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Preliminary hard and soft bottom seafloor substrate map derived from an unsupervised classification of gridded backscatter and bathymetry derivatives at Tinian Island, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI).

Metadata Updated: May 10, 2024

Preliminary hard and soft seafloor substrate map derived from an unsupervised classification of multibeam backscatter and bathymety derivatives at Tinian Islands and Tatsumi Bank, CNMI. The dataset was derived using Reson 8101 backscatter data, bathymetric variance and bathymetric rugosity. The sonar frequency is 240 kHz for the Reson 8101 backscatter data, which were resampled to a 5 m grid cell size prior to the classification. Limited seafloor photographs for groundtruthing are available for Tinian and therefore no supervised classification was performed and we are unable to visually or quantitatively evaluate the accuracy of the unsupervised classification seafloor substrate map in a robust manner. However, in locations such French Frigate Shoals, NWHI and Tutuila, American Samoa, ground truth data are available and the unsupervised classification method is a good predictor of substrate type in similar depth ranges and seafloor environments.

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Metadata Date May 5, 2024
Metadata Created Date May 10, 2024
Metadata Updated Date May 10, 2024
Reference Date(s) October 10, 2008 (publication)
Frequency Of Update asNeeded

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Harvested from CoRIS FGDC Metadata

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Hard and Soft Seafloor Substrate

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Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Date May 5, 2024
Metadata Created Date May 10, 2024
Metadata Updated Date May 10, 2024
Reference Date(s) October 10, 2008 (publication)
Responsible Party 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) (Point of Contact)
Contact Email
Guid gov.noaa.crcp:tin_unspv_hardsoft_5m
Access Constraints 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 (PIBHMC), 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., Access Constraints: None
Bbox East Long 145.71
Bbox North Lat 15.11
Bbox South Lat 14.89
Bbox West Long 145.57
Coupled Resource
Frequency Of Update asNeeded
Graphic Preview Description Hard and Soft Seafloor Substrate
Graphic Preview File http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/CNMI_images/tin-unspv-hardsoft-5m_445.jpg
Graphic Preview Type JPEG, TIF
Harvest Object Id 92b5fe46-ac4b-4c1e-9729-df53c96697e8
Harvest Source Id d96f14c5-3e35-4b0a-a3b8-9392afeb50fa
Harvest Source Title CoRIS FGDC Metadata
Licence 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.
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Metadata Language eng; USA
Metadata Type geospatial
Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[145.57, 14.89], [145.71, 14.89], [145.71, 15.11], [145.57, 15.11], [145.57, 14.89]]]}
Progress completed
Spatial Data Service Type
Spatial Reference System urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Spatial Harvester True
Temporal Extent Begin 2003-08-21
Temporal Extent End 2007-06-08

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