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    • EM2040 Water Column Sonar Data Collected During H13630

    Metadata Updated: December 30, 2022

    The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill released over 3 million barrels of oil in the Gulf of Mexico, by far the largest offshore oil spill in US history. In 2016, the Deepwater Horizon Trustees reached a settlement for natural resource injuries caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The Deepwater Horizon Trustees documented a footprint of over 770 square miles of injury to mesophotic and deep benthic habitat surrounding the wellhead and extending up the continental slope. Accurate high-resolution bathymetric and habitat maps and data on the abundance and distribution of mesophotic and deep benthic habitats are needed to guide restoration.

    Only a small portion of the mesophotic and deepwater habitats in the Gulf of Mexico have been surveyed, and with the collaboration and partnership of NOAA’s Deepwater Horizon Program and the National Centers for Coastal and Ocean Science (NCCOS), the NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler collected bathymetry and backscatter data in the region. This work supported one of many projects selected by the Open Ocean Trustee Implementation Group to restore natural resources injured by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The data collected will be foundational for exploring mesophotic and deepwater habitats of the marine ecosystem by informing ground truthing locations for underwater camera footage, sediment cores, grab samples, ROV, and AUV work and for identifying future restoration sites. The data will also update nautical charting products.

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date December 23, 2022
    Metadata Created Date December 30, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 30, 2022
    Reference Date(s) May 21, 2022 (creation), December 23, 2022 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NGDC MGG Sonar Water Column

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Series
    Metadata Date December 23, 2022
    Metadata Created Date December 30, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 30, 2022
    Reference Date(s) May 21, 2022 (creation), December 23, 2022 (publication)
    Responsible Party NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.ncei:H13630_EM2040
    Access Constraints Cite as: NOAA National Ocean Service. 2022. EM2040 Water Column Sonar Data Collected During H13630. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. 10.25921/epfj-nq57 [access date], Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives., Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose., Resource may not be available for up to one year after initial collection.
    Bbox East Long -87.92751
    Bbox North Lat 29.80092
    Bbox South Lat 29.57882
    Bbox West Long -88.17503
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned
    Harvest Object Id 73ac1f8e-26de-4e43-9930-2de916be4102
    Harvest Source Id ab8b0290-e4db-4a00-89f2-4e427c2054b2
    Harvest Source Title NGDC MGG Sonar Water Column
    Licence These data are considered raw and have not been subjected to the NOAA's quality control or quality assurance procedures. They are released for limited public use as preliminary data to be used only with appropriate caution. NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty., Not subject to copyright protection within the United States.
    Lineage Unknown
    Metadata Language eng; USA
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-88.17503, 29.57882], [-87.92751, 29.57882], [-87.92751, 29.80092], [-88.17503, 29.80092], [-88.17503, 29.57882]]]}
    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2022-05-21T00:00:00
    Temporal Extent End 2022-06-09T11:59:59

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