AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Mangrove Restoration Areas in Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve

Apart from two 100 m test plots, mangrove restoration activities were conducted between 1999 and 2001.  Each year, thousands of red mangrove propagules were planted in three large rectangular plots on the western side of Sugar Bay.  In addition to those large plots, a fringe planting of propagules was conducted along much of the eastern shore of Sugar Bay.  A small zone of black mangroves was also planted in 2001 although less than 1% survived long term.  Detailed methods of restoration activities are available in Riley and Kent 1999 and SEA 2004.  Restoration mangroves were not visible in the 2000 imagery due to the small size of individual seedlings.  These plots were therefore delineated with the aid of GPS waypoints acquired by walking or kayaking around the perimeter of each plot.  GPS positions were used as a guide to digitize the boundaries of the restoration areas and the results are presented.

Tags: aquatic habitat, benthic habitat, biosphere, coastal processes, country/territory, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, earth science, environmental monitoring, geographic information, mangroves, marine biology, marine plants, national centers for coastal ocean science, national ocean service, national park service, noaa, oceans, polygons, restoration, salt river bay, salt river bay historical park and ecological preserve, st. croix, st. croix (17n064w0003), u.s. department of commerce, u.s. virgin islands, united states of america, us virgin islands, usvi_salt_river
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Molokai Benthic Habitats - Interactive Map Viewer

This project was 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. Twenty-seven distinct benthic habitat types within eleven zones were mapped directly into a GIS system using visual interpretation of orthorectified aerial photographs and hyperspectral imagery. Benthic features were mapped that covered an area of 790 km^2. In all, 204 km^2 of unconsolidated sediment, 171 km^2 of submerged vegetation, and 415 km^2 of coral reef and colonized hardbottom were mapped. The Biogeography program developed an ArcIMS browser to allow users to view maps of the Island of Molokai and perform basis queries of the data over the internet.

Tags: aerial photography, aircraft, algae, aurora hyperspectral imagery, biosphere, color aerial photography, coral reef, coralline algae, corals, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, earth science, earth scince, environmental monitoring, habitat, habitat mapping, hawaii, hawaii_2000, hyperspectral analysis, ikonos, island of molokai, mapping, national centers for coastal ocean science, national ocean service, noaa, reef, reef monitoring and assessment, remote sensing, satellite (digital scans), sav, submerged aquatic vegetation, u.s. department of commerce, unconsolidated sediments, united states, vegetation, zone, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Benthic Habitats of the Main Hawaiian Islands Prepared by Visual Interpretation from Remote Sensing Imagery Collected by NOAA Year 2000: Hawaii

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. Twenty-seven distinct benthic habitat types within eleven zones were mapped directly into a GIS system using visual interpretation of orthorectified aerial photographs and hyperspectral imagery.  Benthic features were mapped that covered an area of 790 km^2.  In all, 204 km^2 of unconsolidated sediment, 171 km^2 of submerged vegetation, and 415 km^2 of coral reef and colonized hardbottom were mapped.

Tags: aurora hyperspectral imagery, color aerial photography, coral reef, coralline algae, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, environmental monitoring, habitat, hawaii, hawaii_2000, island of hawaii, national centers for coastal ocean science, national ocean service, noaa, oceancommunity, oceans, reef, submerged aquatic vegetation, u.s. department of commerce, u.s. exclusive economic zone, unconsolidated sediments, united states, zone
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Maui Accuracy Assessment Point Data for Benthic Habitats of the Main Hawaiian Islands Prepared by Visual Interpretation from Remote Sensing Imagery Collected by NOAA Year 2000

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 cost effectiveness of acquisition and processing of remotely sensed imagery varies significantly between types of platforms deployed and imaging systems used to acquire the data.  As a result, it is important to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the map products prepared from each of the types of digital imagery. These Accuracy Assessment point data were generated to assess the accuracy of the individual maps created from the three types of source information.Testing showed that the ability to generate benthic habitat maps with an overall accuracy of 90% to 95% confidence interval is reaching a threshold using imagery with three meter pixel size allowing for spectral enhancement of the imagery with reduced resolution.  Increasing the intensity of field observation can partially compensate for this decrease in accuracy of the maps generated from the largest pixels.  Habitat maps prepared from IKONOS satellite imagery should be accompanied by field observation wherever possible.

Tags: coral reef, coralline algae, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, environmental monitoring, habitat, hawaii, hawaii_2000, maui, national centers for coastal ocean science, national ocean service, noaa, oceans, point, reef, submerged aquatic vegetation, u.s. department of commerce, u.s. exclusive economic zone, unconsolidated sediments, united states, zone
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
NOAA ESRI Geotiff- 2m Multibeam Bathymetry of Grammanik Bank, US Virgin Islands, Project NF-05-05, 2005, UTM 20 NAD83

This dataset contains an ESRI Geotiff with 2 meter cell size representing the bathymetry of Grammanik Bank south of St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands.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 2/1/05 to 2/12/05. Data was acquired with a pole-mounted Reson 8101 ER multibeam echosounder (240 kHz) and processed by a NOAA contractor using CARIS HIPS v5.4 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 as an XY event. Then the ArcToolbox conversion tool 'Feature to Raster' was used to generate the final ESRI Geotiff.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.

Tags: 2005, bathymetry, bathymetry/topography, benthic, biogeography, coral, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, environmental monitoring, geotiff, gis, grammanik, grammanik bank, habitat, integrated ocean and coastal mapping, iocm, mbes, multibeam, nancy foster, national centers for coastal ocean science, national ocean service, nf-05-05, noaa, nps, raster, reef, reson 8101, seafloor, seafloormapping_uscaribbean_2004toongoing, sonar, st. thomas, swmb, u.s. department of commerce, us virgin islands, usvi
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
NOAA TIFF Image - 2m Multibeam Bathymetry, W00216 USVI 2011, Seafloor Characterization of the US Caribbean -  Nancy Foster - NF-11-1 (2011), UTM 20N NAD83

This dataset contains a GeoTIFF with 2x2 meter cell size representing the bathymetry of a sharply sloping swath of the St. John Shelf, a selected portion of seafloor south of St. John, USVI, derived from data collected from 3/28/2011 to 4/14/2011. 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 south of St. Thomas and St. John, USVI, from 3/28/11 to 4/14/2011. Data was acquired with a hull-mounted Kongsberg Simrad EM 1002 multibeam echosounder (95 kHz) for water depths greater than 75 meters, and with a moon pool flange-mounted Reson 7125 multibeam echosounder (dual frequecy, 200/400 kHz) for water depths of up to 75 meters.  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 CUBE. A BAG file was exported from the BASE surface, and converted to a GeoTIFF in ESRI ArcMap 10.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.

Tags: 2011, aquatic habitat, bathymetry, bathymetry/seafloor topography, bathymetry/topography, benthic, biogeography, biosphere, coral, country/territory, description, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, earth science, 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, nps, oceans, raster, reef, reef habitat, reson 7125, seafloor, seafloormapping_uscaribbean_2004toongoing, sonar, st. john, st. john (w000216), u. s. virgin islands, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, us virgin islands, usvi
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
NOAA Line Shapefile- Locations of Phantom S2 ROV Underwater Video Transects, US Virgin Islands, Project NF-05-05, 2005, UTM 20N WGS84

This dataset contains a line shapefile showing the trackline of various Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) underwater video transects in the US Virgin Islands.NOAA's NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Team, in collaboration with NOAA vessel Nancy Foster and territory, federal, and private sector partners, acquired Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) underwater video data in the US Virgin Islands from 2/1/05 to 2/12/05. Data was acquired with a Phantom S2 ROV operated by NOAA's National Undersea Research Program (NURP) and georeferenced and visually interpreted by CCMA employees. Data is in UTM zone 20N, datum WGS84.

Tags: 2005, bathymetry/topography, benthic, biogeography, biological cover, birnm, buck, buck island reef national monument, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, environmental monitoring, geomorphological structure, gis, grammanik, grammanik bank, groundtruthing, habitat, mapping, mid shelf reef, msr, nancy foster, national centers for coastal ocean science, national ocean service, nf-05-05, noaa, nurp, phantom s2, remotely operated vehicle, rov, salt river, salt river bay national historical park and ecological reserve, seafloor, seafloormapping_uscaribbean_2004toongoing, st. croix, st. john, st. thomas, substrate, transect, u.s. department of commerce, underwater video, us virgin islands, usvi, vicrnm, video, virgin islands coral reef national monument
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
2000 Mosaic of Aerial Photography of the Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve

Aerial photographs taken by NOAA's  National Geodetic Survey during 2000 were mosaicked and orthorectified by the Biogeography Branch.   The resulting image was used to digitize benthic, land cover and mangrove habitat maps of the Salt River Bay National Historic Park and Ecological Preserve (National Park Service), on St. Croix, in the U.S. Virgin Islands.The mosaic is centered on the National Park Service Site, located on the north central coast of St. Croix, and extends beyond the park boundaries approximately 3.3 km to the east and west, and between 0.5 - 1.2 km to the north and south.

Tags: 2000, aerial photographs, aerial photography, aircraft, biosphere, corals, country/territory, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, earth science, environmental monitoring, map images, national centers for coastal ocean science, national ocean service, national park service, noaa, photographic analysis, reef monitoring and assessment, remote sensing, salt river bay, st. croix, st. croix (17n064w0003), u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, us virgin islands, usvi_salt_river, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Massachusetts Bay - Internal Wave Packets Digitized from SAR Imagery and Intersected with Bathymetry

This feature class contains internal wave packets digitized from SAR imagery and intersected with bathymetry for Massachusetts Bay.  The internal wave packets were digitized at a 1:350,000 scale and the bathymetry had a 360 x 360 meter resolution.

Tags: 1998-2003, bathymetry, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, environmental monitoring, internal waves, massachusetts bay, national centers for coastal ocean science, national ocean service, noaa, sar, sbnms_assess_internal_waves, stellwagen bank national marine sanctuary, synthetic aperture radar, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
NOAA TIFF Image - 50m Multibeam Bathymetry, Charleston Bump - Deep Coral Priority Areas -  Whiting - (2001), UTM 17N NAD83

This dataset contains a unified GeoTiff with 50x50 meter cell size representing the bathymetry of the Charleston Bump off of the South Atlantic Bight, derived from data collected in 2001 by the NOAA Ship Whiting. NOAA's NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Branch, in collaboration with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, as well as the NOAA Ship Whiting , and private sector partners, acquired multibeam bathymetry data off the Charleston Bump from 06/18/2001 to 06/21/2001. Data was acquired with a hull-mounted Kongsberg Simrad Single Beam Echosounder.  It was processed by interpolating a bathymetrical surface from feature class points using the spatial analyst natural neighbor tool with 9 neighbor cell radius. The raster surface was exported as a 50m GeoTiff.

Tags: 2001, aquatic habitat, bathymetry, bathymetry/seafloor topography, bathymetry/topography, benthic, biogeography, biosphere, charleston bump, continental shelf, coral, country/territory, deep_coral, description, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, earth science, geographic information, gis, grid, habitat, national centers for coastal ocean science, national ocean service, noaa, noaa ship whiting, ocean explorer, oceans, raster, reef, reef habitat, sbes, seafloor, simrad, singlebeam, sonar, south atlantic bight, south atlantic ocean, south carolina, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
National Status and Trends: Bioeffects Program - St. Thomas East End Reserves (STEER) Database

The purpose of this effort was to characterize the extent and magnitude of chemical contamination in the St. Thomas East End Reserves or STEER, as part of a larger project to develop an integrated ecosystem assessment for the STEER. The STEER is a collection of marine reserves and wildlife sanctuaries on the southeastern end of the island of St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands.  Within the STEER, however, are a variety of land use and maritime activities that are thought to impact the Reserves.  As part of a project requested by STEER managers and funded by CRCP, NCCOS/CCMA scientists conducted a field mission in June 2011 to the STEER, and collected sediments that were characterized for chemical contaminants.  A broad suite of chemical contaminants were analyzed in sediment, coral (Porites asteroides) and conch (Strombus gigas)samples including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), chlorinated pesticides including DDT and its metabolites, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), major and trace elements, and butyltins. This project provides valuable baseline data on sediment chemical contamination that is georeferenced and posted on the internet through the NOAAs National Status and Trends data portal.

Tags: analytes, and restoration (simr), bioeffects/toxicity, caribbean, chemical, chemical contaminants, coastal ecosystem, coastal ocean, contaminants, coral reefs, ddt, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, environmental monitoring, estuary, field observation, geographic area, impacts, inorganic, long-term monitoring, mitigation, monitoring, national centers for coastal ocean science, national ocean service, nccos research data type, nccos research location, nccos research priority, nccos research topic, noaa, nsandt, organic, organochlorines, pah, pcb, pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, region, saint thomas island, st. thomas east end reserves, stressors, tbt, total butyltins, trace element, u.s. caribbean, u.s. department of commerce, u.s. states and territories, u.s. virgin islands, us virgin island
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
NOAA Polyline Shapefile - ROV transect points, US Caribbean - North East Reserve, Puerto Rico -  M-I907-NF-12 (2012), UTM 20N NAD83

This shapefile denotes the transect points of the underwater video and photos that were collected by NOAA scientists using a Spectrum Phantom S2 ROV (remotely operated vehicle).  Photos and/or video were collected between 4/08/2012 to 4/20/2012 along transects from the North East Reserve, Puerto Rico in the U.S. Caribbean. These photos and videos will be manually classified into different habitat classes, and integrated with the abiotic data collected by the acoustic sonar (sound navigation and ranging) systems to develop a benthic habitat map for the U.S. Caribbean. Habitat maps describe the location of habitat features (in relation to the shoreline), their physical composition and the types of organisms that colonize them. Fundamentally, habitat maps provide critical information about the extent, health and composition of marine resources, which is vital for communicating information about the distribution and abundance of species to resource managers, scientists and the public.  Habitat maps also support an increasing number of landscape ecology studies, as well as the process of marine spatial planning, including the design and evaluation of marine protected areas (MPAs).

Tags: benthic habitats, biogeography, biological cover, coastal ocean science, coral reef, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, fajardo, geomorphological structure, ground truthing, ground validation, luquillo, national centers for coastal ocean science, national ocean service, noaa, north east ecological reserve, puerto rico, reef, rov, seafloormapping_uscaribbean_2004toongoing, transect, u.s. caribbean, u.s. department of commerce, u.s. virgin islands, underwater photography, underwater video, united states, zone
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
NOAA Point Shapefile- Benthic Habitat Classifications from Phantom S2 ROV Underwater Video, US Virgin Islands, Project NF-05-05, 2005, UTM 20N WGS84

This dataset contains a point shapefile with benthic habitat classifications of vertical relief, geomorphological structure, substrate, and biological cover for selected points along various Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) underwater video transects in the US Virgin Islands.NOAA's NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Team, in collaboration with NOAA vessel Nancy Foster and territory, federal, and private sector partners, acquired Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) underwater video data in the US Virgin Islands from 2/1/05 to 2/12/05. Data was acquired with a Phantom S2 ROV operated by NOAA's National Undersea Research Program (NURP) and georeferenced and visually interpreted by CCMA employees. Data is in UTM zone 20N, datum WGS84.

Tags: 2005, bathymetry/topography, benthic, biogeography, biological cover, birnm, buck, buck island reef national monument, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, environmental monitoring, geomorphological structure, gis, grammanik, grammanik bank, groundtruthing, habitat, mapping, mid shelf reef, msr, nancy foster, national centers for coastal ocean science, national ocean service, nf-05-05, noaa, nurp, phantom s2, remotely operated vehicle, rov, salt river, salt river bay national historical park and ecological reserve, seafloor, seafloormapping_uscaribbean_2004toongoing, st. croix, st. john, st. thomas, substrate, transect, u.s. department of commerce, underwater video, us virgin islands, usvi, vicrnm, video, virgin islands coral reef national monument
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
NOAA TIFF Image - NF12_PR_1002_bathy_8m.tif - Benthic Habitat Characterization - NOAA Ship Nancy Foster - M-I907-NF-12 (2012), UTM 20N NAD83

This image represents a 4 meter resolution bathymetry of a reef shelf/bank and the steep canyons and slopes of the NE Reserve, offshore of Fajardo, Puerto Rico. The M-I907-NF-12 survey was split into two sites: W00221 in the west and W00222 in the east. 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 Northeast Grand Reserve from 4/08/2012 to 4/20/2012. Data was acquired with a hull-mounted Kongsburg Em 1002 echosounder (95 kHz) and 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 20 north, datum NAD83. The backscatter component of the bathymetry data were geometrically and radiometrically corrected using Hypack 2012 acquisition software. 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.

Tags: 201204, aquatic habitat, backscatter, bathymetry, bathymetry/seafloor topography, bathymetry/topography, benthic, biogeography, biosphere, caribbean sea, coral, country/territory, description, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, earth science, em 1002, fajardo, 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, northeast grand reserve, nps, oceans, puerto rico, raster, reef, reef habitat, seafloor, seafloormapping_uscaribbean_2004toongoing, sonar, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, w00221, w00222
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce