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NCCOS Mapping: Satellite derived bathymetry and benthic habitat mapping to support sea level rise models for the area surrounding Roi-Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands (NCEI Accession 0259452)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: October 04, 2025 | Last Modified: 2022-09-14T00:00:00.000+00:00
Satellite Derived Bathymetry (SDB), benthic habitat, and hydrodynamic friction maps were generated for a study area surrounding Roi-Namur Island, part of the Kwajalein Atoll of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The SDB and habitat maps were generated from WorldView-2 and -3 satellite imagery. These layers were needed as part of a larger effort to model the impacts of sea-level rise and inundation on Department of Defense installations on atolls in the Pacific Ocean. Tide corrected depth data to parameterize the SDB models and underwater video to aid in classification of the benthic habitat map were collected in the field during an April 2014 mission to Kwajalein Atoll. No video data were submitted in this dataset. For a complete description technique and results see Field et al. 2022.

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0259452 DEPTH - SENSOR HABITAT - BENTHIC echo sounder model output NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science CORAL REEF STUDIES Northwest Pacific Ocean (limit-180) oceanography DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Coral Reef Project: Kwajalein Island Development of Satellite-derived Bathymetry and Benthic Habitat Maps to Support Sea Level Rise Studies in the South Pacific Impacts of Changing Climate on Pacific Island-Based Defense Installations - RC-2336 EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC Coastal Change > Climate Impacts on Ecosystems Marine Spatial Ecology > Habitat Mapping Derived Data Product Geospatial Model Coral Reefs Hydrodynamic Friction Remote Sensing ECHO SOUNDERS > ECHO SOUNDERS Fathometer Models/Analyses > Data Analysis > Environmental Modeling OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Micronesia > Marshall Islands Kwajalein Atoll Region > International Republic of the Marshall Islands Roi-Namur Island 83U2H4

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describedByType application/octet-steam
identifier gov.noaa.nodc:0259452
issued 2022-09-14T00:00:00.000+00:00
landingPage https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
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  "https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/bathymetry-benthic-habitat-maps-south-pacific/",
  "https://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/cmecs-folder/CMECS_Version_06-2012_FINAL.pdf",
  "https://www.digitalglobe.com/company/about-us/",
  "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/pcmsc/science/coral-reef-project-kwajalein-island",
  "https://serdp-estcp.org/projects/details/cd10d298-3cde-4713-bc67-db9fed89be8b/rc-2336-project-overview"
]
rights otherRestrictions
spatial 167.5021,9.36092,167.4436,9.40841
temporal 2009-12-09T00:00:00+00:00/2015-01-23T00:00:00+00:00

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