NOAA Fisheries - Panama City Laboratory
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Multibeam Mapping of the South Atlantic Bight: South Carolina 2005, a Proposed MPA on the Continental Shelf
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Map and XYZ ASCII
Panama City, FL
NOAA Fisheries Laboratory in Panama City, FL
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center
NOAA Fisheries
20050730
Multibeam mapping of proposed MPAs on the continental shelf in the South Atlantic Bight
Panama City, FL
NOAA Fisheries - Panama City Laboratory
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center
The NOAA Fisheries laboratory in Panama City, Florida coordinated an acoustic survey at the new proposed Marine Protected Areas in
the South Atlantic Bight area June 20- July 7th, 2005. This metadata record is the parent record for the multi-beam
echosounder (MBES) survey at the South Carolina A proposed MPA, which includes the following products: 1) XYZ ascii table
created from the grid, 2) colored coded shaded geotiffs from the grid, 3) backscatter mosaic, 4) XYA (amplitude) ascii
table created from the mosaic, and 5) geotif of backscatter draped on the bathymetric grid. All products are available
contacting the distributor. Some data sets are also posted on NOAA's Coral Reef Information System (CoRIS) at
www.coris.noaa.gov. Another product that will not be distributed, but will be used as input to habitat classification
software (QTC MultiView (website)), are raw data files logged to disk using the Simrad EM3002 MBES data
acquisition software. These raw files contain packets of information (depth soundings, navigation, attitude, sound
velocity profiles, UTC time) that the acquisition software logged sequentially in time. The raw data format is available
from Kongsberg-Simrad (website). The MBES system was provided by Seafloor Systems Inc. and the support
vessel was UNCW's 70-ft. R/V Cape Fear.
This survey is part of an on-going partnership effort funded by the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP).
This survey was funded by a CRCP grant to Andrew David, NOAA Fisheries - Panama City, and Andrew Shepard,
NURC/UNCW (The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's Undersea Research Center at the
University of North Carolina at Wilmington). In addition to partners above, other partners include UNCW's Spatial
Analysis Lab, US Geological Survey, and the S. Atlantic fishery Management Council.
The primary objective of this joint mapping expedition is to create habitat maps for proposed marine protected
areas in the South Altantic Bight (SAB), prior to closure. These bathymetry data will help prepare habitat maps.
The surveys will be followed by a ROV expedition later to ground-truth the newly acquired MBES-derived habitat maps. The map will serve as a baseline for assessing change of habitat condition
over time, and for monitoring recovery of fish population in the closed area. The new proposed MPAs offer the rare
opportunity to quantify habitat and fish assemblages before closure for direct comparision after closure. However,
mapping is a prerequisite for any comprehensive research program.
The survey was supported by Seafloor Systems, Inc., Portland, (www.seafloorsystems.com) Oregon using
a Simrad EM 3002 multi-beam system. The survey was funded by NOAA Fisheries (www.sefsc.noaa.gov) and
overseen by the NOAA Undersea Research Center at UNCW (www.uncw.edu/nurc).
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NCEI Geoportal FilterCoRIS_Metadata
CRCP Project
Multibeam mapping of 5 proposed MPAs on the continental shelf in the South Atlantic Bight
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CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Bathymetry
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Mapping
CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
Geographic Information > Bathymetry
ISO 19115 Topic Category
elevation
006
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multibeam
bathymetry
backscatter
deep-water reefs
ocean floor topography
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > South Atlantic Bight > South Carolina (32N077W0001)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > South Carolina > South Atlantic Bight (32N077W0001)
There are no constraints for use of geotiff files, which are available online and from the P.O.C.
Not for legal use
NOAA Fisheries - Panama City Laboratory
Andrew W. David
Research Fishery Biologist
mailing and physical address
3500 Delwood Beach Rd
Panama City
Florida
32408
USA
850-234-6541
850-235-3559
Andy.David@noaa.gov
Mon-Fri, 8 am - 4 pm CDT
Colored, shaded geotifs for the survey area were created by Seafloor
Systems Inc. using Caris HIPS 5.4 software. The raw survey data and processed
XYZ data may also be available upon request from the P.O.C.
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Data are believed to be logically consistent, though no
tests were performed.
The initial surveys produced an extremely large dataset (62 CDs) of
raw data in Caris' cross-track format. To create the geotifs, this data set
was reduced by post-survey processing including: corrections
for sound velocity and tidal stage removal of outliers and data gaps,
and calculation and assignment of mean values for 3m X 3m
cells throughout the survey area.
1 meter
0.05% of water depth
The bathymetry and backscatter data were collected along a continuous
swath perpendicular to the direction of the ship using a Simrad EM 3002
multibeam sonar system. The data were collected in the raw format .all Simrad file.
The data are cleaned of bad navigation and depth readings in CARIS HIPS 5.4 swath editor.
The depth readings are gridded into a common grid.
The gridded data are converted to an XYZ ASCII format file (Longitude,
Latitude, Attribute). The raw backscatter was saved
during the survey.
The multi-beam system was mated to a Differential GPS unit, APPLANIX POS/MV
(quantified heave, pitch, roll, and yaw heading).
HYPACK navigation system was used to maintain vessel course throughout the survey.
Sensor data were compiled in SIS Shipboard Data Acquisition and Image Processing
System and initially logged to .all Simrad data files. Files were post-processed
using CARIS HIPS 5.4 software to remove outliers, correct for sound velocity and
tidal stage. HIPS was also used to mosaic backscatter and produce XYA files.
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John Tamplin
Seafloor Systems, Inc.
President
mailing and physical address
2038 NW Aloclek Drive, Suite 218
Hillsboro
Oregon
97124
USA
503-466-2382
503-466-2892
info@seafloorsystems.com
Mon-Fri, 9 am -5 pm (PT)
Point
Point
Universal Transverse Mercator
18
0.999600
-81.000000
0.000000
500000.000000
0.000000
row and column
3.0
3.0
Meters
North American Datum of 1983
WGS 1984
6378206.4
294.98
XYZ ASCII file is a 3-column table of longitude, latitude and elevation.
Each point is average center of 3 meter square grid cell. Colored, shaded
geotif maps were created using these points and CARIS HIPS 5.4 software.
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NOAA Fisheries - Panama City laboratory
Andrew W. David
Research Fishery Biologist
mailing and physical address
3500 Delwood Beach Rd
Panama City
Florida
32408
USA
850-234-6541
850-235-3559
Andy.David@noaa.gov
Mon-Fri, 8 am - 4 pm CDT
Downloadable Data
These data are not intended for navigational purposes.
NOAA makes no warranty regarding these data,expressed or implied, nor
does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA does
not 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.
Although these data have been used by NOAA, these data and information
are provided with the understanding that they are not guaranteed to be
useable, timely, accurate, or complete. Users are cautioned to consider
carefully the provisional nature of these data and information before
using them for decisions that concern personal or public safety or the
conduct of business that involves substantial monetary or operational
consequences. Conclusions drawn from, or actions undertaken on the basis
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Neither the U.S. Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their
employees, contractors, or subcontractors, make any warranty, express
or implied, nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for the
accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any data, software, information,
apparatus, product, or process disclosed, nor represent that its use
would not infringe on privately owned rights.
Trade, firm, or product names and other references to non-USGS products
and services are provided for information only and do not constitute
endorsement or warranty, express or implied, by UNCW, NOAA, the US
Department of Commerce, or the U.S. Government, as to their suitability,
content, usefulness, functioning, completeness, or accuracy.
ASCII
Sample of bathymetry XYZ ASCII file
Longitude, Latitude, Elevation
227736.24 3654488.78 121.153
DVD
DVD-R
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Contact Andrew David Andy.David@noaa.gov or 850-234-6541
geoTIFF, and ASCII XYZ
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/coris/data/NOAA/nmfs/sefsc/bathymetry/SAB/southcarolina/bathymetry2005
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NOAA Fisheries - Panama City laboratory
Andrew W. David
Research Fishery Biologist
Mailing and physical address
3500 Delwood Beach Rd
Panama City
Florida
32408
USA
850-234-6541
850-235-3559
Andy.David@noaa.gov
Mon-Fri, 8 am - 4 pm CDT
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998
20060320034557
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