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Water depth and acoustic backscatter data collected from NOAA Ship Nancy Foster in Caribbean Sea, southern coast of Isla de Mona, western coast of Puerto Rico from 2007-04-14 to 2007-04-24 (NCEI Accession 0131853)

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The Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA) conducted the fourth year of an ongoing scientific research mission on board NOAA Ship NANCY FOSTER. The objective of this project was to collect a multibeam bathymetry dataset with 100% seafloor ensonification, along with multibeam backscatter suitable for seafloor characterization in high priority conservation areas within Puerto Rico. Scientists collected high-resolution multibeam in mid-water depths from approximately 10 to 1000 meters.

Dataset Citation

Cite as: Battista, Tim; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (2015). Water depth and acoustic backscatter data collected from NOAA Ship Nancy Foster in Caribbean Sea, southern coast of Isla de Mona, western coast of Puerto Rico from 2007-04-14 to 2007-04-24 (NCEI Accession 0131853). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0131853. Accessed [date].

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Time Period	2007-04-14 to 2007-04-24
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates	West: -67.96 East: -64.429961 South: 17.761391 North: 18.267
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Associated Resources	Seafloor Characterization of the U.S. Caribbean https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/seafloor-characterization-caribbean/ National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) project page

Publication Dates	publication: 2015-10-30 creation: 2015-09-22
Data Presentation Form	Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status	Complete - production of the data has been completed Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility
Data Update Frequency	As needed
Purpose	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 2007 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.
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Dataset Citation	Cite as: Battista, Tim; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (2015). Water depth and acoustic backscatter data collected from NOAA Ship Nancy Foster in Caribbean Sea, southern coast of Isla de Mona, western coast of Puerto Rico from 2007-04-14 to 2007-04-24 (NCEI Accession 0131853). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0131853. Accessed [date].
Cited Authors	Battista, Tim NOAA Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Principal Investigators	Timothy A. Battista US DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (NCCOS/CCMA)
Contributors	US DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (NCCOS/CCMA)
Resource Providers	Timothy A. Battista NOAA National Ocean Service (NOS) US DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (NCCOS/CCMA)
Publishers	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information

Theme keywords	NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS BATHYMETRY BOTTOM TYPE DEPTH - BOTTOM DEPTH - SENSOR water depth NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS in situ WMO_CategoryCode oceanography CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus Geographic Information > Bathymetry CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Benthic Habitat EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat > Description EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment > GIS EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment > Mapping EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Bathymetry EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral reef ecology > Habitats Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > BATHYMETRY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH NOS Data Explorer Topic Category Bathymetry/Topography Originator Keywords Acoustic Backscatter Bathymetry Benthic Biogeography Coral GIS Geotiff Habitat IOCM Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping MBES Mosaic Multibeam NF-07-06 NOAA NPS Nancy Foster Raster Reson 8124 SWMB Seafloor Simrad 1002 Simrad EM 1002 Sonar U.S. Caribbean US Caribbean benthic habitats biological cover coral reef geomorphological structure ground truthing ground validation reef seaviewer transect trimble underwater photography underwater video zone
Data Center keywords	NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS US DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS US DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Platform keywords	NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS NOAA Ship Nancy Foster Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords Ships ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes NANCY FOSTER (call sign: WTER, ICES code: 33NF, 2004-)
Instrument keywords	NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS multibeam sonar Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords MBES > Multibeam Mapping System
Place keywords	NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Caribbean Sea CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Isla de Mona (18N067W0002) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Puerto Rico (18N066W0000) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Isla de Mona (18N067W0002) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Puerto Rico (18N066W0000) Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA Originator Place Names Abrir Bank Abrir La Sierra Bank Bajo De Cico Isla de Mona Mona Island PR Puerto Rico St. Croix St. John St. Thomas U.S. Caribbean U.S. Virgin Islands United States western Puerto Rico
Project keywords	NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) CORAL REEF STUDIES
Keywords	NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 0131853
Keywords	Send2NCEI Submission Package ID JBWW6E

Use Constraints	Cite as: Battista, Tim; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (2015). Water depth and acoustic backscatter data collected from NOAA Ship Nancy Foster in Caribbean Sea, southern coast of Isla de Mona, western coast of Puerto Rico from 2007-04-14 to 2007-04-24 (NCEI Accession 0131853). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0131853. Accessed [date].
Access Constraints	Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
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Processing Steps	2015-10-30T13:39:56Z - NCEI Accession 0131853 v1.1 was published.
Output Datasets	NCEI Accession 0131853 v1.1 NCEI Accession 0131853 v1.1 (download) published 2015-10-30T13:39:56Z

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Processing Steps	Data Type: WATER DEPTH (measured); Units: meter; Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: multibeam sonar; Sampling and Analyzing Method: hull-mounted Kongsberg Simrad EM 1002 multibeam echosounder (95 kHz); moon pool-mounted Reson 8124 multibeam echosounder (200 kHz); Data Quality Information: IHO Order 1 (<100m) and Order 2 (>100m) Data Type: Acoustic Backscatter (measured); Units: decibel (DB); Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: multibeam sonar; Sampling and Analyzing Method: hull-mounted Kongsberg Simrad EM 1002 multibeam echosounder (95 kHz); moon pool-mounted Reson 8124 multibeam echosounder (200 kHz) Data Type: Drop Camera Images (measured); Units: photos; Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Drop Camera; Sampling and Analyzing Method: SeaViewer SeaDrop 950

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Processing Steps

Data Type: WATER DEPTH (measured); Units: meter; Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: multibeam sonar; Sampling and Analyzing Method: hull-mounted Kongsberg Simrad EM 1002 multibeam echosounder (95 kHz); moon pool-mounted Reson 8124 multibeam echosounder (200 kHz); Data Quality Information: IHO Order 1 (<100m) and Order 2 (>100m)
Data Type: Acoustic Backscatter (measured); Units: decibel (DB); Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: multibeam sonar; Sampling and Analyzing Method: hull-mounted Kongsberg Simrad EM 1002 multibeam echosounder (95 kHz); moon pool-mounted Reson 8124 multibeam echosounder (200 kHz)
Data Type: Drop Camera Images (measured); Units: photos; Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Drop Camera; Sampling and Analyzing Method: SeaViewer SeaDrop 950

Acquisition Information (collection)
Instrument	multibeam sonar
Platform	NOAA Ship Nancy Foster

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Water depth and acoustic backscatter data collected from NOAA Ship Nancy Foster in Caribbean Sea, southern coast of Isla de Mona, western coast of Puerto Rico from 2007-04-14 to 2007-04-24 (NCEI Accession 0131853)

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