38904 NF13_PR_EscolloGrappler_Bathy_4m_Metadata Data Set Published / External 37205 SeafloorMapping_USCaribbean_2004toOngoing Project Completed 2013-04 This image represents a 4 meter interpolated bathymetric grid of a bank East of Fajardo, Puerto Rico. NOAA's NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Team, in collaboration with NOAA vessel Nancy Foster and territory, federal, and private sector partners, acquired multibeam bathymetry data in and around the Northeast Reserve from 3/05/2013 to 3/29/2013. Data was acquired with a hull mounted Kongsberg EM1002 multibeam echosounder (95 kHz) and processed by a NOAA contractor using CARIS HIPS software, applying all relevant correctors (attitude, sound velocity, absorption coefficient). 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 in UTM zone 20 north, datum NAD83. The bathymetry data were geometrically and radiometrically corrected using Hypack 2013 acquisition software. 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. This multibeam data was collected as IOCM (Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping) project NF-13-2 USVI during the ninth and tenth year of an ongoing NOAA scientific research mission in the US Caribbean to characterize midshelf and deep water coral reef habitats at depths down to 1,000 meters. The mission purpose is to better understand the resources within the surveyed reef habitats, and ultimately develop species utilization models linking physical habitats with biological information. The multibeam backscatter, multibeam bathymetry, and ground truth video footage collected during the 2013 mission will be used internally to characterize sea floor topography and to create benthic habitat maps, helping NOAA meet its mapping commitment to the US Coral Reef Task Force. The resulting publicly-distributed data is also a contribution to the greater scientific community interested in the US Caribbean seafloor. 770 Theme ISO 19115 Topic Category elevation Theme ISO 19115 Topic Category environment Theme ISO 19115 Topic Category geoscientificInformation Theme ISO 19115 Topic Category imageryBaseMapsEarthCover Theme ISO 19115 Topic Category oceans Theme CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus Geographic Information > Bathymetry Theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat > Description Theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Bathymetry Theme NOS Data Explorer Topic Category Bathymetry/Topography Theme Acoustic Theme Bathymetry Theme Benthic Theme Biogeography Theme Coral Theme EM1002 Theme Escollo Grappler Seamount Theme GIS Theme Geotiff Theme Habitat Theme IOCM Theme Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping Theme Kongsberg Theme MBES Theme Multibeam Theme NOAA Theme NPS Theme Nancy Foster Theme Northeast Reserve Theme Puerto Rico Theme Raster Theme Reef Theme Seafloor Theme Sonar Temporal 2013 Spatial placekt: CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Escollo Grappler Spatial Caribbean Sea Spatial Vieques National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Silver Spring MD Data Set As Needed raster digital data 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. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch Data Steward 2013-04 Position NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator NCCOS.data@noaa.gov Distributor 2013-04 Position NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator NCCOS.data@noaa.gov Metadata Contact 2013-04 Position NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator NCCOS.data@noaa.gov Point of Contact 2013-04 Position NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator NCCOS.data@noaa.gov Principal Investigator 2013-04 Person Battista, Tim tim.battista@noaa.gov Ground Condition -65.9563 -65.8495 17.8253 17.7707 Range 2013-03-05 2013-03-29 Yes 3 Area No Row 5091 Column 6048 Vertical 1 Unclassified Click on link from project page to NCEI archive and download zip file.; 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. https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/projects/detail?key=263 Downloadable Data TIFF TIFF https://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 7; ESRI ArcCatalog 10.1 See Data Acquisition and Processing Report (DAPR) for NF-13-2 USVI See Data Acquisition and Processing Report (DAPR) for NF-13-2 USVI. This Backscatter GeoTIFF is sourced from a CARIS gridded dataset. The original full-resolution multibeam data was used to create a down sampled uniform-resolution backscatter grid. The down sampled grid nodes from that backscatter surface were then exported and used to generate the ESRI GeoTIFF. Some minor positional shifts may have occurred between the original data points and the transformed GeoTIFF. While the project was conducted to meet IHO Order 1 and 2 accuracy standards, dependent on project area and depth, all users should independently analyze the dataset according to their own needs and standards to determine data usability. -NF-13-2 HDCS Processed Multibeam Data Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch Range 2013-03-05 2013-03-29 Processed, cleaned, and corrected full resolution dataset. Sourced from raw .HSX (Hypack) and .ALL (SIMROD) data. | Source Geospatial Form: vector digital data | Type of Source Media: external hard drive NF-13-2 CARIS BASE Surface Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch Discrete 2013 Downsampled CARIS BASE (Bathymetry Associated with Statistical Error) grid with best depth layer. Sourced from processed HDCS data. | Source Geospatial Form: raster digital data | Type of Source Media: external hard drive NF13_PR_EscolloGrappler_95khz_Bathy_4m.tiff Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch 2013-01-01 Range 2013-03-05 2013-03-29 Sourced from CARIS BASE surface. | Source Geospatial Form: tabular digital data | Type of Source Media: external hard drive Raw Multibeam Data -NF-13-2 Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS),Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch Range 2013-03-05 2013-03-29 Original raw full resolution dataset. | Source Geospatial Form: vector digital data | Type of Source Media: external hard drive 1 For this project, the Chief Scientist was NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CCMA's Tim Battista and the Lead Hydrographer was independent contractor Mike Stecher. Data was collected aboard the NOAA ship Nancy Foster from 3/05/2012 to 3/29/2013, as project number M-I907-NF-13. Multibeam data was acquired in .ALL formats with a hull-mounted Kongsberg Simrad EM 1002 multibeam echosounders (95 kHz). Simrad backscatter snippet collection was enabled. Line spacing for acquisition was three times the water depth, and data was retained out to 60 degrees from nadir, depending on project area. Heave, roll, pitch and heading correctors were collected using an Applanix POS/MV Model 320 inertial measurement unit (IMU) and associated Trimble GPS antennas. Sound velocity profiles were acquired with a Seabird Electronics SeaCat SBE19P CTD profiler and processed using Seabird Seaterm software. Positioning was obtained using Northstar 941X GPS receivers with differential correctors from U.S. Coast Guard CORS beacon Isabel, Puerto Rico. Data was reduced to Mean Lower-Low Water (MLLW) using final approved tides from NOAA COOPS, based on National Water Level Observation Network (NWLON). | Source Produced: Raw Multibeam Data -NF-13-2 2013-01-01T00:00:00 Raw Multibeam Data -NF-13-2 2 Raw .hsx and .all data were converted and processed using CARIS HIPS v8.0 software, resulting in a CARIS HDCS format dataset with all correctors applied. Attitude and SWMB data was cleaned of fliers, and SWMB data was reviewed in subset mode by a NOAA contractor. | Source Produced: -NF-13-2 HDCS Processed Multibeam Data 2013-01-01T00:00:00 Raw Multibeam Data -NF-13-2 3 After being submitted to CCMA by the contractor, CARIS HIPS v8.0 was used to generate a CARIS BASE surface (similar to a DTM), based on CUBE (Combined Uncertainty and Bathymetry Estimator) from the processed HDCS data. A .BAG file (Bathymetric Attributed Grid) was exported from CARIS using the "BASE Surface to BAG" tool. | Source Produced: NF-13-2 CARIS BASE Surface 2013-01-01T00:00:00 -NF-13-2 HDCS Processed Multibeam Data 4 The BAG file was opened in ArcMap 10 and exported as a GeoTIFF at 8m resolution. | Source Produced: NF13_PR_EscolloGrappler_95khz_Bathy_4m.tiff 2013-01-01T00:00:00 NF-13-2 CARIS BASE Surface gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:38904 Tyler Christensen 2017-04-05T12:49:41 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2025-05-15T19:16:06 2018-02-08 National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science NCCOS 1002 Public No No 2018-02-08 1 Year 2019-02-08