gov.noaa.nodc:0168914 eng utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NOAA Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information custodian 2026-03-17T18:54:13Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Nearshore benthic habitats of Timor-Leste derived from WorldView-2 satellite imagery from 2010-02-09 to 2013-12-14 (NCEI Accession 0168914) 2018-02-16 publication 2019-12-23 revision 2017-12-06 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0168914 NCEI Archive Management System 0168914 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information publisher Troy Kanemura Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) troy.kanemura@noaa.gov http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred HTTP Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred HTTP Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Tomoko Acoba Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) tomoko.acoba@noaa.gov http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred HTTP Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Coral Reef Ecosystem Program http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred HTTP Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) website Institution web page information author Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center author Annette DesRochers Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) annette.desrochers@noaa.gov http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred HTTP Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) website Institution web page information pointOfContact Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred HTTP Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) website Institution web page information contributor tableDigital Benthic habitat classes were derived for nearshore waters (< 20 m depths) around Timor-Leste from DigitalGlobe WorldView-2 satellite imagery, acquired from Jan 26 2010 to Aug 10, 2014, by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP). Habitat classes include soft (sand or mud) and hard (rubble, boulders, etc.) substrates by depth (shallow, mid and deep); seagrass, mangrove, and macroalgae dominated areas; intertidal zones; lagoons; and emergent rocks. Supervised classifications were performed using several different methods (maximum likelihood, and minimum distance) with imagery at several different stages of processing (deglinted, radiance, reflectance and deglinted, depth invariant, sieve, and clump), with final classification based on the classification method and imagery variant that provided the best overall results for each WorldView-2 image. In 2011, NOAA and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Timor-Leste Mission formed a 5-year bi-lateral partnership agreement from 2012 to 2016, in support of the Government of Timor-Leste—particularly the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF)—by addressing significant information gaps in their nearshore marine ecosystems. Specifically, MAF asked NOAA to address the following questions: 1. Where are the nearshore marine resources? 2. What are the nearshore marine resources? 3. How are they changing over time and what threats are potentially causing these changes? 4. What approaches are needed to manage and conserve the nearshore marine resources? With financial support from USAID and in-kind support from the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP), the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (NOAA-CREP) conducted baseline ecosystem assessment surveys to inform ecosystem-based management planning in Timor-Leste. The primary activities conducted by NOAA to answer these questions included: 1. satellite mapping of nearshore habitats, 2. conducting coral reef ecosystem assessments, 3. establishing ecological baselines for climate change, and 4. building management capacity by developing a spatial data framework The benthic habitat classification data described herein resulted from the first activity to conduct satellite mapping for the nearshore waters around Timor-Leste. Funding Agency: US DOS; United States Agency for International Development completed historicalArchive NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact asNeeded NCEI Accession 0168914 was revised and a new version of the archival package was published. Updates to existing archival packages may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian substrate theme Provider Keywords COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (East Timor) (09S126E0001) OCEAN BASIN > Indian Ocean > Timor Sea > Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (East Timor) (09S126E0001) place CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA AND EASTERN ARCHIPELAGIC SEAS place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Atauro Baucau Bobonaro Dili Jaco Lautem Liquica Manatuto Manufahi Oecusse Timor Timor-Leste Vila MPA place Provider Place Names CMW43B PGPT4N Send2NCEI Submission Package ID accessLevel: public otherRestrictions Cite as: Coral Reef Ecosystem Program; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (2018). Nearshore benthic habitats of Timor-Leste derived from WorldView-2 satellite imagery from 2010-02-09 to 2013-12-14 (NCEI Accession 0168914). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0168914. Accessed [date]. 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A., Vargas-Ángel, Bernardo, 1965-, & Brainard, R. (2017). Interdisciplinary baseline ecosystem assessment surveys to Inform ecosystem-based management planning in Timor-Leste : final report. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center. https://doi.org/10.7289/v5/sp-pifsc-17-002 1965 publication International DOI Foundation (IDF) https://doi.org/10.7289/v5/sp-pifsc-17-002 https://doi.org/10.7289/v5/sp-pifsc-17-002 HTTPS https://doi.org/10.7289/v5/sp-pifsc-17-002 NOAA Central Library: Related document information Desrochers, Annette author Ehses, Julia author Huntington, Brittany author McCoy, Kaylyn author Moews, Megan author Oliver, Thomas (Thomas Andrew) author Sudnovsky, Max author Suka, Rhonda author Timmers, Molly A. author Vargas-Ángel, Bernardo, 1965- author Brainard, Russell author U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center publisher documentDigital U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center crossReference collection eng; USA utf8 environment oceans imageryBaseMapsEarthCover biota 124 127.5 -10 -8 2010-01-26 2014-08-10 CMW43B Abstract: Inventory of satellite images from DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-2 satellite purchased by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program for Timor-leste from Jan 26, 2010 to August 10, 2014. 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You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). download dataset NCEI Accession 0168914 v1.1 was published. 2018-02-16T01:35:27Z NCEI Accession 0168914 v1.1 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0168914/1.1 HTTPS NCEI Accession 0168914 v1.1 published 2018-02-16T01:35:27Z download NCEI Accession 0168914 was revised and v2.2 was published. Updates were received for this dataset. These updates were copied into the data/0-data/ directory of this accession. These updates may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. This version contains the most complete and up-to-date representation of this archival information package. All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession. 2019-12-23T21:07:22Z NCEI Accession 0168914 v2.2 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0168914/2.2 HTTPS NCEI Accession 0168914 v2.2 published 2019-12-23T21:07:22Z download dataset Parameter or Variable: HABITAT - BENTHIC (calculated); Units: n/a; Observation Category: other; Sampling Instrument: satellite sensor - general; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Benthic habitat raster files, in geotiff format, derived from WorldView-2 satellite imagery from coastal waters of Timor-Leste. Values 1-15 correspond to the following 15 habitat classes, in sequential (VALUE) order: hard shallow, soft shallow, hard mid, soft mid, hard deep, soft deep, seagrass, unknown, mangrove, intertidal, emergent rocks, macroalgae, lagoon, hard, and soft. These classes are grouped into the following types: hard substrate, soft substrate, seagrass, unknown, mangrove, intertidal, emergent rocks, macroalgae, and lagoon. asNeeded Metadata are developed, maintained and distributed by NCEI. Updates are performed as needed to maintain currentness. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian satellite sensor - general satellite sensor - general A generic class used for unknown satellite sensor type, or datasets consisting of blended, merged, or otherwise mixed observations from multiple satellite sensor types