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3-D BENTHIC TERRAIN MAPPING AND
MODELING IN AMERICAN SAMOA
Ronald W Rinehart
Oregon State University
[email protected]
Emily Larkin
Knauss Marine Fellow
[email protected]
Dr. Dawn Wright
Oregon State University
[email protected]
Joshua Murphy
NOAA Coastal Services Center
[email protected]
Emily Lundblad
Joint Inst. for Marine and
Atmospheric Research, Coral Reef
Ecosystem Div., NOAA Fisheries,
Univ. of Hawaii Manoa
[email protected]
Lori Cary-Kothera
NOAA Coastal Services Center
[email protected]
AAG - April 8th 2005
Objectives
• Improve bathymetric mapping with GIS
• Generate a classified benthic terrain map
• Automated user friendly system
• Standardized language
• Collaboration - share analyses
Charting Our Course
• Benthic Terrain Modeler (BTM) Methodology
• BTM Program
• Case Study: Vatia Bay, American Samoa
BTM Methodology 101
Step One
Step Two
Step Three
Step Four
Classification
Dictionary
Benthic
Terrain
Slope
Bathymetry
+
Fine BPI
+
Coarse BPI
4
Bathymetric Position Index – How it Works
Hilltop
Open Slope
Valley
Coarse BPI
Ridge Crest
Fine BPI
Stream Channel
Bathymetric Position Index
Run the data through the dictionary and…
Classified
Terrain
Map
Stream Channel on
A Sloping Hillside
BTM Methodology 101
Step One
Step Two
Step Three
Step Four
Classification
Dictionary
Benthic
Terrain
Slope
Bathymetry
+
Fine BPI
+
Coarse BPI
7
Charting Our Course
• Benthic Terrain Modeler Methodology
• BTM Program
• Case Study: Vatia Bay, American Samoa
Wizard Interface
Help Menu
Time Saving – Re-use Results
Classification Dictionary
Classification Dictionary
Classification Dictionary - XML
System Recommendations
• ArcGIS 8.x or ArcGIS 9.0 SP2
• Spatial Analyst
• > 2.0 Ghz Processor
• > 1Gigabyte of Hard Disk Space
Charting Our Course
• Benthic Terrain Modeler Methodology
• BTM Program
• Case Study: Vatia Bay, American Samoa
Vatia Bay
Tutuila Island and Vatia Bay
Bathymetry
Benthic Terrain of Vatia Bay
Profile Analysis
Forereef
Reef
Crest
Reef
Crest
Forereef
Image Courtesy of NOAA Biogeography
Benthic Terrain of Vatia Bay
Distribution on the web
http://dusk.geo.orst.edu/djl/samoa/tools.html
Charting Our Course
• Benthic Terrain Modeler Methodology
• BTM Program
• Case Study: Vatia Bay, American Samoa
Objectives – Re-visited
• Improve bathymetric mapping with GIS
• Generate a classified benthic terrain map
• Automated user friendly system
• Standardized language
• Collaboration - share analyses
Soothsaying
• Seafloor mapping community driven
• Applicability outside of coral reefs
• Ground-truthing mission
Thanks
• Pat Iampetro
• Andy Weiss
• Jeff Jenness
3-D BENTHIC TERRAIN MAPPING AND
MODELING IN AMERICAN SAMOA
Ronald W Rinehart
Oregon State University
[email protected]
Emily Larkin
Knauss Marine Fellow
[email protected]
Dr. Dawn Wright
Oregon State University
[email protected]
Joshua Murphy
NOAA Coastal Services Center
[email protected]
Emily Lundblad
Joint Inst. for Marine and Atmospheric
Research, Coral Reef Ecosystem Div.,
NOAA Fisheries, Univ. of Hawaii Manoa
Emily. [email protected]
Lori Cary-Kothera
NOAA Coastal Services Center
[email protected]
AAG - April 8th 2005