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Water depth and acoustic backscatter data collected from NOAA Ship Nancy Foster in Caribbean Sea, offshore of Cabo San Juan from 2012-04-03 to 2012-04-20 (NCEI Accession 0131856)

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The Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA) conducted the ninth year of an ongoing scientific research mission on board NOAA Ship Nancy Foster from April 3 to April 20, 2012. The objective of this project was to collect a multibeam bathymetric dataset with 100 percent seafloor ensonification, along with multibeam backscatter suitable for seafloor characterization in a high-priority conservation area. This report applies to surveys W00221 and W00222 that took place northwest of the Isla De Culebra.

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0131856 BATHYMETRY BOTTOM TYPE DEPTH - BOTTOM DEPTH - SENSOR water depth multibeam sonar in situ NOAA Ship Nancy Foster US DOC/NOAA/NOS/National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science/Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment US DOC/NOAA/NOS/National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science/Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) CORAL REEF STUDIES Caribbean Sea oceanography DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Geographic Information > Bathymetry EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat > Description EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Bathymetry EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > BATHYMETRY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH Bathymetry/Topography Backscatter Bathymetry Benthic Biogeography Caribbean Sea Coral Em 1002 GIS Geotiff Habitat IOCM Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping Kongsberg EM 1002 MBES Multibeam NOAA NPS Nancy Foster North East Ecological Reserve Northeast Reserve Puerto Rico ROV Raster Reson 7125 Seafloor Sonar W00221 W00222 acoustic benthic habitats biological cover coastal ocean science coral reef geomorphological structure ground truthing ground validation reef transect underwater photography underwater video zone MBES > Multibeam Mapping System Ships NANCY FOSTER (call sign: WTER, ICES code: 33NF, 2004-) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Fajardo (18N065W0004) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Puerto Rico (18N066W0000) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Fajardo (18N065W0004) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Puerto Rico (18N066W0000) OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA Caribbean Sea Fajardo Luquillo North East Ecological Reserve Northeast Grand Reserve Puerto Rico U.S. Caribbean U.S. Virgin Islands United States 2012 201204 X0RHTT

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describedByType	application/octet-steam
identifier	gov.noaa.nodc:0131856
issued	2015-10-22T00:00:00.000+00:00
landingPage	https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
language	[]
references	[ "https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/seafloor-characterization-caribbean/" ]
rights	otherRestrictions
spatial	-65.33055,18.382717,-65.578611,18.533475
temporal	2012-04-03T00:00:00+00:00/2012-04-20T00:00:00+00:00

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