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    "title": "NCCOS Mapping: Bathymetric Lidar Waveform Metrics for Saipan, The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), 2019-07-11 to 2019-07-31 (NCEI Accession 0294340)",
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        "BATHYMETRY",
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        "NCCOS Project, [Predicting Coral Morphology to Inform the Protective Capacity of Coral Reefs Around Saipan, CNMI]",
        "NGS Project [USGS\/NOAA Topobathy Lidar DEM: CNMI (Aguijan, Rota, Saipan, Tinian)]",
        "Geographic Information > Backscatter",
        "Geographic Information > Bathymetry",
        "Geographic Information > LiDAR",
        "Geographic Information > Marine Management Areas",
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        "EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry\/Seafloor Topography > Rugosity",
        "EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry\/Seafloor Topography > Slope",
        "EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry\/Seafloor Topography > Water Depth",
        "EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs",
        "EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Habitats",
        "EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC",
        "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY\/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > BATHYMETRY",
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        "NCCOS Research Data Type > Field Observation",
        "NCCOS Research Data Type > Geospatial",
        "NCCOS Research Priority > Marine Spatial Ecology",
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        "Lidar waveform metrics",
        "other - remotely sensed",
        "LIDAR > Light Detection and Ranging",
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        "COUNTRY\/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Saipan > Chalan Kanoa (15N145E0012)",
        "COUNTRY\/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Saipan > Saipan Island (15N145E0002)",
        "OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Saipan Island > Chalan Kanoa (15N145E0012)",
        "OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Saipan Island > Saipan Island (15N145E0002)",
        "OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN",
        "NCCOS Research Location > Region > Pacific Ocean",
        "NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Mariana Islands > Saipan",
        "Lighthouse Reef Trochus Sanctuary",
        "Ma\u00f1agaha Marine Conservation Area",
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