery. The objective of this effort, conducted by NOAA's Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment - Biogeography Branch in partnership with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Analytical Laboratories of Hawaii (ALH), was to provide spatially-explicit information on the habitat types, biological cover and live coral cover of Palmyra Atoll's coral reef ecosystem. 0.61m panchromatic and 2.44m multi-spectral data from the QuickBird 2 satellite sensor were purchased for the mapping area. Photo-interpreters accurately and reliably delineated boundaries of features from this QuickBird 2 imagery as they appeared on the computer monitor using a software interface.
Resources
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palmyra_land_mosaic.zip |
https://cdn.coastalscience.noaa.gov/datasets/e103/palmyra_land_mosaic.zip |
Tags
- map images
- united states of america
- reef monitoring and assessment
- aquatic habitat
- corals
- benthic habitat
- benthic
- biosphere
- palmyra atoll
- palmyra atoll (05n162w0001)
- oceans
- satellite imagery
- environmental monitoring
- united states
- base map
- habitats
- earth science
- line islands
- seagrass
- mangrove
- pria
- multispectral analysis
- central pacific ocean
- usa minor outlying islands
- atoll
- quickbird ii
- ocean basin
- coral
- coastal processes
- reef
- zoology
- coral reefs
- mapping
- coris_metadata
- pacific ocean
- satellite (digital scans)
- habitat
- country/territory
- remote sensing