Subject: Benthic cover data for archiving From: Anne Ball Date: 1/27/2012 10:21 AM To: Donald Collins CC: James Boyd , Mark Finkbeiner , Jeff Skahill , Sheri Farrell , Kirk Waters , Scott Cross Don, CSC is ready to archive some benthic data. The files for archiving can be found at ftp://ftp.csc.noaa.gov/pub/NODC/. If you would prefer, I can upload the data to your ftp site. This benthic data is related to some data archived at NODC in 2001 (Aquatic vegetation were photographed from aircraft from Florida Bay, Indian River (Florida), and the Coast of Massachusetts (NODC Accession 0000411)). We plan to send you some additional benthic data later this spring. The data is zipped into files with full FGDC CSDGM metadata records in both text and xml. A description of the data follows this email. Let me know if you need any further information from us. Thanks, Anne CSC Benthic data Overview: Benthic data containing benthic cover data, grab samples, sediment profile imaging, and single beam acoustic data. The data is an inventory of nearshore aquatic habitats with a focus on living resources. More information: Benthic cover data - http://www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/data/benthiccover/index.html Grab sample data - http://www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/data/benthicgrab/index.html Sediment profile imaging data - http://www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/data/benthicspi/index.html Single-beam acoustic data - http://www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/data/benthicsba/index.html Geography: Select geographies in the following states: California Delaware Florida Maine Massachusetts New Jersey New York North Carolina Texas Virginia Washington Time period: 1995 to 2011 Formats: shapefiles and dbf files Number of files and size by folders: Benthic_Cover_Data: 20 files, 930 MB Grab_Sample_Data: 10 files, 273 KB Sediment_Profile_Imaging_Data: 5 files, 265 KB Single_Beam_Acoustic_Data: 3 files, 6.44MB -- Anne Ball anne.ball@noaa.gov, 843-740-1229 NOAA Coastal Services Center