Water Depth and acoustic backscatter data collected from NOAA Ship Nancy Foster in the US Caribbean/ Puerto Rico and St. Thomas from 2016-04-07 to 2016-04-26 (NCEI Accession 0157612)
NOAA's NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Team, in collaboration with NOAA Ship Nancy Foster, federal, academic, and private sector partners conducted the 2016 Seafloor Mapping of the US Caribbean project. Several areas of interest were explored and surveyed during the field mission in the eastern Puerto Rico region. H12935 was conducted on along the southeastern Puerto Rican shelf edge using a deep water Em 710 multibeam echo sounder (mbes) at 100khz. H12936 was conducted north of the Isla de Culebra over the broad moderately shallow insular shelf using a 400 khz Reson 7125 mbes. A third opportunistic survey was conducted along the edge of the USVI insular shelf south of St. Thomas to conjoin previous NOAA Ship Nancy Foster mission surveys. During the field mission, a Remotely Operated Vehicle owned by the University of North Carolina collected HD photo and video ground validation video. Data was processed by a NOAA contractor using CARIS HIPS software. Data has all correctors applied (attitude, sound velocity) and has been reduced to mean lower low water (MLLW) using final approved tides from NOAA COOPS. Data is spatially referenced in UTM Zone 20 North, Datum WGS84. The project was conducted to meet IHO order 1 and 2 accuracy standards, dependent on the project area and depth. All users should individually evaluate the suitability of this data according to their own needs and standards.
Complete Metadata
| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | non-public |
| contactPoint |
{
"fn": "NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information",
"@type": "vcard:Contact",
"hasEmail": "mailto:ncei.info@noaa.gov"
}
|
| describedByType | application/octet-steam |
| description | NOAA's NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Team, in collaboration with NOAA Ship Nancy Foster, federal, academic, and private sector partners conducted the 2016 Seafloor Mapping of the US Caribbean project. Several areas of interest were explored and surveyed during the field mission in the eastern Puerto Rico region. H12935 was conducted on along the southeastern Puerto Rican shelf edge using a deep water Em 710 multibeam echo sounder (mbes) at 100khz. H12936 was conducted north of the Isla de Culebra over the broad moderately shallow insular shelf using a 400 khz Reson 7125 mbes. A third opportunistic survey was conducted along the edge of the USVI insular shelf south of St. Thomas to conjoin previous NOAA Ship Nancy Foster mission surveys. During the field mission, a Remotely Operated Vehicle owned by the University of North Carolina collected HD photo and video ground validation video. Data was processed by a NOAA contractor using CARIS HIPS software. Data has all correctors applied (attitude, sound velocity) and has been reduced to mean lower low water (MLLW) using final approved tides from NOAA COOPS. Data is spatially referenced in UTM Zone 20 North, Datum WGS84. The project was conducted to meet IHO order 1 and 2 accuracy standards, dependent on the project area and depth. All users should individually evaluate the suitability of this data according to their own needs and standards. |
| distribution |
[
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "NCEI Dataset Landing Page",
"mediaType": "placeholder/value",
"description": "Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links.",
"downloadURL": "https://doi.org/10.7289/v5rx9945",
"describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
},
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "Descriptive Information",
"mediaType": "placeholder/value",
"description": "Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links.",
"downloadURL": "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/oas/157612",
"describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
},
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "HTTPS",
"mediaType": "placeholder/value",
"description": "Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download.",
"downloadURL": "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/download/157612",
"describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
},
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "FTP",
"mediaType": "placeholder/value",
"description": "These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP).",
"downloadURL": "ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0103/0157612/",
"describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
},
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "GCMD Keyword Forum Page",
"mediaType": "placeholder/value",
"description": "Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords",
"downloadURL": "https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords",
"describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
},
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "NCEI Contact Information",
"mediaType": "placeholder/value",
"description": "Information for contacts at NCEI.",
"downloadURL": "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact",
"describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
}
]
|
| identifier | gov.noaa.nodc:0157612 |
| issued | 2016-12-20T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
| keyword |
[
"0157612",
"BATHYMETRY",
"BOTTOM TYPE",
"DEPTH - BOTTOM",
"DEPTH - SENSOR",
"water depth",
"multibeam sonar",
"in situ",
"NOAA Ship Nancy Foster",
"US DOC/NOAA/NOS/National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science/Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment",
"US DOC/NOAA/NOS/National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science/Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment",
"Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP)",
"CORAL REEF STUDIES",
"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",
"463",
"Mapping Essential Fish Habitat in the US Caribbean to inform MPA management",
"Geographic Information > Bathymetry",
"EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat > Description",
"EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Backscatter",
"EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Bathymetry",
"EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > BATHYMETRY",
"EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH",
"Remote Sensing",
"Marine Spatial Ecology > Habitat Mapping",
"Geospatial",
"7125",
"Acoustic",
"Bathymetry",
"Benthic",
"Biogeography",
"Coral",
"EM710",
"Essential Fish Habitat",
"GIS",
"Geotiff",
"H12935",
"H12936",
"Habitat",
"IOCM",
"Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping",
"Kongsberg",
"M-I907-NF-16",
"MBES",
"Multibeam",
"NF16",
"NOAA",
"Nancy Foster",
"Raster",
"Reef",
"Reson",
"Seafloor Mapping",
"Seafloor Mapping of the US Caribbean",
"Sonar",
"MBES > Multibeam Mapping System",
"Ships",
"NANCY FOSTER (call sign: WTER, ICES code: 33NF, 2004-)",
"COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Puerto Rico (18N066W0000)",
"COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. Thomas > St. Thomas (18N064W0033)",
"OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Puerto Rico (18N066W0000)",
"OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Leeward Islands > St. Thomas (18N064W0033)",
"OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN",
"OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA",
"Caribbean Sea",
"Culebra",
"Insular Shelf",
"Ponce",
"Puerto Rico",
"South Bank",
"St. Thomas",
"USVI",
"7R3M9R"
]
|
| landingPage | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact |
| language |
[]
|
| license | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| modified | 2017-02-06T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
| publisher |
{
"name": "NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information",
"@type": "org:Organization"
}
|
| rights | otherRestrictions |
| spatial | -64.849747,17.801341,-66.611346,18.562394 |
| temporal | 2016-04-07T00:00:00+00:00/2016-04-26T00:00:00+00:00 |
| title | Water Depth and acoustic backscatter data collected from NOAA Ship Nancy Foster in the US Caribbean/ Puerto Rico and St. Thomas from 2016-04-07 to 2016-04-26 (NCEI Accession 0157612) |
