Joyce E. Miller Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Pacific Island Benthic Habitat Mapping Center 200609 raster digital data http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc Gridded (5 m cell size) bathymetry of the lagoon, shelf and slope environments of Kingman Reef, Pacific Remote Island Areas, Central Pacific. Almost complete bottom coverage was achieved in depths between 3 and 3500 meters (5 m grid includes data to 300 m). The bathymetry dataset includes Simrad EM300, EM3002D, and Reson 8101ER multibeam data collected March 29 to April 4, 2006. The data were collected in support of Coral Reef Conservation Program goals to map all shallow (0-30 m) coral reefs in US Pacific waters and priority moderate (greater than 30 m) depth areas by 2009. The data are being used to provide bathymetric and backscatter data for previously unmapped areas; in support of ecosystem management requirements for benthic habitat mapping and location of Essential Fish Habitat; and to study the geologic features of the area. Data were collected aboard the NOAA Ship Hiialakai, a 218' United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research ship. The NOAA Ship Hiialakai's survey sensors include a 30 kHz Simrad EM300 sonar and a 300 kHz Simrad EM3002D sonar, which provide bathymetry and imagery data, a TSS/Applanix POS/MV Model 320, which measures position, velocity, attitude and heading, and a Seabird SBE 9/11 plus CTD used to measure sound velocity profiles. Sensor configuration for the Hi'ialakai for cruise HI-06-04 is documented in the cruise/multibeam metadata file HI0604_MB_Metadata.txt. Data were also collected aboard the R/V AHI (Acoustic Habitat Investigator), a 25' survey launch owned and operated by the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center in Honolulu, HI. The R/V AHI's survey sensors include a 240 kHz RESON 8101-ER sonar providing bathymetry and imagery data, a TSS/Applanix POS/MV Model 320 which measures position, velocity, attitude and heading, and a Seabird SBE 19 CTD used to measure sound velocity profiles. Sensor configuration for the AHI for cruise AHI-06-04 is documented in the cruise/multibeam metadata file AHI0604_MB_Metadata.txt. 20060329 20060404 ground condition Complete As needed -162.485044 -162.329334 6.458854 6.374838 CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Bathymetry EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Benthic Habitat EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Mapping > Habitat Mapping EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs None AHI0601 Multibeam sonar CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus Numeric Data Sets > Bathymetry ISO 19115 Topic Category elevation 006 oceans 014 CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Line Islands > Kingman Reef (06N162W0001) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Kingman Reef (06N162W0001) None Pacific Remote Island Areas None These data are not to be used for navigation purposes.Please acknowledge the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center and the Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii as the sources of this information. Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, PIFSC, NOAA and the Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (JIMAR) Joyce Miller mailing and physical address

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Honolulu Hawaii 96822 USA 808-956-5239 joyce.miller@noaa.gov http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/pibhmc_pria_kingman_bathy.htm#5meter Kingman Reef, 5m Gridded Bathymetry JPG Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), NOAA and Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii Data are collected for resource management and research purposes and are tested for internal consistency; however, no effort is made to compare these data to external references or to other published data. These data are believed to be logically consistent though no tests were performed Complete Horizontal positioning system: GPS C/A Horizontal position accuracy: 25 meters Range resolution of sonar: Variable Raw sounding resolution: Variable Vertical accuracy of gridded product: Approximately 1 percent of water depth Specifics of data processing are recorded in cruise metadata reports HI0604_MB_Metadata.txt and AHI0604_MB_Metadata.txt 20060401 Raster Grid Cell 3438 1842 1 Universal Transverse Mercator 3 0.9996 -165 0 500000 0 Row and Column 5 5 meters D_WGS_1984 WGS_1984 6378137.000000 298.257224 mean lower low water 0.01 meters Attribute Values Depth values are real values based on the average of the soundings that fell within the extracted grid cells. The number of soundings per grid cell range from greater than 1000 soundings in shallow depths to as few as 20 soundings in deeper areas. A total error budget for this survey has not been developed. Therefore, the accuracy of depth measurements should be considered to be within 1 per cent of water depth. none Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center,CRED, PIFSC, NOAA and JIMAR Joyce E. Miller Oceanographer mailing and physical address

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Honolulu Hawaii 96822 USA 808-956-5239 joyce.miller@noaa.gov n/a These data are not to be used for navigational purposes.NOAA makes no warranty regarding these data, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data, nor as a result of the failure of these data to function on a particular system. netCDF Binary netCDF Grid: This file is formatted as a 2-D binary netCDF grid file. This is the default grid file format used by GMT (Generic Mapping Tools), which created this file. More information can be located at http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu and http://unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/index.html and in http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/res/pi/MB-System/formatdoc/gsf_spec.pdf http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/pibhmc_pria_kingman_bathy.htm#5meter None Arc ASCII Arc ASCII can be converted to Arc Raster using ArcToolbox Conversion Tools. http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/pibhmc_pria_kingman_bathy.htm#5meter None 20080812 Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center, CRED, PIFSC, NOAA and JIMAR Joyce E. Miller Oceanographer mailing and physical address

1680 East-West Road POST 833

Honolulu Hawaii 96822 USA 808-956-5239 joyce.miller@noaa.gov FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998