Subject: Benthic cover data for archiving
From: Anne Ball <anne.ball@noaa.gov>
Date: 1/27/2012 10:21 AM
To: Donald Collins <donald.collins@noaa.gov>
CC: James Boyd <james.boyd@noaa.gov>, Mark Finkbeiner
<mark.finkbeiner@noaa.gov>, Jeff Skahill <jeff.skahill@noaa.gov>, Sheri
Farrell <sheri.farrell@noaa.gov>, Kirk Waters <kirk.waters@noaa.gov>,
Scott Cross <scott.cross@noaa.gov> 

Don, 

CSC is ready to archive some benthic data. The files for archiving can
be found at ftp://ftp.csc.noaa.gov/pub/NODC/. If you would prefer, I can
upload the data to your ftp site. This benthic data is related to some
data archived at NODC in 2001 (Aquatic vegetation were photographed from
aircraft from Florida Bay, Indian River (Florida), and the Coast of
Massachusetts (NODC Accession 0000411)). We plan to send you some
additional benthic data later this spring. 

The data is zipped into files with full FGDC CSDGM metadata records in
both text and xml. A description of the data follows this email. Let me
know if you need any further information from us. 

Thanks,
Anne

CSC Benthic data

Overview:
Benthic data containing benthic cover data, grab samples, sediment
profile imaging, and single beam acoustic data. The data is an inventory
of nearshore aquatic habitats with a focus on living resources. 

More information:
Benthic cover data - http://www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/data/benthiccover/index.html
Grab sample data - http://www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/data/benthicgrab/index.html
Sediment profile imaging data - http://www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/data/benthicspi/index.html
Single-beam acoustic data - http://www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/data/benthicsba/index.html

Geography:
Select geographies in the following states:

    California 
    Delaware
    Florida
    Maine
    Massachusetts
    New Jersey
    New York 
    North Carolina 
    Texas 
    Virginia
    Washington

Time period:
1995 to 2011

Formats:
shapefiles and dbf files

Number of files and size by folders: 
Benthic_Cover_Data: 20 files, 930 MB
Grab_Sample_Data: 10 files, 273 KB
Sediment_Profile_Imaging_Data: 5 files, 265 KB
Single_Beam_Acoustic_Data: 3 files, 6.44MB



-- 
Anne Ball
anne.ball@noaa.gov, 843-740-1229
NOAA Coastal Services Center

