WATER DEPTH - AVERAGE and Reflectance- Intensity collected from LADS Mk II Airborne System in Caribbean Sea and Puerto Rico from 2006-04-07 to 2006-05-15 (NCEI Accession 0153360)

• Main Author: Tim Battista
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: NOAA NCEI Environmental Data Archive 2016
• Subjects: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; 0153360; 153360; REFLECTANCE; WATER DEPTH - AVERAGE; LIDAR; in situ; US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science; Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment; CORAL REEF STUDIES; Caribbean Sea; North Atlantic Ocean; oceanography; Seafloor Characterization of the US Caribbean; Geographic Information > Bathymetry; EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat > Description; EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Bathymetry; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > REFLECTANCE; Research Data Types > Geospatial; Research Topics > Habitat Mapping; Research Topics > Remote Sensing; Backscatter; Bathymetry; Benthic; Biogeography; Coral; GIS; Habitat; IOCM; Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping; Intensity; LADS Mk II; LADS Mk II Airborne System; LiDAR; Light; Mosaic; NOAA; OPR-I305-KRL-06; Raster; Reef; Reflectance- Intensity; Reflectivity; Seafloor; LIDAR > Light Detection and Ranging; COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Mayaguez (18N067W0010); OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Mayaguez (18N067W0010); OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA; Puerto Rico; Southwestern Puerto Rico; U.S. Caribbean; SEA FLOOR; North Atlantic
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These images represent LiDAR (Light Detection & Ranging) data collected by NOAA from the shoreline of southwestern Puerto Rico to about 50 meters in depth. Reflectivity was calculated for each sounding as the ratio of returned energy to transmitted energy, normalized for losses in a single wavelength (green/blue 532nm). This data was critical for creating benthic habitat maps.