The Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA) completed its seventh year of an ongoing scientific research mission on board NOAA Ship Nancy Foster. The objective of this project was to collect a multibeam bathymetry dataset with 100 percent seafloor ensonification, along with multibeam backscatter suitable for seafloor characterization in a high-priority conservation area. This report applies to surveys H12171 and H12172 that took place around the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Basin.
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| Title | Water depth and acoustic backscatter data collected from NOAA Ship Nancy Foster in Caribbean Sea from 2010-03-18 to 2010-04-06 (NCEI Accession 0131854) |
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| Description | The Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA) completed its seventh year of an ongoing scientific research mission on board NOAA Ship Nancy Foster. The objective of this project was to collect a multibeam bathymetry dataset with 100 percent seafloor ensonification, along with multibeam backscatter suitable for seafloor characterization in a high-priority conservation area. This report applies to surveys H12171 and H12172 that took place around the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Basin. |
| Modified | 2025-11-19T15:43:21.244Z |
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| Keywords | 0131854 , BATHYMETRY , BOTTOM TYPE , DEPTH - BOTTOM , DEPTH - SENSOR , water depth , multibeam sonar , in situ , NOAA Ship Nancy Foster , US DOC/NOAA/NOS/National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science/Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment , US DOC/NOAA/NOS/National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science/Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment , Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) , CORAL REEF STUDIES , Caribbean Sea , oceanography , DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , Geographic Information > Bathymetry , Geographic Information > Habitats , EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat > Description , EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Mapping > Habitat Mapping , EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Bathymetry , EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > BATHYMETRY , EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH , Bathymetry/Topography , Acoustic , Backscatter , Bathymetry , Benthic , Biogeography , Coral , GIS , Geotiff , Habitat , IOCM , Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping , MBES , Mosaic , Multibeam , NF-10-03 , NOAA , NPS , Nancy Foster , Raster , Reson 7125 , SWMB , Seafloor , Simrad 1002 , Simrad EM 1002 , Sonar , US Virgin Islands , USVI , benthic habitats , biological cover , coral reef , geomorphological structure , ground truthing , ground validation , reef , submerged aquatic vegetation , transect , unconsolidated sediments , underwater photography , underwater video , zone , MBES > Multibeam Mapping System , Ships , NANCY FOSTER (call sign: WTER, ICES code: 33NF, 2004-) , COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Culebra Island (18N065W0011) , COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Vieques > Vieques Island (18N065W0002) , COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. John > St. John (18N064W0011) , COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. Thomas > St. Thomas (18N064W0033) , COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > U. S. Virgin Islands > U. S. Virgin Islands (17N064W0000) , OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Culebra Island (18N065W0011) , OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Vieques Island > Vieques Island (18N065W0002) , OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Leeward Islands > St. Thomas (18N064W0033) , OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Lesser Antilles > U. S. Virgin Islands (17N064W0000) , OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Virgin Islands > St. John (18N064W0011) , OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA , Culebra Island , St. John , St. John Shelf , St. Thomas , U.S. Caribbean , U.S. Virgin Islands , US Virgin Islands , USVI , United States , Vieques Island , Virgin Passage , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2010 , 201003 , F3UN95 , environment , oceans , geoscientificInformation |
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