NOAA ESRI Geotiff - 3m Multibeam Bathymetry of St. Croix (Buck Island), US Virgin Islands, Project NF-06-03, 2006, UTM 20 NAD83 NF06_USVI_BuckIsSTX_Bathy_3m_Metadata eng Dataset elevation environment geoscientificInformation imageryBaseMapsEarthCover oceans Geographic Information > Bathymetry EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat > Description EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Bathymetry Bathymetry/Topography Bathymetry Benthic Biogeography Coral GIS Geotiff Habitat IOCM Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping MBES Multibeam NOAA NPS Nancy Foster Raster Reef Seafloor Simrad EM 1002 Sonar US Virgin Islands USVI 2006 COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > US Virgin Islands > St. Croix > Buck Island (17N064W0006) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Buck Island > Buck Island (17N064W0006) BIRNM Buck Island Buck Island Reef National Monument St. Croix This dataset contains an ESRI Geotiff with 3 meter cell size representing the bathymetry of the north shore of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. 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 the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico from 3/21/06 to 4/2/06. Data was acquired with a hull-mounted Kongsberg Simrad EM 1002 multibeam echosounder (95 kHz) and 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 and zoning from NOAA COOPS. Data is in UTM zone 20 north, datum NAD83. The processed CARIS data was used to generate a CARIS BASE surface based on swath angle. An ASCII XYZ file was exported from the BASE surface and opened in ESRI ArcMap 9.1 as an XY event. Then the ArcToolbox conversion tool 'Feature to Raster' was used to generate the final ESRI Geotiff. 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. National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/38841 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/37205 northlimit=17.854155; eastlimit=-64.42996; southlimit=17.761336; westlimit=-64.784731; start=2006-03-21; end=2006-04-02; Please cite any use of this data. 2006-03