Kauai Ground Validation Point Data for Benthic Habitats of the Main Hawaiian Islands Prepared by Visual Interpretation from Remote Sensing Imagery Collected by NOAA Year 2000

This project is a cooperative effort among the National Ocean 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,...

本项工程系国家海洋服务局、国家海岸海洋科学中心、海岸监测与评估中心、夏威夷大学以及夏威夷分析实验室有限公司的协作成果。该工作的目标在于开发珊瑚礁测绘方法，并对比由地理参照彩色航空摄影的影象解读生成的海底生境地图。