Gridded multibeam bathymetry of Apra Harbor, Guam U.S. Territory

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information
• CoRIS

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center (PIBHMC), Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Publication_Date: 20100901

Title:

Gridded multibeam bathymetry of Apra Harbor, Guam U.S. Territory

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: digital data

Online_Linkage: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc

Online_Linkage: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/pibhmc_cnmi_apra_bathy.htm

Description:

Abstract:

Gridded bathymetry from Apra Harbor, Guam U.S. Territory. The netCDF and Arc ASCII grids include multibeam bathymetry from the Reson SeaBat 8125 multibeam sonar collected in 2008 by the NOAA Office of Coast Survey and the United States Navy Fleet Survey Team. The sonar frequency is 455 kHz and the data are gridded at 1 m resolution. The data served here were extracted from a Caris project provided by OCS and converted to netCDF and Arc ASCII grids by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Division.

Purpose:

These data were collected in response to a request by the USN for a cooperative modern hydrographic survey with NOAA to provide contemporary hydrographic data to update the nautical charts in the area. The USN plans to use Apra Harbor, Guam as a primary port-of-call. These data will support safe navigation for the USN fleet in Apra Harbor by providing IHO Order 1 hydrography. They will also aid in ongoing habitat mapping efforts by NOAA PIFSC CRED.

These netCDF and ASCII grids were created using data gathered from multibeam soundings for use as a planning and reference document. The data are also being used for benthic habitat mapping, for locating Essential Fish Habitat, and for studying geologic features of the area. Refer to supplemental information for description of instrument and survey.

Supplemental_Information:

Survey data were acquired by the United States Navy (USN) Fleet Survey Team (FST) with Survey Vessel Swamp Fox. A Reson 8125 multibeam echosounder was mounted from an arm on the port side of the vessel. The Klein 3000 Side Scan Sonar is operated in the stern-towed configuration. Additional detailed information on data acquisition, equipment configuration, and corrections can be found in the Data Acquisition and Processing Report (DAPR), SWAMPFOX_DAPR_2008.pdf, that can be accessed at: www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc and is included in the ZIP file containing the bathymetry grids.

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition Depth_System_Definition

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20080329

Ending_Date: 20080504

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None Planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: 144.614

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 144.676

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 13.464

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 13.418

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NCEI Geoportal Filter

Theme_Keyword: CoRIS_Metadata

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CRCP Project

Theme_Keyword:

Benthic Habitat Mapping and Characterization - Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam

Theme_Keyword: 1398

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Theme Thesaurus

Theme_Keyword:

EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Bathymetry

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: elevation

Theme_Keyword: 006

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus

Theme_Keyword: Geographic Information > Bathymetry

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: Bathymetry

Theme_Keyword: Multibeam sonar

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: UTM Zone 55

Place_Keyword: Apra Harbor

Place_Keyword: Guam Island

Place_Keyword: U.S. Territory

Place_Keyword: United States of America

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Place Thesaurus

Place_Keyword:

OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Guam > Apra Harbour (13N144E0051)

Place_Keyword:

COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Guam > Apra Harbour (13N144E0051)

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Region

Place_Keyword: Guam

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

These data are not to be used for navigation purposes. Please acknowledge NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, the Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (JIMAR) University of Hawaii, the NOAA Office of Coast Survey, and the USN Fleet Survey Team as the sources of this information.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center (PIBHMC), Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: NOAA IRC

Address: NMFS/PIFSC/CRED

Address: 1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176

City: Honolulu

State_or_Province: HI

Postal_Code: 96818

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 808 725-5360

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 808 725-5429

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov

Contact_Instructions: e-mail preferred

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name:

http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/CNMI_images/apra_bty_1m_445.jpg

Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Multibeam Bathymetry

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG

Data_Set_Credit: NOAA OCS, USN FST, PIBHMC, CRED, PIFSC, NOAA, and JIMAR

Security_Information:

Security_Classification_System: Not applicable

Security_Classification: Unclassified

Security_Handling_Description: Not applicable

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

netCDF file created using the Generic Mapping Tools (GMT) in a LINUX environment ArcGIS ASCII file created in a LINUX environment

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Data are collected for resource management and research purposes and are tested for internal consistency; however, no effort is made to compare these data to external references or to other published data.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

These data are believed to be logically consistent though no tests were performed

Completeness_Report: Complete

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Horizontal positioning system: see DAPR Horizontal position accuracy: see DAPR

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

see DAPR Raw sounding resolution: Variable

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Refer to the the Data Acquisition and Processing Report (DAPR) that can be accessed at: www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc and is included in the ZIP file containing the bathymetry grids for detailed information on the bathymetry data processing steps.

Process_Date: 20101115

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster

Raster_Object_Information:

Raster_Object_Type: Grid Cell

Row_Count: 5061

Column_Count: 6664

Vertical_Count: 1

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Grid_Coordinate_System:

Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator

Universal_Transverse_Mercator:

UTM_Zone_Number: 55

Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.9996

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: 147

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0

False_Easting: 500000

False_Northing: 0

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: Row and Column

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 1

Ordinate_Resolution: 1

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984

Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Depth values are real values based on the average of the soundings that fell within the extracted grid cells. The number of soundings per grid cell range from >1000 soundings in shallow depths to as few as 20 soundings in deeper areas. A total error budget for these data have not been developed. Therefore, the accuracy of depth measurements is reported in the DAPR.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: none

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center (PIBHMC), Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: NOAA IRC

Address: NMFS/PIFSC/CRED

Address: 1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176

City: Honolulu

State_or_Province: HI

Postal_Code: 96818

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 808 725-5360

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 808 725-5429

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov

Contact_Instructions: e-mail preferred

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Distribution_Liability:

These data are not to be used for navigational purposes. NOAA makes no warranty regarding these data, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data, nor as a result of the failure of these data to function on a particular system.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: netCDF

Format_Information_Content:

These data can be downloaded as either a 2-D binary netCDF raster grid or an ArcGIS ASCII text file. The netCDF grid is the default grid file format used by GMT (Generic Mapping Tools), which created this file. More information can be located at http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/and http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/. The Arc ASCII file, for use in ESRI's (http://www.esri.com) GIS software, can be converted to an Arc Raster Grid using ArcToolbox ASCII to Raster conversion tool.

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/website/data/cnmi-guam/bathymetry/apra_1m_grd.zip

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: Arc ASCII

Format_Information_Content:

These data can be downloaded as either a 2-D binary netCDF raster grid or an ArcGIS ASCII text file. The netCDF grid is the default grid file format used by GMT (Generic Mapping Tools), which created this file. More information can be located at http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/and http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/. The Arc ASCII file, for use in ESRI's (http://www.esri.com) GIS software, can be converted to an Arc Raster Grid using ArcToolbox ASCII to Raster conversion tool.

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/website/data/cnmi-guam/bathymetry/apra_1m_asc.zip

Fees: None

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20200329

Metadata_Review_Date: 20101202

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center (PIBHMC), Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: NOAA IRC

Address: NMFS/PIFSC/CRED

Address: 1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176

City: Honolulu

State_or_Province: HI

Postal_Code: 96818

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 808 725-5360

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 808 725-5429

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov

Contact_Instructions: e-mail preferred

Metadata_Standard_Name:

FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: Universal Time

Metadata_Access_Constraints: None

Metadata_Use_Constraints: None

CoRIS:

CoRIS_ID: 20101202031639

CoRIS_Children: None

CoRIS_Beginning_Date: 20080329

CoRIS_Ending_Date: 20080504

CoRIS_Metadata_Link:

https://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/apra_bty_1m.html

CoRIS_Tracking_ID: 6066