AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Tethys Acoustic Metadata Database

The Tethys database houses the metadata associated with the acoustic data collection efforts by the Passive Acoustic Group.  These metadata include dates, locations and sampling rate, among other things. 

The database platform itself was developed by colleagues at San Diego State University, and is freely available and open source. See citation details for website link.

Tags: acoustic deployments, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, metadata, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast fisheries science center, passive acoustics, u.s. department of commerce, u.s. east coast
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Orthorectification and Mosaicking of Color Aerial Photography for the Main Eight Hawaiian Islands: Molokai (331-0524)

Habitat maps of the main Hawaiian Islands were created by visual interpretation of aerial photos and hyperspectral imagery using the Habitat Digitizer extension.  Aerial photographs are valuable tools for natural resource managers and researchers since they provide an excellent record of the location and extent of habitats.  However, spatial distortions in aerial photographs due to such factors as camera angle, lens characteristics, and relief displacement must be accounted for during analysis to prevent incorrect measurements of area, distance, and other spatial parameters.  These distortions of scale within an image can be removed through orthorectification.  During orthorectification, digital scans of aerial photos are subjected to algorithms that eliminate each source of spatial distortion.  The result is a georeferenced digital mosaic of several photographs with uniform scale throughout the mosaic. Features near land are generally georeferenced with greater accuracy while the accuracy of features away from land is generally not as good.  Where no land is in the original photographic frame only kinematic GPS locations and image tie points were used to georeference the images.  After an orthorectified mosaic is created, photointerpreters can accurately and reliably delineate boundaries of features in the imagery as they appear on the computer monitor using a software interface such as the Habitat Digitizer.

Tags: aerial photography, benthic, coral, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, environmental monitoring, habitat, hawaii, hawaii_images_2000, mangrove, molokai, national centers for coastal ocean science, national ocean service, noaa, oceans, reef, remotely sensed imagery/photos, sav, seagrass, u.s. department of commerce, u.s. exclusive economic zone, united states
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
NOAA's Web Service for the New York Offshore Biogeographic Assessment

This web service provides key ecological data layers in the New York Bight via the Internet and which can be loaded into client side GIS software.  The web service includes spatial data for seabirds, deep sea corals, bathymetry and surficial sediments. These diverse data were requested by the New York Department of State to support offshore spatial planning.  To the extent possible data is provided at the finest spatial scales survey data will support and use predictive spatial models to translate survey data into seamless data coverages.

Tags: bathymetry, coastal ocean, deep sea, deep sea coral, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, east coast, ecological/biological characterization, environment, environmental monitoring, geographic area, long island, long-term averages determined by input data, marine spatial ecology, marine spatial ecology (mse), mid-atlantic, mode, model, national centers for coastal ocean science, national ocean service, nccos research data type, nccos research location, nccos research priority, nccos research topic, new york, new york bight, new york offshore planing area, noaa, northwest atlantic ocean, ny_spatialplan, prediction, predictive/spatial modeling, region, seabird, sediments, shannon diversity index, spatial planning, u.s. department of commerce, u.s. states and territories, uncertainty
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Ground Validation Data Used to Map Benthic Habitats of the Republic of Palau

This project is a cooperative effort among the National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment; the University of Hawaii; and Analytical  Laboratories of Hawaii, LLC. The goal of the work was to incorporate previously developed mapping methods to produce benthic habitat maps generated by photo interpreting georeferenced IKONOS satellite imagery. These point data were generated to conduct ground validation during map preparation.

Tags: aquatic vegetation, coral reef, coralline algae, cover, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, environmental monitoring, habitat, national centers for coastal ocean science, national ocean service, noaa, palau, point, reef, structure, submerged, u.s. department of commerce, unconsolidated sediments, zone
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
EmpiricalValues_Chlorophyll_GrandComposite

This personal geodatabase contains raster images of chlorophyll concentrations in the Gulf of Maine.  These raster images are a composite of several years (1997-2005) binned by season or by month, and were calculated as means or as medians. For those images binned by month, all of the months for the time series were averaged together to make one mean image. For example, Jan '98, Jan '99, Jan 00, Jan 01, Jan 02, Jan 03, Jan 04 = Grand Monthly Mean for January. For those images binned by season, the seasons were defined as the following: 1) Fall= September, October, November; 2) Winter= December, January, February; 3) Spring= March, April, May; 4) Summer= June, July, August. All chlorophyll geotifs binned by year and season were then averaged again to create a grand mean for each season. For example, spring '98, spring '99, spring 00, spring 01, spring 02, spring 03, spring 04 = Grand Seasonal Mean for Spring. These images were also reprocessed to remove land and no data values (value = 252 and value = 0, 253, 251 respectively), as well as to calculate the real world values for chlorophyll in micrograms per liter.

Tags: 1997-2005, chlorophyll, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, environmental monitoring, gulf of maine, national centers for coastal ocean science, national ocean service, noaa, ocean color, sbnms_assess_remote_sensing, seasonal averages, seawifs, stellwagen bank, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Hyperspectral Imagery for the Main Eight Hawaiian Islands:Maui (307-0618-272217)

This project is a cooperative effort among the National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment; the University of Hawaii; and Analytical Laboratories of Hawaii, LLC. The goal of the work was to develop coral reef mapping methods and compare benthic habitat maps generated by photointerpreting georeferenced color aerial photography, hyperspectral and IKONOS satellite imagery.  The enhanced spectral resolution of hyperspectral and control of bandwidths of multispectral data yield an advantage over color aerial photography particularly when coral health and time series analysis of coral reef community structure are of interest.  Depending on the type of instrument, a spectral imaging system can be utilized to see multiple colors from ultraviolet through the far infrared range.  The AURORA hyperspectral imaging system collected 72 ten nm bands in the visible and near infrared spectral range with a 3 meter pixel resolution.  The data was processed to select band widths, which optimized feature detection in shallow and deep water.  Photointerpreters can accurately and reliably delineate boundaries of features in the imagery as they appear on the computer monitor using a software interface such as the Habitat Digitizer.

Tags: aurora hyperspectral imagery, benthic, coral, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, environmental monitoring, habitat, hawaii, hawaii_images_2000, mangrove, maui, national centers for coastal ocean science, national ocean service, noaa, oceans, reef, remotely sensed imagery/photos, sav, seagrass, u.s. department of commerce, u.s. exclusive economic zone, united states
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Vessel Logbook Database

This database contains the primary data reported on the vessel trip reports by vessel operators.

Tags: 1978-present, 1996-present, area, atlantic, charter boat, commercial fishing, connecticut, ct, de, delaware, doc/noaa/nmfs/garfo, fishery-dependent, fishing vessel trip report, fishing vessel trip report (fvtr), for-hire, fvtr, gear, georges bank, gloucester, greater atlantic regional fisheries office, gulf of maine, logbook, ma, maine, maryland, massachusetts, md, me, mid-atlantic, national marine fisheries service, nero, new england, new hampshire, new jersey, new york, nh, nj, noaa, northeast, northeast atlantic, northeast u.s., northwest atlantic, ny, partyboat, recreational, rhode island, ri, species, u.s. department of commerce, va, vessel reporting, virginia, vtr
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
NOAA ESRI Geotiff - 9m Multibeam Bathymetry, Puerto Rico (Tourmaline Bank) -  Project NF-08-04, , UTM 19N NAD83

This dataset contains an ESRI Geotiff with 9 meter cell size representing the bathymetry of selected portions of seafloor around Tourmaline Bank in Puerto Rico, derived from data collected in 2008. NOAA's NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Branch, in collaboration with NOAA vessel Nancy Foster and territory, federal, and private sector partners, acquired multibeam bathymetry data in Puerto Rico from 2/25/08 to 3/8/08.  Data was acquired with a hull-mounted Kongsberg Simrad EM 1002 multibeam echosounder (95 kHz) in 2008.  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 19 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 imported to ESRI ArcMap 9.2 using the 'Convert XYZ to Raster' tool developed by CCMA for this purpose. This was used to produce the final bathymetry geotiff. The project was conducted to meet IHO Order 1 and 2 accuracy standards, dependent on the project area and depth. All users should individually evaluate the suitability of this data according to their own needs and standards.

Tags: 2008, aquatic habitat, atlantic ocean, bathymetry, bathymetry/seafloor topography, bathymetry/topography, benthic, biogeography, biosphere, caribbean sea, caribbean sea /north atlantic ocean, coral, country/territory, description, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, earth science, escollo negro bank, geographic information, geotiff, gis, habitat, integrated ocean and coastal mapping, iocm, mbes, multibeam, nancy foster, national centers for coastal ocean science, national ocean service, noaa, ocean basin, oceans, pr, puerto rico, raster, reef, reef habitat, seafloor, seafloormapping_uscaribbean_2004toongoing, simrad em 1002, sonar, tourmaline bank, tourmaline reef ( arrecife tourmaline ) (18n067w0003), u.s. department of commerce, united states of america
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
NOAA ESRI Grid - depth uncertainty predictions in New York offshore planning area from Biogeography Branch bathymetry model

This dataset represents depth uncertainty predictions from a bathymetric model developed for the New York offshore spatial planning area.  The model also includes spatially-explicit depth estimates represented in another raster dataset. Uncertainty is defined as the standard error of depth estimates from model output. The model used to derive depth estimates and corresponding uncertainty builds on previous predictive bathymetric modeling approaches in the region (e.g. Calder, 2006), provides a continuous gridded bathymetric surface, and allows users to view and explore spatial variation in the vertical accuracy of depth predictions. The spatial resolution of the model is identical to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Coastal Relief Model (CRM; horizontal resolution approximately 83.8 m) in the study area and was built from the same database of hydrographic survey points.

Tags: bathymetry/topography, depth, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, environment, long island, long-term average determined by input data, mid-atlantic, national centers for coastal ocean science, national ocean service, new york, new york bight, new york offshore planing area, noaa, northwest atlantic ocean, ny_spatialplan, oceancommunity, prediction, seafloor, spatial planning, u.s. department of commerce, uncertainty
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
GeoTIFF of 3x3 m Bathymetry for Buck Island, St. Croix, 2011, UTM 20N NAD83

This image represents a LiDAR (Light Detection & Ranging) 3x3 meter resolution bathymetric surface for an area including and surrounding Buck Island Reef National Monument (BUIS), St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI). The image's horizontal coordinate system is NAD83 UTM 20 North, and depth values are in meters referenced to Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) heights. Fugro LADS, in collaboration with NOAA's NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Branch, the University of New Hampshire and the National Park Service, acquired bathymetry, relative seafloor reflectivity and hyperspectral imagery in St. Croix from 2/21 to 2/22/2011. Hyperspectral data were acquired using a Hyspex VNIR-1600 sensor. Bathymetry and reflectivity data were acquired using a LADS (Laser Airborne Depth Sounder) Mark II Airborne System from altitudes between 1,200 and 2,200ft at ground speeds between 140 and 175 knots. The 900 Hertz Nd: YAG (neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet) laser (1064 nm) acquired 3x3 meter spot spacing and 200% seabed coverage.  In total, 35.9 square kilometers of LiDAR were collected between 0 m and 49 m in depth.  Environmental factors such as wind strength and direction, cloud cover, water clarity and depth influenced the area of data acquisition on a daily basis. The data was processed using the LADS Mark II Ground System and data visualization, quality control and final products were created using CARIS HIPS and SIPS and CARIS BASE Editor. All users should individually evaluate the suitability of this data according to their own needs and standards.

Tags: 2011, aquatic habitat, atlantic ocean, bathymetry, bathymetry/seafloor topography, bathymetry/topography, benthic, biogeography, biosphere, buck island (17n064w0006), buck island reef (17n064w0001), buck island reef national monument, buis, caribbean sea, coral, country/territory, depth, description, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, earth science, geographic information, gis, habitat, integrated ocean and coastal mapping, iocm, lads mark ii, lesser antilles, lidar, national centers for coastal ocean science, national ocean service, noaa, nps, ocean basin, oceans, reef, reef habitat, seafloor, seafloormapping_uscaribbean_2004toongoing, st. croix, u. s. virgin islands, u. s. virgin islands (17n064w0000), u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, us virgin islands, usvi, virgin islands
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Orthorectification and Mosaicking of Color Aerial Photography for the Main Eight Hawaiian Islands: Kauai (103-104c-0430)

Habitat maps of the main Hawaiian Islands were created by visual interpretation of aerial photos and hyperspectral imagery using the Habitat Digitizer extension.  Aerial photographs are valuable tools for natural resource managers and researchers since they provide an excellent record of the location and extent of habitats.  However, spatial distortions in aerial photographs due to such factors as camera angle, lens characteristics, and relief displacement must be accounted for during analysis to prevent incorrect measurements of area, distance, and other spatial parameters.  These distortions of scale within an image can be removed through orthorectification.  During orthorectification, digital scans of aerial photos are subjected to algorithms that eliminate each source of spatial distortion.  The result is a georeferenced digital mosaic of several photographs with uniform scale throughout the mosaic. Features near land are generally georeferenced with greater accuracy while the accuracy of features away from land is generally not as good.  Where no land is in the original photographic frame only kinematic GPS locations and image tie points were used to georeference the images.  After an orthorectified mosaic is created, photointerpreters can accurately and reliably delineate boundaries of features in the imagery as they appear on the computer monitor using a software interface such as the Habitat Digitizer.

Tags: aerial photography, benthic, coral, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, environmental monitoring, habitat, hawaii, hawaii_images_2000, kauai, mangrove, national centers for coastal ocean science, national ocean service, noaa, oceans, reef, remotely sensed imagery/photos, sav, seagrass, u.s. department of commerce, u.s. exclusive economic zone, united states
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
NEPR Ground Validation Points 2015

This shapefile denotes the location of underwater photos and videos taken in shallow water (0-35m) benthic habitats surrounding Northeast Puerto Rico and Culebra Island. The area includes the nearshore waters of Fajardo and Luqillo to the Former Roosevelt Roads Navy Base, the Vieques Sound, La Cordillera Reserve, the Luis Pena Reserve, and the waters around Culebra Island. The GV data contains GPS-positioned underwater photo/videos of selected benthic habitats that were used to enhance thematic maps created by the Biogeography Team. The observations from the videos are used to classify seafloor features and develop a benthic habitat map. The GV data was collected in July 8 - 24, 2013 and October 22- November 7, 2013. The field work was conducted by NOAA together with local DRNA and NOAA contractors.

Tags: acropora cervicornis, acropora palmata, atlantic ocean, bathymetry, benthic habitat, cabeza de san juan, caribbean, coastal ocean science, coral reef, culebra, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, fajardo, gopro, ground validation, la cordillera, national centers for coastal ocean science, national ocean service, nerbenthichabitat2015, noaa, northeast ecological reserve, seagrass, seaviewer, snorkel, trimble, u.s. department of commerce, u.s. exclusive economic zone, underwater video, vieques sound
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
NOAA TIFF Image - 1 m Backscatter Mosaic of Abrir La Sierra Bank, PR (2007) collected using a SeaBat Reson 8124 (200 kHz) multibeam echosounder

This image represents a 1 meter resolution backscatter mosaic of the Abrir La Sierra Bank off the coast of western Puerto Rico, collected using a SeaBat Reson 8124 (200 kHz) multibeam echosounder.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 U.S. Caribbean from 4/14/07 to 4/24/07. Data was acquired with a hull-mounted Kongsberg Simrad EM 1002 multibeam echosounder (95 kHz) and with a moon pool-mounted Reson 8124 multibeam echosounder (200 kHz).  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 from NOAA COOPS. Data is in UTM zone 19 north, datum NAD83. The backscatter component of the bathymetry data were geometrically and radiometrically corrected using Geocoder 3.0 software.  Acoustic backscatter mosaics are ostensibly an important piece of information when characterizing surficial seafloor features and delineating benthic habitats.The project was conducted to meet IHO Order 1 and 2 accuracy standards, dependent on the project area and depth. All users should individually evaluate the suitability of this data according to their own needs and standards.

Tags: 2007, abrir bank, abrir la sierra bank, acoustic, aquatic habitat, atlantic ocean, backscatter, bathymetry, bathymetry/seafloor topography, bathymetry/topography, benthic, biogeography, biosphere, caribbean sea /north atlantic ocean, coral, country/territory, description, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, earth science, geographic information, gis, habitat, integrated ocean and coastal mapping, iocm, mbes, mosaic, multibeam, nancy foster, national centers for coastal ocean science, national ocean service, nf-07-06, noaa, nps, ocean basin, oceans, puerto rico, puerto rico (18n066w0000), raster, reef, reef habitat, reson 8124, seafloor, seafloormapping_uscaribbean_2004toongoing, simrad 1002, sonar, swmb, u.s. caribbean, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, western puerto rico
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Hyperspectral Imagery for the Main Eight Hawaiian Islands:Oahu (204c-0613-332211)

This project is a cooperative effort among the National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment; the University of Hawaii; and Analytical Laboratories of Hawaii, LLC. The goal of the work was to develop coral reef mapping methods and compare benthic habitat maps generated by photointerpreting georeferenced color aerial photography, hyperspectral and IKONOS satellite imagery.  The enhanced spectral resolution of hyperspectral and control of bandwidths of multispectral data yield an advantage over color aerial photography particularly when coral health and time series analysis of coral reef community structure are of interest.  Depending on the type of instrument, a spectral imaging system can be utilized to see multiple colors from ultraviolet through the far infrared range.  The AURORA hyperspectral imaging system collected 72 ten nm bands in the visible and near infrared spectral range with a 3 meter pixel resolution.  The data was processed to select band widths, which optimized feature detection in shallow and deep water.  Photointerpreters can accurately and reliably delineate boundaries of features in the imagery as they appear on the computer monitor using a software interface such as the Habitat Digitizer.

Tags: aurora hyperspectral imagery, benthic, coral, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, environmental monitoring, habitat, hawaii, hawaii_images_2000, mangrove, national centers for coastal ocean science, national ocean service, noaa, oahu, oceans, reef, remotely sensed imagery/photos, sav, seagrass, u.s. department of commerce, u.s. exclusive economic zone, united states
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Five-minute grid of marine bird density off central California - Oceanic season, 1980-2001 (CDAS data set Oc0_dens.shp)

Oc0_dens is a polygon shapefile representing 5 minute x 5 minute latitude x longitude cells that contain the overall, combined densities (birds/sq km), of 76 species of marine birds in the CDAS central CA data set, for the Oceanic Season (Aug15-Nov14). The number of marine birds seen in a cell was divided by the area sampled in the cell to estimate density. If a cell was censused more than once, densities were averaged.  Cells that were surveyed but in which no birds were observed have densities of zero.

Tags: autumn, ca, california, central_cal_assess, densities, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, ecosystem, environmental monitoring, fall, marine, marine bird, marine bird densities, marine ecosystem, national centers for coastal ocean science, national ocean service, noaa, ocean, ocean season, oceanic season, seabird, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce