AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
NOAA Point Shapefile - ROV transects, US Caribbean - Western Puerto Rico - Project NF-08-04 - (2008), UTM 19N NAD83

This shapefile denotes the location of underwater photos and/or video that were collected by NOAA scientists using a Spectrum Phantom S2 ROV (remotely operated vehicle).  Photos and/or video were collected between 02/25/2008 and 03/08/2008 along 28 transects around Isla de Mona in Puerto Rico and west of Mayaguez, 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: atlantic ocean, benthic habitats, biological cover, biosphere, caribbean sea /north atlantic ocean, coral reef, corals, country/territory, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, earth science, geographic information, geomorphological structure, ground truthing, ground validation, habitat mapping, habitats, mapping, national centers for coastal ocean science, national ocean service, noaa, ocean basin, puerto rico, puerto rico (18n066w0000), reef, reef monitoring and assessment, seafloormapping_uscaribbean_2004toongoing, transect, u.s. caribbean, u.s. department of commerce, underwater photography, underwater video, united states, united states of america, zone, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
NOAA TIFF Image - 1 m Backscatter Mosaic of the Virgin Passage and the St. John Shelf, U.S. Virgin Islands, Project NF-10-03, 2010, UTM 20 WGS84

This image represents a 1 meter resolution backscatter mosaic of the Virgin Passage 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 multibeam bathymetry data in the US Virgin Islands from March 18 2010 to April 06 2010. Data was acquired with a hull-mounted Reson 7125 Kongsberg Simrad EM 1002 multibeam echosounder (400 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 WGS84. The backscatter component of the bathymetry data was geometrically and radiometrically corrected using Hypack 2010 Geocoder software.  Acoustic backscatter mosaics are ostensibly an important piece of information when characterizing surficial seafloor features and delineating benthic habitat.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: 201003, acoustic, aquatic habitat, atlantic ocean, backscatter, bathymetry, bathymetry/seafloor topography, bathymetry/topography, benthic, biogeography, biosphere, caribbean sea, 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-10-03, noaa, nps, ocean basin, oceans, raster, reef, reef habitat, reson 7125, seafloor, seafloormapping_uscaribbean_2004toongoing, simrad 1002, sonar, st. thomas, swmb, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, us virgin islands, usvi, virgin islands, virgin passage
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
NOAA TIFF Image - 30m Rugosity, Charleston Bump - Deep Coral Priority Areas -  Nancy Foster - (2006), UTM 17N NAD83

This dataset contains a unified GeoTiff with 30x30 meter cell size representing the 2006 multibeam bathymetry of the Charleston Bump off of the South Atlantic Bight, derived from data collected in August 2006. NOAA's NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Branch, in collaboration with the College of Charleston, as well as the NOAA Ship Nancy Foster , and private sector partners, acquired multibeam bathymetry data off the Charleston Bump from 08/28/2006 to 08/29/2006. Data was acquired with a hull-mounted Kongsberg Simrad EM 1002 multibeam echosounder (95 kHz). 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 17 north, datum NAD83. The processed CARIS data was used to generate a CARIS BASE surface based on swath angle. The CARIS Export option "BASE Surface to Image" was then used to create a GeoTiff of the priority areas. Rugosity was derived from this surface using NOAA's Benthic Terrain Modeler extension.

Tags: 2006, aquatic habitat, bathymetry, bathymetry/seafloor topography, bathymetry/topography, benthic, biogeography, biosphere, charleston bump, continental shelf, coral, country/territory, deep corals, deep_coral, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, earth science, geographic information, gis, habitat, mbes, multibeam, nancy foster, national centers for coastal ocean science, national ocean service, noaa, ocean explorer, oceans, raster, reef, reef habitat, rugosity, seafloor, simrad em1002, sonar, south atlantic bight, south atlantic ocean, south carolina, tiff, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Benthic Habitats of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands;Photomosaic of Puerto Rico (San Juan), 1999

Habitat maps of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands were created by visual interpretation of aerial photographs 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 the orthorectified mosaics were created, photointerpreters were able to accurately and reliably delineate boundaries of features in the imagery as they appear on the computer monitor.

Tags: aerial photography, benthic, coral, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, habitat, mangrove, national centers for coastal ocean science, national ocean service, noaa, oceans, puerto rico, reef, remotely sensed imagery/photos, san juan, sav, seagrass, u.s. department of commerce, u.s. exclusive economic zone, vi_pr_photo
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Shoreline of Oahu Derived From IKONOS and Quick Bird Satellite Imagery, 2004-2006

This project is a cooperative effort between the National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, the University of Hawaii, BAE Systems Spectral Solutions and Analytical Laboratories of Hawaii, LLC. The goal of the work was to map the coral reef habitats of the Main Eight Hawaiian Islands by visual interpretation and manual delineation of IKONOS and Quick Bird satellite imagery.A two tiered habitat classification system was tested and implemented in this work.  It integrates geomorphologic reef structure and biological cover into a single scheme and subsets each into detail.  It also includes fourteen zones.

Tags: 2007 hawaiian benthic habitat maps, biosphere, central pacific ocean, coral reef, coralline algae, corals, country/territory, cover, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, earth science, environmental monitoring, geographic information, habitat, habitat mapping, hawaii, hawaii_2007, hawaiian islands, honolulu, ikonos, main eight hawaiian islands, map images, mapping, national centers for coastal ocean science, national ocean service, noaa, oahu (21n157w0003), oahu island, ocean basin, pacific ocean, reef, reef monitoring and assessment, remote sensing, satellite (digital scans), shoreline, shorelines, structure, submerged aquatic vegetation, u.s. department of commerce, unconsolidated sediments, united states, united states of america, zone, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
NOAA Shapefile -  Drop Camera Transects Lines,  USVI 2011 , Seafloor Characterization of the US Caribbean -  Nancy Foster - NF-11-1 (2011), UTM 20N NAD83

This shapefile denotes the location of underwater video that was collected by NOAA scientists using a SeaViewer drop camera system.  Video was collected between 03/28/2011 and 04/16/2011 at locations within two selected areas of seafloor south of St. Thomas and St. John, USVI and east of Vieques, Puerto Rico. These 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: atlantic ocean, benthic habitats, biological cover, biosphere, caribbean sea, caribbean sea /north atlantic ocean, coral reef, corals, country/territory, culebra island, culebra island (18n066w0002), doc/noaa/nos/nccos, earth science, geographic information, geomorphological structure, ground validation, habitat mapping, habitats, leeward islands, lesser antilles, mapping, national centers for coastal ocean science, national ocean service, noaa, ocean basin, puerto rico, reef, reef monitoring and assessment, seafloormapping_uscaribbean_2004toongoing, st. john, st. john (18n064w0011), st. thomas, st. thomas (18n064w0033), submerged aquatic vegetation, transect, u. s. virgin islands, u. s. virgin islands (17n064w0000), u.s. department of commerce, unconsolidated sediments, united states of america, us virgin islands, usvi, vieques, vieques island, vieques island (18n065w0002), virgin islands, zone, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Rose Atoll IKONOS Imagery - IKONOS Imagery for American Samoa

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.  IKONOS imagery was purchased to support the Pacific Islands Geographic Information System (GIS) project and the National Ocean Service's (NOS) coral mapping activities. One-meter panchromatic and four-meter multi-spectral data were purchased for each study area. The enhanced spectral resolution of multispectral imagery 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. The IKONOS imagery was processed to minimize atmospheric and water column effects. 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: american samoa, benthic, biosphere, coral, corals, country/territory, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, earth science, habitat, habitat mapping, ikonos, ikonos imagery, mangrove, map images, mapping, national centers for coastal ocean science, national ocean service, noaa, ocean basin, pac_terr, pacific ocean, reef, reef monitoring and assessment, remote sensing, remotely sensed imagery/photos, rose atoll, rose atoll (14s170w0016), satellite (digital scans), sav, seagrass, u.s. department of commerce, united states, united states of america, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
NOAA ESRI Grid - seafloor hardbottom occurrence predictions model in New York offshore planning area from Biogeography Branch

This dataset represents hard bottom occurrence predictions from a spatial model developed for the New York offshore spatial planning area. This model builds upon the data compilation and analytical framework laid out by Greene et al. (2010). The model also provides a continuous gridded prediction surface representing the likelihood of hard bottom occurrence.

Tags: bathymetry/topography, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, environment, hard bottom, hardbottom, 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
NOAA ESRI Shapefile - sediment composition class predictions in New York offshore planning area from Biogeography Branch

This dataset represents sediment composition class predictions from a sediment spatial model developed for the New York offshore spatial planning area. The predictive spatial model of mean grain size was developed building upon the data compilation and analytical framework laid out by Goff et al. (2008) and Poppe et al. (2005).

Tags: bathymetry/topography, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, environment, grain size, 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, sediment, spatial planning, u.s. department of commerce, uncertainty
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
NOAA Point Shapefile-Fish Densities from offshore St. Croix, USVI, Project:NF-14-01, WGS84

Scientists collected acoustic fisheries data in mid-water depths approximately 30 to 1000 meters.  Fishery acoustics data will
be used to characterize broad-scale fish abundance, biomass, and utilization patterns,
as well as to locate and document fish spawning aggregations.

Tags: 120khz, acoustic attenuation/transmission, aquatic habitat, atlantic ocean, bioacoustics, biology, biosphere, caribbean sea, coral, country/territory, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, earth science, east point (17n064w0010), ek60, environmental monitoring, fish, fish survey, fisheries acoustics, fishes, geographic information, hydrographic acoustics, marine biology, marine conservation districts, national centers for coastal ocean science, national ocean service, nf-14-01, noaa, ocean acoustics, ocean basin, oceans, reef, simard, splitbeam sonar, st. croix, st. croix (17n064w0003), u. s. virgin islands, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, united states virgin islands, usvi, virgin islands, water column habitat
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Orthorectification and Mosaicking of Color Aerial Photography for the Main Eight Hawaiian Islands: Molokai (328e-0516)

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 Geotiff - 4 meter LiDAR bathymetry, U.S. Caribbean - Puerto Rico (southwest) - Projects OPR-I305-KRL-06, (2006), UTM 19N NAD83

This image represents a LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) bathymetric mosaic (mean 4 meter gridded) collected along the coastline of southwestern Puerto Rico.  The Tenix LADS Corporation (TLI) acquired bathymetric LIDAR for NOAA from 4/07/2006 to 5/15/2006. Data was acquired with a LADS (Laser Airborne Depth Sounder) Mk 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 4x4 meter spot spacing and 200% seabed coverage.  In total, 265 square nautical miles of LiDAR were collected between -50 m (topographic) and up to 70 m (depth), requiring a total of 102 flight hours (134 hours, including flight time to and from San Juan airport).  Environmental factors such as wind strength and direction, cloud cover, and water clarity influenced the area of data acquisition on a daily basis. The data was processed using the LADS Mk II Ground System and data visualization, quality control and final products were created using CARIS HIPS and SIPS 6.1 and CARIS BASE Editor 2.1 The project was conducted to meet the IHO (International Hydrograph Organization)Order 1 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: 2006, aquatic habitat, atlantic ocean, backscatter, bathymetry, bathymetry/seafloor 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, intensity, iocm, lads mk ii, lidar, light, mayaguez (18n067w00010), mayaguez (18n067w0010), mosaic, national centers for coastal ocean science, national ocean service, noaa, ocean basin, oceans, opr-i305-krl-06, puerto rico, raster, reef, reef habitat, reflectivity, seafloor, southwestern puerto rico, u.s. caribbean, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, vi_pr_nps_mapping
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
National Status and Trends: Contaminant body burdens and histopathology of fish and shellfish from Alaska

In response to the growing concerns among Chugach communities, contaminant body burden and histopathological condition of chum and sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus keta and Oncorhynchus nerka) and the shellfish cockles and softshell clams (Clinocardium nuttallii and Mya arenaria) were assessed. The fish and shellfish were collected from traditional subsistence harvest areas in the vicinity of Nanwalek, Port Graham and Seldovia, AK, and were analyzed for trace metals and residues of organic contaminants. Additionally, the fish and shellfish were histologically characterized for the presence, prevalence and severity of tissue pathology, disease, and parasite infections. Data served under this project include measurements of trace elements, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls, DDTs, chlorinated hydrocarbons and histopathology parameters, which include an array of about 30 parasitic taxa (e.g. bucephalus, chlamydia, ciliates, cestodes and nematodes) and 11 diseases (e.g. tumors, neoplasm and necrosis). This project provides invaluable baseline data that is georeferenced and served on the internet through the NOAA's National Status and Trends data portal.

Tags: alaska, analytes, and restoration (simr), bioeffects/toxicity, bivalve mollusk, chemical, chemical contaminants, coastal ecosystem, coastal monitoring, coastal ocean, contaminants, ddt, doc/noaa/nos/nccos, environmental monitoring, estuary, field observation, geographic area, impacts, inorganic, kachemak bay, long-term monitoring, lower cook inlet, mitigation, monitoring, nanwalek, 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, port graham, region, seldovia, southcentral alaska, stressors, tbt, total butyltins, trace element, u.s. department of commerce, u.s. states and territories
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce