Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center (PIBHMC), Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Publication_Date: 20100701
Title:
Bathymetric Position Index (BPI) Structures derived from gridded
bathymetry of Swains Island,Territory of American Samoa, USA
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
Online_Linkage: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc
Online_Linkage:
Description:
Abstract:
BPI Structures are derived from gridded (40 m cell size) multibeam
bathymetry, collected aboard R/V AHI and NOAA ship Hi'ialakai.
BPI Zones was created using the Benthic Terrain Modeler (
http://www.csc.noaa.gov/products/btm/).
Cell values represent one of 13 classes in an index of seafloor terrains.
This data set is for Swains Island, American Samoa.
The data were derived in support of NOAA Coral Reef Conservation
Program goals. Goal 1 is to map all U.S. Coral Reef Ecosystems.
This data set specifically addresses Objective 1 and 4: to develop
high-resolution benthic maps and to characterize priority deep
water reefs and associated habitats. This derivative of bathymetry
provides a GIS layer that may be used for benthic and essential fish
habitat characterization, and for the study of geologic features.
By combining the dataset with bathymetry, backscatter, other
derivatives, and in situ data, they collectively compose benthic
habitat maps which are designed to be used to understand and predict
moderate depth (~20m - 150m) benthic habitats for different
organisms that inhabit coral reef ecosystems.
Supplemental_Information:
Gridded multibeam data were 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 and the 218' NOAA Ship Hi'ialakai. The process for deriving the
gridded (40 m cell size) multibeam data is described in swains_40m.asc.txt.
The resulting grid (swains_40m.grd) was clipped using the ESRI ArcToolbox tool
Extract by Mask' leaving only the multibeam data collected on the slopes
and excluding the discontinuous data forming a box around the island slopes.
This clipped data was used to produce the BPI Structures.
References:
Lundblad et al., 2006, A benthic terrain classification scheme for
American Samoa, Marine Geodesy, 29(2):89 - 111.
http://www.csc.noaa.gov/products/btm/
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20040210
Ending_Date: 20060313
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -171.167121199383
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -170.972693408355
North_Bounding_Coordinate: -10.9743890987185
South_Bounding_Coordinate: -11.1548581618243
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NCEI Geoportal Filter
Theme_Keyword: CoRIS_Metadata
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CRCP Project
Theme_Keyword:
Benthic Habitat Mapping and Characterization - American Samoa and the U.S. Pacific Remote Island Area
Theme_Keyword: 1084
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: Geographic Information > Habitats
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
Theme_Keyword: 010
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword:
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat > Description
Theme_Keyword:
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Bathymetry
Theme_Keyword:
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Bathymetric Position Index Structures
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Swains Island
Place_Keyword: American Samoa
Place_Keyword: United States of America
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Place Thesaurus
Place_Keyword:
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > American Samoa > Swains Atoll (11S171W0001)
Place_Keyword:
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Swains Atoll (11S171W0001)
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Region
Place_Keyword: AmSam
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
These data are not to be used for navigation purposes.
Please acknowledge the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
(PIFSC) Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) and the Pacific Islands
Benthic Habitat Mapping Center, and the Joint Institute for Marine
and Atmospheric Research (JIMAR) and School of Ocean and Earth
Science and Technology (SOEST), University of Hawaii as the sources
of this information.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center (PIBHMC), Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: NOAA IRC
Address: NMFS/PIFSC/CRED
Address: 1845 WASP Blvd., Building 176
City: Honolulu
State_or_Province: HI
Postal_Code: 96818
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 808 725-5360
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 808 725-5429
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov
Contact_Instructions: e-mail preferred
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name:
Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Gridded Bathymetry Derivative
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPG
Data_Set_Credit:
NOAA PIFSC CRED and the Pacific Islands Benthic
Habitat Mapping Center, JIMAR and SOEST
Security_Information:
Security_Classification_System: Not applicable
Security_Classification: Unclassified
Security_Handling_Description: Not applicable
