Gridded bathymetry of Kaneohe Bay, Windward Side Oahu, Main Hawaiian Islands, USA.

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What does this data set describe?

Title:
Gridded bathymetry of Kaneohe Bay, Windward Side Oahu, Main Hawaiian Islands, USA.
Abstract:
4-m grid of bathymetric data of Kaneohe Bay, Windward Side Oahu, Main Hawaiian Islands, USA. These netCDF and ASCII grids include multibeam bathymetry from the Reson 8101 multibeam sonar collected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) survey launch Acoustic Habitat Investigator (AHI) in 2009 and 2010 in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Division in depths between 5 and 50 meters. The 4-m grid also contains bathymetric Light Detecting and Ranging (LiDAR) data collected by the US Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) in 2000 and 2007.
Supplemental_Information:
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. 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. These metadata can be accessed at: https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/cms/cruise-catalog/ The 4m gridded bathymetric LiDAR data were collected by the ACOE and metadata for these can be found at http://shoals.sam.usace.army.mil/hawaii/pages/Oahu.htm and at ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/website/data/mhi/bathymetry/2007_HI_KaneoheBay_H_ASC.txt.xml
  1. How might this data set be cited?
    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), 20111030, Gridded bathymetry of Kaneohe Bay, Windward Side Oahu, Main Hawaiian Islands, USA..

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  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?
    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -157.53
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -157.50
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 21.41
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 21.20
  3. What does it look like?
    https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/MHI_images/kaneohe_bathy_4m_445.jpg (JPEG)
    Multibeam Bathymetry
  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?
    Beginning_Date: 01-Jan-2000
    Ending_Date: 10-Oct-2010Currentness_Reference: ground condition
  5. What is the general form of this data set?
    Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: digital data
  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?
    1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?
      This is a Raster data set. It contains the following raster data types:
      • Dimensions 3853 x 3531 x 1, type Grid Cell
    2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?
      Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator
      Universal_Transverse_Mercator:
      UTM_Zone_Number: 4
      Transverse_Mercator:
      Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.9996
      Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -159
      Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.0
      False_Easting: 500000
      False_Northing: 0.0
      Planar coordinates are encoded using Row and Column
      Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 4
      Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 4
      Planar coordinates are specified in meters
      The horizontal datum used is D_WGS_1984.
      The ellipsoid used is WGS_1984.
      The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.000000.
      The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.257224.
      Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
      Depth_System_Definition:
      Depth_Datum_Name: mean lower low water
      Depth_Resolution: 0.01
      Depth_Distance_Units: meters
      Depth_Encoding_Method: Attribute Values
  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
    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 this survey has not been developed, but there are known inconsistencies between the 2009 and 20010 multibeam data. Therefore, the accuracy of depth measurements should be considered to be within 2 meters.
    Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: none

Who produced the data set?

  1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)
  2. Who also contributed to the data set?
    PIBHMC, CRED, PIFSC, NOAA, JIMAR, ACOE
  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?
    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)
    NOAA IRC
    Honolulu, HI

    808 725-5360 (voice)
    808 725-5429 (FAX)
    nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov
    Contact_Instructions: e-mail preferred

Why was the data set created?

These netCDF and ASCII grids were created using data gathered from multibeam and LiDAR depth measurements 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.

How was the data set created?

  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?
  2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?
    Date: 27-Oct-2011 (process 1 of 1)
    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 2-m Pure File Magic (PFM) format in SABER and area based editing is performed. The edited PFM 2-m was then exported as X,Y,Z. The XYZ files were read into Global Mapper, a commercial application, combined with the 4-m ACOE LiDAR data, and exported as an ArcASCII file and imported into ArcGIS . aAdditional information about the multibeam data processing is recorded in the cruise metadata.
  3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?

How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?

  1. How well have the observations been checked?
    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.
  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?
    Horizontal positioning system: GPS (SPS) Horizontal position accuracy: 25 m
  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?
    1 m Raw sounding resolution: Variable
  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?
    Complete
  5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?
    These data are believed to be logically consistent though no tests were performed, with the following exception. 2009 multibeam data were collected during transits in and out of Kaneohe Bay at varying surveys speeds and were not compensated for settlement and squat. Thus some depth discrepancies occur between the 2009 and 2010 data sets, which were not completely resolved during processing.

How can someone get a copy of the data set?

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?
Access_Constraints: None.
Use_Constraints:
These data are NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION purposes. Please acknowledge the PIFSC,the Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research(JIMAR), and CRED/PIBHMC as the sources of this information.
  1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)
    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)
    NOAA IRC
    Honolulu, HI

    808 725-5360 (voice)
    808 725-5429 (FAX)
    nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov
    Contact_Instructions: e-mail preferred
  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set? Downloadable Data
  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?
    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.
  4. How can I download or order the data?

Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:
Last modified: 15-Dec-2024
Last Reviewed: 04-Nov-2011
Metadata author:
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)
NOAA IRC
Honolulu, HI

808 725-5360 (voice)
808 725-5429 (FAX)
nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov
Contact_Instructions: e-mail preferred
Metadata standard:
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)
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