Niihau Ground Validation Point Data for Benthic Habitats ofthe Main Hawaiian Islands Prepared by Visual Interpretation fromRemote Sensing Imagery Collected by NOAA Year 2000

This project is a cooperative effort among the NationalOcean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment; the University of Hawaii; and Analytical Laboratories of Hawaii, LLC. The goal of the work was to develop coral reef mapping methods and compare benthic habitat maps generated by photointerpreting georeferenced color aerial photography, hyperspectral and IKONOS satellite imagery. These pointdata were generated to conduct ground validation during map preparation.

本项目由美国国家海洋服务局（National Ocean Service）、海岸海洋科学国家中心（National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science）、海岸监测与评估中心（Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment）、夏威夷大学以及夏威夷分析实验室有限责任公司（Analytical Laboratories of Hawaii, LLC）联合开展。本项目的研究目标为开发珊瑚礁制图方法，并对比通过对地理参考彩色航空摄影影像、高光谱影像以及伊科诺斯（IKONOS）卫星影像进行照片解译所生成的底栖生境地图。本次生成的点位数据用于在制图过程中开展地面验证工作。