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NCCOS Mapping: Comprehensive Seafloor Substrate Mapping and Model Validation in the New York Bight from 2017-10-20 to 2019-03-27 (NCEI Accession 0204737)

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This collection of benthic habitat mapping data is an inventory of hydrographic multibeam sonar surveys, georeferenced benthic photographs and video clips, seafloor morphometric analysis, and predictive models all collected in the New York Wind Energy Areas (NYWEA) designated by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) in the Northeast Atlantic. These areas are located in a region known as the New York Bight, offshore of the New Jersey and Long Island, NY, coastlines. The multibeam data sets contain both bathymetry and backscatter data of the call areas from 2015-2018. Multibeam products were then processed into a series of topographic morphometrics using an R script and the Bathymetry and Reflectivity-based Estimator for Seafloor Segmentation (BRESS) tool. These products were used as predictions for local and regional substrate modeling and habitat characterization. HD underwater video, still photos, and sediment samples were collected in 2018 for ground validation (GV) and accuracy assessment (AA) of the predictive models. All of the seafloor imagery were analyzed and compiled into a comprehensive benthic habitat map of the NYWEA.

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0204737 BATHYMETRY in situ model output NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler NOAA Ship Nancy Foster NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science New York Bight North Atlantic Ocean Northeast Atlantic Ocean (limit-40 W) oceanography DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC > Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce NCCOS Project #165 (BOEM Project #2016-013), Benthic Habitat Mapping and Assessment in the Wilmington-East Wind Energy Call Area NCCOS Project #279 (BOEM Project #2018-010), Modeling and mapping marine bird distribution on the U.S. Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf to support offshore renewable energy plannin EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > BATHYMETRY Earth science > biosphere > ecosystems > marine ecosystems > benthic Earth science > oceans > bathymetry/seafloor topography > seafloor topography Earth science > oceans > marine sediments > biogenic sediments Earth science > oceans > marine sediments > sediment composition Marine Spatial Ecology > Habitat Mapping Derived Data Product Field Observation Geospatial acoustic backstatter acoustic bathymetry composite habitat type fish density grain size distribution habitat modeling hardbottom modeling multibeam backscatter multibeam bathymetry predictive modeling renewable energy seafloor morphometrics sediment analysis wind farm GRAB SAMPLERS MBES > Multibeam Mapping System EK60 Split beam Echo Sampler Models/Analyses - Data Analysis - Environmental Modeling Reson 7125 Multibeam Echo sounder Van Veen Grab Sampler Ships FERDINAND R. HASSLER (call sign: WTEK, ICES code: 33FI, 2012-) NANCY FOSTER (call sign: WTER, ICES code: 33NF, 2004-) M/V Tiki XIII Continent > North America > United States of America > New York OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN U.S. States and Territories > New York Region > East Coast continental shelf 7M2RD2

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issued 2019-10-09T00:00:00.000+00:00
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title NCCOS Mapping: Comprehensive Seafloor Substrate Mapping and Model Validation in the New York Bight from 2017-10-20 to 2019-03-27 (NCEI Accession 0204737)

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