2000 IKONOS Image of St. John Utilized to derive Benthic Habitat Maps (IK_304713

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch

Publication_Date: 2009
Title:

2000 IKONOS Image of St. John Utilized to derive Benthic Habitat Maps (IK_304713_0000000.img)

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: remote-sensing image
Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Silver Spring, MD
Publisher:

NOAA's Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)

Other_Citation_Details:

Please use citation for the written document "Benthic Habitats of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands" when using these data.

Online_Linkage:

https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/benthic-habitat-mapping-st-john-u-s-virgin-islands-national-park-reef-national-monument/

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Zitello, A.G., L.J. Bauer, T.A. Battista, P.W. Mueller and M.S. Kendall

Publication_Date: 2009
Title: Benthic Habitats of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
Series_Information:

Series_Name: NOS NCCOS
Issue_Identification: 96

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Silver Spring, MD
Publisher: NOAA/NOS/NCCOS

Other_Citation_Details:

Zitello, A.G., L.J. Bauer, T.A. Battista, P.W. Mueller and M.S. Kendall. 2009. Benthic Habitats of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 96. 50 pp.

Description:

Abstract:

Benthic habitat maps of the nearshore marine environment of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands were created by visual interpretation of remotely sensed imagery. The objective of this effort, conducted by NOAA's Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment - Biogeography Branch in partnership with the U.S. National Park Service (NPS), was to provide spatially-explicit information on the habitat types, biological cover and live coral cover of St. John's coral reef ecosystem. One-meter panchromatic and four-meter multi-spectral data from the IKONOS satellite sensor were purchased for the mapping area. Photo-interpreters accurately and reliably delineated boundaries of features from this IKONOS imagery as they appeared on the computer monitor using a software interface.

Purpose:

This product served as source information for a fine-scale assessment of the status, abundance, and distribution of marine habitats of St. John. The NOAA effort provides the U.S. National Park Service with increased technical capacity for ocean exploration, management, and stewardship. Direct implications to management measures include evaluation of management efficacy, a spatial framework for improved monitoring sampling design, improved assessment of human-use impacts, and marine spatial planning to support alternative marine protected area boundary alternatives.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20000223

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -64.703282
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -64.566206
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 18.410120
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 18.258521

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NCEI Geoportal Filter
Theme_Keyword: CoRIS_Metadata

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NOS Data Explorer Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: Environmental Monitoring

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Theme_Keyword: coral
Theme_Keyword: seagrass
Theme_Keyword: SAV
Theme_Keyword: reef
Theme_Keyword: IKONOS
Theme_Keyword: IKONOS imagery
Theme_Keyword: benthic
Theme_Keyword: habitat
Theme_Keyword: mangrove

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme_Keyword: 014
Theme_Keyword: environment
Theme_Keyword: 007
Theme_Keyword: biota
Theme_Keyword: 002

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: Map Images > IKONOS

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword:

EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment > Mapping > Habitat mapping

Theme_Keyword:

EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment > Remote sensing > Satellite (digital scans) > IKONOS

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: U. S. Virgin Islands
Place_Keyword: St. John

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Place Thesaurus
Place_Keyword:

COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. John > St. John (18N064W0011)

Place_Keyword:

OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Virgin Islands > St. John (18N064W0011)

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Region
Place_Keyword: USVI

Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:

Must adhere to Space Imaging LLC Tier 3 license agreement for IKONOS imagery.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 1305 East West Highway, N/SCI1
City: Silver Spring
State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 20910

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-713-3028
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-713-4384
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: tim.battista@noaa.gov
Hours_of_Service: 0800 - 1700, Monday to Friday, EST

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.0.1770

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report: Unknown
Completeness_Report: Unknown
Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Bands 1 - 7: Geo-referencing of the imagery was performed using PCI OrthoEngine module. The NITF IKONOS imagery were orthorectified using the Rational Functions extracted from the NITF, then further supplemented with stereo ground control point positioning using a robust polynomial math model through bundle adjustment of all the satellite scenes.

IKONOS Imagery was obtained from Space Imaging LLC, 12076 Grant Street, Thornton, Colorado 80241

Process_Date: 2008
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Tim Battista
Contact_Organization: NOAA National Ocean Service

Contact_Position: Researcher
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 1305 East West Highway
City: Silver Spring
State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 20910
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (301) 713-3028 x171
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (301) 713-4388
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Tim.Battista@noaa.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Bands 1 - 7: Terrain displacement was corrected for in the orthrectification bundle adjustment using the U.S. Geological Survey's Digital Elevation Model (DEM) generated from airborne LiDAR data.

Process_Date: 2008
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Tim Battista
Contact_Organization: NOAA National Ocean Service

Contact_Position: Researcher
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 1305 East West Highway
City: Silver Spring
State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 20910
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (301) 713-3028 x171
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (301) 713-4388
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Tim.Battista@noaa.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Bands 1 - 7: PCI OrthoEngine Pansharpening module was employed to create a high-resolution color image to be used for visual interpretation by NOAA scientists. It was applied to the IKONOS imagery to increase the spatial resolution of the 4 m multispectral data to the panchromatic data resolution of 1 m.

Process_Date: 2008
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Tim Battista
Contact_Organization: NOAA National Ocean Service

Contact_Position: Researcher
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 1305 East West Highway
City: Silver Spring
State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 20910
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (301) 713-3028 x171
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (301) 713-4388
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Tim.Battista@noaa.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Bands 5 - 7: The method for removal of sun glint described in Hedley et al. (2005) was applied to the IKONOS imagery to remove specular reflection from the sea surface. Reflection of solar radiation on non-flat water surfaces often results in areas of bright white sun glint in remotely sensed imagery. Typically, sun glint forms bands of white along wave edges on the windward side of nearshore environments. Sun glint can obscure bottom features and should be removed before habitat delineation.

Process_Date: 2008
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Tim Battista
Contact_Organization: NOAA National Ocean Service

Contact_Position: Researcher
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 1305 East West Highway
City: Silver Spring
State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 20910
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (301) 713-3028 x171
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (301) 713-4388
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Tim.Battista@noaa.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster
Raster_Object_Information:

Raster_Object_Type: Pixel
Row_Count: 16651
Column_Count: 14340
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: 20
Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -63.000000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000
False_Easting: 500000.000000
False_Northing: 0.000000

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: Row and Column
Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 1.000000
Ordinate_Resolution: 1.000000

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:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Spectral Bands
Entity_Type_Definition:

These images contain 7 spectral bands (1-4 positioned and pan-sharpened, 5-7 positioned, pan-sharpened and de-glinted)

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Unknown

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Band 1
Attribute_Definition: Band 1: Blue (positioned & pan-sharpened)
Attribute_Definition_Source: Unknown
Attribute_Domain_Values: