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)
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CRED Optical Validation Data at Kure Atoll, 2003, to Support Benthic Habitat Mapping
Video and photo imagery, track line navigation files, and log sheets
http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/
Optical validation data were collected using a Tethered Optical Assessment Device (TOAD), an underwater
sled equipped with an underwater digital video camera and lights. Data were collected at the Northwestern Hawaiian
Islands, Kure Atoll to support Benthic Habitat Mapping efforts.
This data provides optical observations that will be correlated with bathymetry and acoustic backscatter
imagery to develop a benthic habitat map of Kure Atoll. Refer to supplemental information for description of
instrument and survey.
Kure Atoll, lying at the northwestern end of the Hawaiian Archipelago at 28.5N, 178W, is
the northernmost atoll in the world. This classically shaped atoll encloses 0.86 sq. km of land including Green
Island which has was home to a long range navigation (LORAN) station for decades. The coral reef environment
includes 167 sq. km of banks with depths less than 100 m in depth.
Optical validation data were collected using the Tethered Optical Assessment Device (TOAD), a sled equipped with
underwater video camera and lights. These data are used to provide ground-truth validation for benthic habitat
maps based on multibeam echosounder surveys. Camera sled deployments were conducted at night, usually between
1800 and midnight. The duration of each tow varied but averaged about 40 minutes of bottom time at a given location.
The camera sled was deployed from the port J-frame mounted amidships on the NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette. At each
station the ship was positioned with the wind on the port side and drifted downwind; occasional light turns were
applied to the ship's screws if necessary to reduce the ship's motion. The TOAD was lowered slowly to the bottom
by the deck crew using a capstan. The operator monitored a live video feed from the camera and began recording
data on a video tape recorder. When the camera reached bottom the deck crew was notified by radio to stop lowering.
The operator continued to monitor the vehicle and provided commands to raise or lower it to keep the camera just
above the bottom.
Equipment Description: The TOAD was deployed from the lower arm of the vessel's port side J-frame. The TOAD is
a camera sled based on the Guildline MiniBat model 8820 tow body. The frame has been extensively modified from
its original configuration and was equipped with an ROS model 54-00100-13 color underwater video camera as the
primary data collection instrument. The ROS camera was mounted to point at approximately a 45 degree angle toward
the seafloor. A Deep Sea Power and Light model 2050 MultiSeaCam low-light color video camera was also mounted on
the sled and aimed straight ahead. The signal from this camera was fed to a second video monitor to provide warning
of underwater obstructions the sled might be headed for. Illumination was provided by two 500 W DeepSea Power &
Light Multi-SeaLite model 1050 underwater lights mounted on the original sled frame. The lights were located near
the base and each side of the sled to provide the maximum possible horizontal distance from the ROS camera. Cable
between the sled and the surface consisted of a underwater electrical cable (cable 2, black in color) with an
internal Kevlar strength member to support the sled frame. The cable was led from the camera sled over a 22-inch
diameter sheave hung from the J-frame, and from there around a gypsy head mounted on the alternate CTD winch,
amidships on the vessel's port side. All TOAD surface components were located in the Dry Lab in an equipment rack
on the after bulkhead.
Name & address of person collecting data:
John Rooney
NOAA IRC
NMFS/PIFSC/CRED
1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176
Honolulu, HI 96818
Data Files: Video data were recorded on two video tape recorders. The position of the camera sled was recorded
using Guildline MiniBat In-Tow data acquisition software.
File naming convention: Each tow is given a name consisting of a 3-letter designator for the island area, "KUR"
in this case followed by a five-digit tow number. The first two digits indicate the last two digits of the
calendar year, i.e., "03" is used for this cruise, which took place in 2003. The last three numbers indicate the
consecutive number of the tow for that island and year, and start on the next hundred for subsequent cruises in
that year to the same island. During OES0306 the consecutive numbers started at 001. Video tape labels, the
navigation files (*.glo) and paper log forms are all annotated with the tow name. Metadata were extracted from
the navigation data and recorded to a file with the same name as the navigation file except that a file type of
".met" was appended; for example, "KUR03001.glo.met"
Time Correlation: All times are based on UTC. Two clocks were set manually synchronized prior to starting data
collection; the clock in the video character generator that was used to annotate the video tape and the TOAD data
acquisition computer clock was used to annotate the navigation (*.glo) files. These clocks were set to UTC at
the beginning of each evening's operations and then compared to one another prior to (and during) each tow.
Resource Description: Digital video images geo-referenced to navigation files
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NCEI Geoportal FilterCoRIS_MetadataCRCP ProjectBenthic Habitat Mapping and Characterization - Northwestern and Main Hawaiian Islands1217
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Benthic Habitat
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Mapping
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Photographic Analysis > Videography
None
Tethered Optical Assessment Device (TOAD)
Underwater video
OES0306
CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
Visual Images > Habitats
ISO 19115 Topic Category
environment
biota
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands > Kure Atoll (28N178W0001)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Kure Atoll (28N178W0001)
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (28N178W0000)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (28N178W0000)
CoRIS Region
NWHI
None
Please acknowledge the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
as the source of this information.
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)
John Rooney
mailing and physical address
NOAA IRC
NMFS/PIFSC/CRED
1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176
Honolulu
HI
96818
808 725-5360
808 725-5429
nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov
e-mail preferred
Benthic Habitat Mapping Group, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries
Science Center (PIFSC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Not applicable
Unclassified
Not applicable
Unspecified
Complete
The horizontal position accuracy for the camera sled position is 100 meters.
There are three primary sources of this error. The ship's positioning is based on GPS SPS, often called standalone
or non-differential GPS positioning. SPS has a measured accuracy of under 5 meters. The position of the GPS
antenna is used; no attempt is made to translocate this position to that of the tow block from which the camera
is deployed. The difference between the tow block and the antenna is about 14 meters. The camera sled position
is based a layback calculation that use ship's course, the amount of cable out and the camera sled depth to
develop an estimate of the camera sled position. The amount of cable deployed is manually entered by the operator
during a given camera tow.
After a tow was completed the video tape data was reviewed by spot checking the master and
backup tape to verify that data were recorded. Navigation data were copied from the acquisition computer to
the data archive. A metadata extractor (gloFilter.py, version 3/06) was run to summarize the navigation data and
test for errors. If errors were detected they were corrected or flagged as appropriate and a new data file was
made. This file's header was updated to document what type of processing occurred. A metadata file was recorded
in the data archive in the same location as the navigation data. Processed navigation data were then read into
ArcView 3.2 shapefiles using an ArcView Avenue script named "TOAD.Import.Playback", version 9/25/01, written by
Ronald Hoeke.
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0.0001
Decimal Degrees
D_WGS_1984
WGS_1984
6378137.000000
298.257224
No correction
0.1
meters
Attribute Values
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)
John Rooney
mailing and physical address
NOAA IRC
NMFS/PIFSC/CRED
1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176
Honolulu
HI
96818
808 725-5360
808 725-5429
nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov
e-mail preferred
Offline Data
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.
ASCII
Each comma-delimited record contains year, day of year, time, latitude, longitude,
velocity north and east, water column depth, vehicle depth, layback, and wing angle. For this data set the
fields for vehicle depth and wing angle do not contain useful data.
List of navigation files:
KUR03001.glo
KUR03002.glo
KUR03003.glo
KUR03004.glo
KUR03005.glo
KUR03006.glo
KUR03009.glo
KUR03010.glo
KUR03011.glo
KUR03012.glo
CD-ROM
ISO 9660
mini digital video
List of video tapes:
KUR03001-004, VHS, Master
KUR03004-006, VHS, Master
KUR03009-010, VHS, Master
KUR03011-012, VHS, Master
KUR03001-004a, Mini DV, Master
KUR03001-004b, Mini DV, Master
KUR03004-006a, Mini DV, Master
KUR03004-006b, Mini DV, Master
KUR03009-010a, Mini DV, Master
KUR03010b, Mini DV, Master
KUR03011-012a, Mini DV, Master
KUR03012b, Mini DV, Master
KUR03001-004a, Mini DV, Backup
KUR03001-004b, Mini DV, Backup
KUR03004-006a, Mini DV, Backup
KUR03004-006b, Mini DV, Backup
KUR03009-010a, Mini DV, Backup
KUR03010b, Mini DV, Backup
KUR03011-012a, Mini DV, Backup
KUR03012b, Mini DV, Backup
Video cassette tape
Mini DV
JPG digital still photo
345 still images available; poor photos were enhanced or deleted
List of photo folders:
KUR03004: KUR_080403_0822 (101 photos)
KUR03005: KUR_080403_0934 (61 photos)
KUR03006: KUR_080403_1028 (3 photos)
KUR03009: KUR_080503_0533 (114 photos)
KUR03010: KUR_080503_0658 (6 photos)
KUR03012: KUR_080503_1000 (60 photos)
CD-ROM
JPEG
None
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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)
CRED Data Management Team
mailing and physical address
NOAA IRC
NMFS/PIFSC/CRED
1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176
Honolulu
HI
96818
808 725-5360
808 725-5429
nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov
e-mail preferred
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998
20080502055502
None
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