Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean
Service (NOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Program
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1st
raster digital data
Silver Spring, MD
NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/projects/detail?key=263
This dataset contains a unified ESRI Grid with 10 meter cell size representing the bathymetry of selected portions
of seafloor around La Parguera, P.R. and St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John in the US Virgin Islands, derived from
data collected in 2004, 2005 and 2006.
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 from 2/18/04 to 3/5/04, 2/1/05
to 2/12/05 and 3/21/06 to 4/2/06. Data was acquired with a pole-mounted Reson 8101 ER multibeam echosounder (240 kHz)
in 2004 and 2005, and with a hull-mounted Kongsberg Simrad EM 1002 multibeam echosounder (95 kHz) in 2006. It was
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.x as an XY event.
Then the ArcToolbox conversion tool 'Feature to Raster' was used to generate the final ESRI Grid.
The project was conducted to meet IHO Order 1 and 2 accuracy standards, dependant on the project area and depth.
All users should individually evaluate the suitability of this data according to their own needs and standards.
This multibeam data was collected as IOCM (Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping) project projects NF-04-06,
NF-05-05 and NF-06-03 during the first, second and third years of an ongoing NOAA scientific research mission in
the US Caribbean to characterize nearshore to deep water coral reef habitats at depths down to 1,000 meters. 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 2004, 2005 and 2006 missions 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 USVI seafloor.
Depth datum is mean lower low water, units are meters and encoding method is explicit depth
coordinate included with horizontal coordinates. Vertical Coordinate System information may be found in the
Data Acquisition and Processing Report (DAPR) for cruise number NF-04-06/NF-05-05/NF-06-03.
http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/products/biogeography/usvi_nps/pdf/NF-06-03%20DAPR.pdf
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-67.156692
-64.429965
18.315027
17.725526
NCEI Geoportal FilterCoRIS_MetadataCRCP ProjectSeafloor Characterization of the Buck Island Reef National Monument and Puerto Rico2063
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Bathymetry
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat > Description
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Benthic Habitat
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > GIS
None
Grid
Multibeam
Raster
NOAA
Biogeography
Nancy Foster
Simrad EM 1002
Reson 8101
MBES
Sonar
NPS
IOCM
Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping
Seafloor
NOS Data Explorer Topic Category
Bathymetry/Topography
CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
Geographic Information > Bathymetry
ISO 19115 Topic Category
elevation
006
environment
007
geoscientificInformation
008
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
010
oceans
014
None
Buck Island Reef National Monument
BIRNM
PR
Mid Shelf Reef
MSR
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Buck Island > Buck Island (17N064W0006)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. Croix > Buck Island (17N064W0006)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Lajas > La Parguera (17N067W0013)
OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Lajas > La Parguera (17N067W0013)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. Thomas > St. Thomas (18N064W0033)
OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Leeward Islands > St. Thomas (18N064W0033)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. John > St. John (18N064W0011)
OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Virgin Islands > St. John (18N064W0011)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. Croix > St. Croix (17N064W0003)
OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Virgin Islands > St. Croix (17N064W0003)
OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Lesser Antilles > U. S. Virgin Islands (17N064W0000)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > U. S. Virgin Islands > U. S. Virgin Islands (17N064W0000)
OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Puerto Rico (18N066W0000)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Puerto Rico (18N066W0000)
CoRIS Region
PR
USVI
Please cite any use of this data.
Note: NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION.
These data were prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any
agency thereof, nor any of their employees, make any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability
or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process
disclosed in this report, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference therein to
any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not
necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any
agency thereof. Any views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the
United States Government or any agency thereof. Although all data have been used by NOAA, no warranty, expressed or
implied, is made by NOAA as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not
constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by NOAA in the use of these data or related materials.
Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
National Ocean Service (NOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Program
Project Manager - US Virgin Islands
mailing and physical address
1305 East West Highway, SSMC4
Silver Spring
MD
20910
USA
(301) 713-3028
(301) 713-4388
Contact info is for CCMA general reception. Please ask for current Biogeography project
manager for USVI.
Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS),
Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Program
NOAA - NMAO personnel and R/V NANCY FOSTER
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722
While the project was conducted to meet IHO Order 1 and 2 accuracy standards, dependant on
project area and depth, all users should independently analyze the dataset according to their own needs and standards
to determine data usability.
This ESRI Grid is sourced from a gridded dataset. The original full-resolution multibeam data was
used to create a downsampled uniform-resolution CARIS BASE (Bathymetry Associated with Statistical Error) surface
grid with a best depth component. The downsampled grid nodes from that depth surface were then exported and used to
generate the ESRI Grid. Some positional shifts may have occurred between the original data points and the transformed
grid.
See Data Acquisition and Processing Report (DAPR) for
NF-04-06/NF-05-05/NF-06-03.
See Data Acquisition and Processing Report (DAPR) for
NF-04-06/NF-05-05/NF-06-03.
Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National
Ocean Service (NOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Program
Unpublished Material
Raw Multibeam Data NF-04-06/NF-05-05/NF-06-03
vector digital data
external hard drive
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Raw Multibeam Data NF-04-06/NF-05-05/NF-06-03
Original raw full resolution dataset.
Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National
Ocean Service (NOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Program
Unpublished Material
NF-04-06/NF-05-05/NF-06-03 HDCS Processed Multibeam Data
vector digital data
external hard drive
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NF-04-06/NF-05-05/NF-06-03 HDCS Processed Multibeam Data
Processed, cleaned, and corrected full resolution dataset. Sourced from raw GSF data.
Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National
Ocean Service (NOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Program
Unpublished Material
NF-04-06/NF-05-05/NF-06-03 CARIS BASE Surface
raster digital data
external hard drive
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NF-04-06/NF-05-05/NF-06-03 BASE Surface
Downsampled CARIS BASE (Bathymetry Associated with Statistical Error) grid with best depth
layer. Sourced from processed HDCS data.
Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National
Ocean Service (NOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Program
200603
NOAA XYZ Text File of 10m Multibeam Bathymetry of Puerto Rico - US Virgin Islands, Projects
NF-04-06/NF-05-05/NF-06-03, (2004-2006)
tabular digital data
https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/projects/detail?key=263
external hard drive
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NF-04-06/NF-05-05/NF-06-03 ASCII XYZ Multibeam Data
Downsampled ASCII text file containing XYZ values. XYZ equals northing, easting, and depth in
meters. Sourced from CARIS BASE surface.
For this project, the Chief Scientist was NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CCMA's Tim Battista and the Lead
Hydrographer was independent contractor Jay Lazar. Data was collected aboard the NOAA ship Nancy Foster from
2/18/04 to 3/5/04 and 2/1/05 to 2/12/05 and 3/21/06 to 4/2/06. Multibeam data for 2004 and 2005 were acquired in
GSF format with a pole-mounted Reson 8101 ER multibeam echosounder (240 kHz). Multibeam data for 2006 were
acquired in .all format with a hull-mounted Kongsberg Simrad 1002 ER multibeam echosounder (95 kHz). Backscatter
snippet collection was enabled. Line spacing for acquisition was three times the water depth, and data was
retained out to 75 degrees from nadir in 2004 and 2005 and out to 60 degrees from nadir in 2006, depending on
project area. Heave, roll, pitch and heading correctors were collected using an Applanix POS/MV Model 320
inertial measurement unit (IMU) and associated Trimble GPS antennas. Sound velocity profiles were acquired with
a Seabird Electronics SeaCat SBE19P CTD profiler and processed using Seabird Seaterm software, then applied
directly to the raw data. Positioning was obtained using Northstar 941X GPS receivers with differential correctors
from U.S. Coast Guard CORS beacon Isabel, Puerto Rico. Data was reduced to Mean Lower-Low Water (MLLW) using
final approved tides from NOAA COOPS, based on National Water Level Observation Network (NWLON).
Process Date Range: 2004, 2005, 2006
NF-04-06/NF-05-05/NF-06-03 HDCS Multibeam Data
2006
Raw GSF and raw Simrad (.all format) were converted and processed using CARIS HIPS v5.4 and
v6.0 software, resulting in a CARIS HDCS format dataset with all correctors applied. Attitude and SWMB data was
cleaned of fliers, and SWMB data was reviewed in subset mode by a NOAA contractor.
Process Date Range: 2004, 2005, 2006
NF-04-06/NF-05-05/NF-06-03 HDCS Multibeam Data
2006
After being submitted to CCMA by the contractor, CARIS HIPS v5.4 and v6.0 were used to generate
a CARIS BASE surface (similar to a DTM), based on weighted swath angle, from the processed HDCS data. Then CARIS
export tool "BASE Surface to ASCII" was used to export a comma delimited ASCII XYZ file, with Easting, Northing,
and Depth values, using ground position units (NAD83 UTM zone 20N).
Process Date Range: 2004, 2005, 2006
NF-04-06/NF-05-05/NF-06-03 BASE Surface
2006
The ASCII XYZ file was opened in ArcMap 9.x and the 'Display XY Data' option was used to add
the XY data as an event with spatial reference NAD83 UTM zone 20N. Finally, the ArcToolbox 9.x conversion tool
"Feature to Raster" was then used to convert the XY event into an ESRI Grid, based on the depth field Z. These
steps were accomplished using an inhouse Arc script which combined these functions and allowed bulk processing.
Process Date Range: 2004, 2005, 2006
NF-04-06/NF-05-05/NF-06-03 ASCII XYZ Multibeam Data
2006
Raster
Grid Cell
6097
28807
1
Universal Transverse Mercator
20
0.999600
-63.000000
0.000000
500000.000000
0.000000
Row and Column
10.000000
10.000000
meters
North American Datum of 1983
Geodetic Reference System 80
6378137.000000
298.257222
Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
National Ocean Service (NOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Program
Project Manager - US Virgin Islands
mailing and physical address
1305 East West Highway, SSMC4
Silver Spring
MD
20910
USA
(301) 713-3028
(301) 713-4388
Contact info is for CCMA general reception. Please ask for current Biogeography project
manager for USVI.
Downloadable Data
These data were prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United
States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, make any warranty, expressed or implied, or
assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information,
apparatus, product, or process disclosed in this report, or represents that its use would not infringe privately
owned rights. Reference therein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark,
manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by
the United States Government or any agency thereof. Any views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not
necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. Although all data have been
used by NOAA, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by NOAA as to the accuracy of the data and/or related
materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by NOAA
in the use of these data or related materials.
ESRI Grid
679.952
https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/projects/detail?key=263
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NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography
Project Manager
mailing and physical address
1305 East West Highway, SSMC4
Silver Spring
MD
20910
USA
(301) 713-3028
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FGDC-STD-001-1998
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