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NCCOS Mapping: Merged Bathymetry Data in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary for Benthic Habitat Mapping from 1998 to 2022 (NCEI Accession 0304093)

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We created merged bathymetry surfaces segmented in GeoTIFF format by resolution and depth within the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS) from more than 20 multibeam mapping surveys. These bathymetry data were collected between 1998 and 2022 by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), United States Geological Survey (USGS), Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB) and Ocean Exploration Trust (OET). Bathymetry data collected by institutions outside of NOAA are reference to overlapping NOAA hydrographic surveys using an average depth difference correction. The merged bathymetric surface resolutions varied by depth from 2x2m in <40m, 4x4m in 36 to 80 m, 8x8m in 72 to 160m, 16x16m in 144 to 320m and to 24x24m in >300m. They can be used to create high-resolution, nearly continuous coverage benthic habitat maps within the CINMS.

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0304093 BATHYMETRY HABITAT - BENTHIC echo sounder multibeam sonar sonar geophysical imagery remote sensing NAUTILUS NOAA LAUNCHES (FAIRWEATHER) NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer NOAA Ship Rainier NOAA Ship Reuben Lasker SHIMADA NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science NOAA Office of Coast Survey NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science CORAL REEF STUDIES Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program (DSCRTP) Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary North Pacific Ocean oceanography DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NOS/NMS > National Marine Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NOS/OCS > Office of Coast Survey, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/OMAO > NOAA's Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce NOAA’s Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > BATHYMETRY Geospatial Marine Spatial Ecology Habitat Mapping Imagery Remotely sensed ECHO SOUNDERS > ECHO SOUNDERS MBES > Multibeam Mapping System SONAR > Sound Navigation and Ranging Multibeam echosounder Split-beam echosounder Ships NAUTILUS (ICES code: 31NA) OKEANOS EXPLORER (call sign: WTDH, ICES code: 334A, 2008-) RAINIER (call sign: WTEF, ICES code: 315R, 1968-) REUBEN LASKER (call sign: WTEG, ICES code: 33UD, 2014-) SHIMADA (call sign: HP5120, ICES code: 325S) M/V Ocean Alert R/V Maurice Ewing R/V Pacific Ranger R/V Ven Tresca OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN Region > Pacific Ocean U.S. States and Territories > California Santa Barbara Channel Southern California Bight 4CLCAE

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identifier gov.noaa.nodc:0304093
issued 2025-05-07T00:00:00.000+00:00
landingPage https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
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spatial -118.793915,33.24464,-120.718915,34.266869
temporal 1998-01-01T00:00:00+00:00/2022-11-05T00:00:00+00:00

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