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NCCOS Assessment: Underwater Video for Ground Validation and Accuracy Assessment of Benthic Habitat Maps of the Insular Shelf South of St. Thomas and St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, 2010-03-20 to 2017-02-10

Published by National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: August 02, 2026 at 05:13 PM | Dataset Last Updated: November 01, 2017 at 12:00 AM
The presence and absence of the four substrate and four biological cover types were documented at 1,353 locations on the insular shelf south of St. Thomas and St. John. At each location, an underwater camera system was used to collect high definition (HD) video at 30 frames per second at 1080x1920 resolution. This GIS dataset depicts the location of these underwater videos, as well as the name, location, time collected, and the presence and absence of the substrate and cover types. A portion of these underwater videos (n=1,005) were used to develop the habitat predictions and the composite habitat map. A separate subset of these underwater videos (n=348) were used to assess the performance of the habitat predictions and accuracy of the composite habitat map. For more details, see Costa et al. 2017 and Costa et al. 2018. Keywords: Ground Validation; Accuracy Assessment; Acropora Cervicornis; Acropora Palmata; Bathymetry; Benthic Habitat; Coastal Ocean Science; Coral Reef; Insular Shelf; Seagrass; Seaviewer; Snorkel; Trimble GeoXH; Underwater Video.

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description The presence and absence of the four substrate and four biological cover types were documented at 1,353 locations on the insular shelf south of St. Thomas and St. John. At each location, an underwater camera system was used to collect high definition (HD) video at 30 frames per second at 1080x1920 resolution. This GIS dataset depicts the location of these underwater videos, as well as the name, location, time collected, and the presence and absence of the substrate and cover types. A portion of these underwater videos (n=1,005) were used to develop the habitat predictions and the composite habitat map. A separate subset of these underwater videos (n=348) were used to assess the performance of the habitat predictions and accuracy of the composite habitat map. For more details, see Costa et al. 2017 and Costa et al. 2018. Keywords: Ground Validation; Accuracy Assessment; Acropora Cervicornis; Acropora Palmata; Bathymetry; Benthic Habitat; Coastal Ocean Science; Coral Reef; Insular Shelf; Seagrass; Seaviewer; Snorkel; Trimble GeoXH; Underwater Video.
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    "description": "A free, fully interactive, user friendly, online platform designed to let users explore benthic habitat mapping data. Users can create fully customizable maps by clicking on a data layer in the table of contents and display aerial and acoustic imagery rasters, benthic habitat and geographic zone shapefiles, and ground validation/accuracy assessment video sites. Ground validation and accuracy assessment videos are available for viewing (streaming) and for download in standard or high resolution.",
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    "description": "Costa, B., L. Kracker, T. Battista, W. Sautter, A. Mabrouk, K. Edwards, C. Taylor, and E. Ebert. 2018. NCCOS Assessment: Benthic Habitat Map for the Insular Shelf South of St. Thomas and St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands (NCEI Accession 0170098). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.7289/V5930RFV",
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issued 2017-11-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
keyword 
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  "EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC",
  "OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA > VIRGIN ISLANDS",
  "Geographic Information > Habitats",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Benthic Habitat",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Mapping > Habitat Mapping",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Photographic Analysis > Videography",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Hard Seafloor Substrate",
  "NCCOS Research Data Type > Field Observation",
  "NCCOS Research Data Type > Geospatial",
  "NCCOS Research Data Type > NCCOS Data Collection",
  "NCCOS Research Data Type > Video",
  "NCCOS Research Priority > Marine Spatial Ecology (MSE)",
  "NCCOS Research Topic > Coral Reefs",
  "NCCOS Research Topic > Habitat Mapping",
  "NCCOS Research Location > Geographic Area > Coastal Ocean",
  "NCCOS Research Location > Geographic Area > Coral Reefs",
  "NCCOS Research Location > Region > U.S. Caribbean",
  "NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > U.S. Virgin Islands",
  "NOAA Ship Nancy Foster",
  "COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Culebra Island (18N065W0011)",
  "COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Vieques > Vieques Island (18N065W0002)",
  "COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. John > St. John (18N064W0011)",
  "COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. Thomas > St. Thomas (18N064W0033)",
  "OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Culebra Island (18N065W0011)",
  "OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Vieques Island > Vieques Island (18N065W0002)",
  "OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Leeward Islands > St. Thomas (18N064W0033)",
  "OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Virgin Islands > St. John (18N064W0011)",
  "Grammanik Bank Marine Conservation District",
  "Hind Bank Marine Conservation District",
  "Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument",
  "Caribbean Sea",
  "Culebra, PR",
  "St. John, USVI",
  "St. Thomas, USVI",
  "Vieques, PR",
  "Virgin Passage",
  "DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "NCCOS Habitat Mapping Team"
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license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
modified 2017-11-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
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temporal 2010-03-20T00:00:00+00:00/2017-02-10T00:00:00+00:00
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title NCCOS Assessment: Underwater Video for Ground Validation and Accuracy Assessment of Benthic Habitat Maps of the Insular Shelf South of St. Thomas and St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, 2010-03-20 to 2017-02-10

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