38879
NOAA Polyline Shapefile - ROV transects, US Caribbean - St. Thomas and St. John - Project NF-03-10-USVI - (2010), UTM 20N NAD83
NF10_USVI_STTSTJ_ROV_TransectLines_Metadata
Data Set
Published / External
37205
SeafloorMapping_USCaribbean_2004toOngoing
Project
Completed
2010
This shapefile denotes the location of underwater photos and/or video that were collected by NOAA scientists using a Spectrum Phantom S2 ROV (remotely operated vehicle). Photos and/or video were collected between 03/18/2010 and 04/05/2010 along 33 transects south of St. John and St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. These photos and videos will be manually classified into different habitat classes, and integrated with the abiotic data collected by the acoustic sonar (sound navigation and ranging) systems to develop a benthic habitat map for the U.S. Caribbean. Habitat maps describe the location of habitat features (in relation to the shoreline), their physical composition and the types of organisms that colonize them. Fundamentally, habitat maps provide critical information about the extent, health and composition of marine resources, which is vital for communicating information about the distribution and abundance of species to resource managers, scientists and the p ublic. Habitat maps also support an increasing number of landscape ecology studies, as well as the process of marine spatial planning, including the design and evaluation of marine protected areas (MPAs).
The objective of this ground validation (GV) effort, conducted by NOAA's Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment Biogeography Branch, in collaboration with multiple federal, state, territory, academic and private sector partners, was to acquire spatially-explicit information about the geomorphological structure, biological cover and live coral cover of the seafloor in the U.S. Caribbean. Extensive field work is needed to create high-quality benthic habitat maps because it enhances the accuracy of habitat attribution and (to a lesser degree) habitat delineation. Consequently, ground validation locations were targeted by the cartographer to satisfy the following objectives: (1) Explore features in the imagery with unknown or confusing acoustic signatures; (2) Confirm that the habitat type correlated with a particular acoustic signature remained consistent throughout the entire study area. This information will be incorporated into a fine-scale assessment of the statu s, abundance, and distribution of marine habitats in the U.S. Caribbean.
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Please cite NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CCMA/Biogeography Branch when using this dataset.
Theme
ISO 19115 Topic Category
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
Theme
CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
Geographic Information > Habitats
Theme
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Mapping > Habitat Mapping
Theme
benthic habitats
Theme
biological cover
Theme
coral reef
Theme
geomorphological structure
Theme
ground truthing
Theme
ground validation
Theme
reef
Theme
transect
Theme
underwater photography
Theme
underwater video
Theme
zone
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. John > St. John (18N064W0011)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. Thomas > St. Thomas (18N064W0033)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Leeward Islands > St. Thomas (18N064W0033)
Spatial
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Virgin Islands > St. John (18N064W0011)
Spatial
St. John
Spatial
St. Thomas
Spatial
U.S. Caribbean
Spatial
U.S. Virgin Islands
Spatial
United States
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
Silver Spring
MD
Data Set
None Planned
vector digital data
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Biogeography Branch does not guarantee the accuracy of the geographic features or attributes.
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ROV_2010_Transects_Lines
ROV_2010_Transects_Lines
Published / External
Completed
Shapefile attribute table | Description Source: None
Converted from FGDC using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml_entity.pl' script.
1
FID
Unknown
No
No
Active
Internal feature number. | Description Source: ESRI
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
2
Shape
Unknown
No
No
Active
Feature geometry. | Description Source: ESRI
Coordinates defining the features.
3
Dive
Unknown
No
No
Active
Sequential order of the GV dives. | Description Source: NOAA
Alphanumeric value assigned to each dive.
4
Year
NUMBER
No
No
Active
Year in which the underwater photos and video were collected | Description Source: NOAA
2010 - 2010
Data Steward
2010
Position
NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
NCCOS.data@noaa.gov
Distributor
2010
Position
NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
NCCOS.data@noaa.gov
Metadata Contact
2010
Position
NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
NCCOS.data@noaa.gov
Point of Contact
2010
Position
NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
NCCOS.data@noaa.gov
Principal Investigator
2010
Person
Battista, Tim
tim.battista@noaa.gov
Ground Condition
-65.242221
-64.693586
18.246527
18.156904
Range
2010-03-18
2010-04-05
Yes
Yes
33
Unclassified
Contact NOAA for distribution options (see Distributor).;
Please cite any use of this data.
Note: NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION. These data were prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, make any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed in this report, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference therein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. Any views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. Although all data have been used by NOAA, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by NOAA as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by NOAA in the use of these data or related materials.
http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/projects/detail?key=263
Downloadable Data
ESRI Shapefile
Shapefile
http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/projects/detail?key=263
Online Resource
2015-09-22
Date that the source FGDC record was last modified.
2017-04-05
Converted from FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml.pl' script. Contact Tyler Christensen (NOS) for details.
2017-09-13
Partial upload of Spatial Info section only.
2017-11-01
Replaced entire Lineage section to populate new Source Contribution field.
2018-02-08
Partial upload of Positional Accuracy fields only.
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000
The records in this data layer were automatically acquired by the GPS units and are expected to be correct.
None.
This shapefile includes all the locations visited during this mission.
None.
NF10 Drop Camera Videos
Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch
Discrete
2010
NF10 ROV Transit Lines | Type of Source Media: online
ROV_2010_Transects_Lines.shp
Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch
2010-01-01
Discrete
2010
GPS and USBL (Ultrashort baseline) data | Type of Source Media: GPS and USBL (Ultrashort baseline) data
1
A first draft benthic habitat map was generated by delineating features on the seafloor with discrete acoustic signatures. During the creation of this first draft map, the cartographer placed discrete points on or lines intersecting features in the map that had unknown acoustic signatures. Points were also placed on features with known acoustic signatures (evenly distributed throughout the geographic extent of the map) to confirm that the habitats associated with these signatures remained consistent through the area of interest. These two types of points were labeled as "ground validation" sites and were visited in the field. | Source Produced: NF10 Drop Camera Videos
2010-01-01T00:00:00
ROV_2010_Transects_Lines.shp
2
NOAA scientists explored these ground validation locations in situ using an ROV. The resulting positional, video and photographic information was processed and will be used to classify each distinct habitat polygon to create a map of the seafloor in the U.S. Caribbean.
2010-01-01T00:00:00
NF10 Drop Camera Videos
40980
Entity
ROV_2010_Transects_Lines
gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:38879
Tyler Christensen
2017-04-05T12:49:30
SysAdmin InPortAdmin
2023-10-17T16:12:11
2018-02-08
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
NCCOS
1002
Public
No
2018-02-08
1 Year
2019-02-08