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NCCOS mapping: seafloor mapping products for Kachemak Bay, Cook Inlet, AK, from 2005-07-06 to 2017-07-19 (NCEI Accession 0209109)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 26, 2026 | Last Modified: 2020-04-04T00:00:00.000+00:00
This dataset contains seafloor mapping data from hydrographic multibeam sonar surveys, a thematic benthic habitat map created from these multibeam sonar surveys, and georeferenced benthic photographs and video clips, all collected in and around Kachemak Bay, Alaska. The multibeam dataset contains the bathymetric data collected by NOAA Ship Fairweather and NOAA Ship Rainier in the summers of 2008 and 2009. Underwater videos for ground validation were acquired during the field missions of July 2016 and July 2017 aboard R/V Edgecumbe. An additional seagrass map, generated by manual interpretation of air photos captured in 2005, is also included, as are the air photos.

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0209109 BATHYMETRY HABITAT - BENTHIC Video Transect Images multibeam sonar video camera in situ model output NOAA Ship Fairweather NOAA Ship Rainier Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Gulf of Alaska oceanography DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce NCCOS Project #308: Developing Spatial Products for Kachemak Bay Habitat Focus Area to Support Place Based Management Needs EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > BATHYMETRY EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS > VISIBLE IMAGERY Marine Spatial Ecology > Habitat Mapping Derived Data Product Field Observation Geospatial Seagrass Classification Video Data MBES > Multibeam Mapping System VIDEO CAMERA > VIDEO CAMERA Models/Analyses > Data Analysis > Environmental Modeling Ships FAIRWEATHER (call sign: WTEB, ICES code: 317W) RAINIER (call sign: WTEF, ICES code: 315R, 1968-) NOAA R/V Edgecumbe OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > GULF OF ALASKA U.S. States and Territories > Alaska Waterbodies > Pacific Ocean Coastal Ocean Cook Inlet Alaska Kachemak Bay Alaska Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve BLFY1D

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issued 2020-02-24T00:00:00.000+00:00
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temporal 2005-07-06T00:00:00+00:00/2017-07-19T00:00:00+00:00
title NCCOS mapping: seafloor mapping products for Kachemak Bay, Cook Inlet, AK, from 2005-07-06 to 2017-07-19 (NCEI Accession 0209109)

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