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)
20111102
Gridded multibeam bathymetry of Aguijan, Tinian, Farallon de Medinilla and
Saipan Islands and Tatsumi and Marpi Banks, CNMI
digital data
http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc
http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/pibhmc_cnmi_smar.htm
Gridded bathymetry shelf, bank and slope environments of
Aguijan, Tinian, Farallon de Medinilla and Saipan Islands and Tatsumi
and Marpi Banks, CNMI. Bottom coverage was achieved in depths between
0 and -2797 meters. The netCDF and Arc ASCII grids include
multibeam bathymetry from the Simrad EM300 and Reson 8101
multibeam sonars collected as of March 2010 by the NOAA Coral
Reef Ecosystem Division. The sonar frequencies are 30 and
240 kHz respectively.
These netCDF and ASCII grids were created using data gathered
from multibeam soundings for use as a planning and reference
document. The data are also being used for benthic habitat
mapping, for locating Essential Fish Habitat, and for studying
geologic features of the area. Refer to supplemental information
for description of instrument and survey.
Multibeam data were collected aboard the NOAA Ship Hi'ialakai, a
218' United States National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Administration research ship. The NOAA Ship Hi'ialakai'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.
Multibeam 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.
Additional data were collected aboard the NOAA vessel Oscar Elton Sette, a 68 m
(224') United States National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Agency (NOAA) research ship. The Oscar Elton Sette deployed an over the side pole
mounted survey sensors system including a 240 kHz RESON 8101-ER
sonar which measures bathymetry and
acoustic backscatter imagery, a TSS/Applanix POS/MV Model
320 which measures time, position, velocity, attitude and
heading, and a Seabird SBE 19 CTD used to measure sound
velocity profiles.
Specific equipment configurations are documented in metadata from
cruises AHI0307, AHI0702, HI0702,and SE1002. These metadata can be accessed
at: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/pibhmc_cruise-catalog.htm
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ground condition
As needed
144.326
146.120
16.138
12.761
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Bathymetry
ISO 19115 Topic Category
elevation
006
None
Bathymetry
Multibeam sonar
CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
Geographic Information > Bathymetry
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Aguijan Island
Marpi Bank
Saipan Island
Tatsumi Bank
Tinian Island
Farallon de Medinilla
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
United States of America
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Farallon de Medinilla > Farallon de Medinilla (16N145E0002)
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Farallon de Medinilla > Farallon de Medinilla (16N145E0002)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Tinian > Tatsumi Reef (14N145E0011)
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Tinian Island > Tatsumi Reef (14N145E0011)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Saipan > Saipan Island (15N145E0002)
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Saipan Island > Saipan Island (15N145E0002)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Saipan > Marpi Point (15N145E0015)
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Saipan Island > Marpi Point (15N145E0015)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Aguihan > Aguihan Island (Aguijan) (14N145E0006)
OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Aguihan Island Reefs > Aguihan Island (Aguijan) (14N145E0006)
CoRIS Region
CNMI
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These data are not to be used for navigation purposes. Please acknowledge NOAA (Office of Ocean Exploration and
the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center), the Joint Institute
for Marine and Atmospheric Research (JIMAR) University of Hawaii,
and Hawaii Mapping Research Group (HMRG) University of Hawaii as
the sources of this information.
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)
mailing and physical address
1125B Ala Moana Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96814
(808) 983-3776
(808) 983-2902
pibhmc@soest.hawaii.edu
e-mail preferred
http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/CNMI_images/Sai_Tin_FDM60m_575.jpg
Multibeam Bathymetry
JPEG
PIBHMC, CRED, PIFSC, NOAA, JIMAR, and HMRG
Not applicable
Unclassified
Not applicable
netCDF file created using the Generic
Mapping Tools (GMT) and ArcGIS ASCII file, both created in a
LINUX environment
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 (SPS)
Horizontal position accuracy: 25 m
1 m
Raw sounding resolution: Variable
Multibeam swath files are acquired in the Generic Sensor Format (GSF) and
are edited on a swath by swath basis using SAIC's SABER editing software.
The edited swath files are then combined into a Pure File Magic (PFM) format
in SABER and area based editing is performed. The edited PFM is then exported
as X,Y,Z. The resulting X,Y,Z data are then gridded using xyz2grd, a Generic
Mapping Tools (GMT) algorithm that converts an ASCII or binary table to a netCDF
grid file format. GMT is an open source collection of tools for manipulating
geographic data sets. Grid nodes with more than one value are set to the average
value and unconstrained nodes are set to NaN. Finally, the netCDF grid is
clipped at a depth that minimizes data gaps for the specified grid cell size and
then converted to an ArcGIS ASCII file format using LINUX/UNIX commands in
combination with GMT. Additional information about GMT can be found at:
www.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt and additional information about the multibeam data
processing is recorded in the cruise metadata.
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Raster
Grid Cell
2021
1424
1
Universal Transverse Mercator
55
0.9996
147
0
500000
0
Row and Column
60
60
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 >1000 soundings in shallow
depths to as few as 20 soundings in deeper areas. A total error
budget for these data have not been developed. Therefore, the
accuracy of depth measurements should be considered to be within
1 meter.
none
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)
mailing and physical address
1125B Ala Moana Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96814
(808) 983-3776
(808) 983-2902
pibhmc@soest.hawaii.edu
e-mail preferred
Downloadable Data
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 or Arc ASCII
These data can be downloaded as either a 2-D binary netCDF raster
grid or an ArcGIS ASCII text file. The netCDF grid
is the default grid file format used by GMT (Generic Mapping
Tools), which created this file. More information can be located
at http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/and
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/. The Arc ASCII file,
for use in ESRI's (http://www.esri.com) GIS software, can be
converted to an Arc Raster Grid using ArcToolbox ASCII to Raster
conversion tool.
http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/pibhmc_cnmi_smar.htm
None
20121214
20111108
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)
mailing and physical address
1125B Ala Moana Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96814
(808) 983-3776
(808) 983-2902
pibhmc@soest.hawaii.edu
e-mail preferred
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998
Universal Time
None
None
20111108083429
None
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http://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/smar_60m.html
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