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NCCOS Mapping: Geospatial products of water depth, acoustic backscatter, and ROV data collected from NOAA Ship Nancy Foster in the Northeast Caribbean Sea surrounding St. Croix and St. Thomas, US. Virgin Islands from 2019-07-02 to 2019-07-12 (NCEI Accession 0276772)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 29, 2026 | Last Modified: 2023-03-23T00:00:00.000+00:00
Multibeam and acoustic backscatter data collected from NOAA Ship Nancy Foster from 2019-07-02 to 2019-07-12. The majority of these data were collected using a Kongsberg EM710, with the most inshore portion collected using a Kongsberg EM2040. Bathymetry grids were created using CARIS HIPS and SIPS software, and corrected to Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW). Backscatter mosaics were created using FMGT. Data were acquired and processed to meet IHO Order 1 specifications. Survey depths vary from 10m to over 2800m. EM710 data are available at 16m resolution, and EM2040 data are available at 2m resolution. During the field mission, a Mohawk 18 Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV), operated by the University of North Carolina Undersea Vehicles Program collected HD photo and ground validation video. Imagery data is not included with this dataset.

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0276772 ACOUSTIC TRAVEL TIME BATHYMETRY DEPTH - BOTTOM OPTICAL BACKSCATTER seafloor topography water depth multibeam sonar in situ NOAA Ship Nancy Foster NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science US DOC/NOAA/NOS/National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science/Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Caribbean Sea North Atlantic Ocean oceanography DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce NF-19-01 NCCOS Project: Seafloor Characterization of the U.S. Caribbean EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > BATHYMETRY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS Marine Spatial Ecology > Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments Marine Spatial Ecology > Habitat Mapping Geospatial Geospatial CS Survey ID > W00493 ROV data acoustic backscatter multibeam bathymetry seafloor habitat water depth, MBES > Multibeam Mapping System Kongsberg EM710 and EM2040 Multibeam Sonar ROVS > Remotely Operated Vehicle Ships NANCY FOSTER (call sign: WTER, ICES code: 33NF, 2004-) OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > IRISH SEA U.S. States and Territories > U.S. Virgin Islands Waterbodies > Atlantic Ocean Waterbodies > Caribbean Sea St. Croix St. Thomas 01FM5A

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