Description: A group of layers showing summary map classes. Map classes integrate across levels of Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) units and unit modifiers to summarize geomorphology, substrate and benthic communities.
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Description: Map layers classified by Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) units. CMECS provides a standardized framework for naming ecological units in coastal and marine settings. Units are conceptual and circumscribed by defined conceptual boundaries based on consensus best professional judgment and observations by the community of practice. Unit definitions include a limited degree of variation consistent with what is observed in nature across the range of occurrence.
Copyright Text: US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
Description: Biotic groups are observational, descriptive, or functional groupings of the characteristic biological types that occur as generalized patterns across their range.
Copyright Text: US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
Description: Sidescan and multibeam images collected offshore of Manitowoc, Wisconsin in 2017 with the RV Storm. These data were used to classify the lakebed.
Copyright Text: US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
Description: Sidescan imagery collected with a Klein 3000 side scan sonar system. The imagery provides information on lakebed morphology and substrate characteristics. Lighter areas generally indicate harder substrates, such as cobbles, and darker areas indicate softer substrates, such as mud. Image resolution is 0.5 meters.
Copyright Text: US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
Description: Multibeam backscatter collected with a Kongsberg EM 2040C. Backscatter shows the amount of sound that is reflected by the lakebed and received by the sonar. Lighter areas generally indicate harder substrates, such as cobbles, and darker areas indicate softer substrates, such as mud. Image resolution is 1 meter.
Copyright Text: US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
Description: Average slope of slope of depth in a 3x3 cell neighborhood. The slope of slope measures the amount of change in bathymetric slope in the 3x3 cell neighborhood, and is a measure of lakebed topographical curvature. Image resolution is 1 meter.
Copyright Text: US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
Description: A group of layers with coastal Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) information. Nearshore LiDAR topographic/bathymetry data were collected along the coast of Lake Michigan by the Joint Airborne LiDAR Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise from September 3rd to October 19th, 2012. These data were collectedusing the Coastal Zone Mapping and Imaging LiDAR system.
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Description: Average slope of slope of depth in a 3x3 cell neighborhood. The slope of slope measures the amount of change in bathymetric slope in the 3x3 cell neighborhood, and is a measure of lakebed topographical curvature. Image resolution is 1 meter.
Copyright Text: US Army Corps of Engineers; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
Description: A group of remote sensing images used to classify the lakebed offshore of Sheboygan, WI. Sidescan and multibeam data were collected in 2018 off the RV Storm.
Copyright Text: US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
Description: Sidescan imagery collected with a Klein 3000 side scan sonar system. The imagery provides information on lakebed morphology and substrate characteristics. Lighter areas generally indicate harder substrates, such as cobbles, and darker areas indicate softer substrates, such as mud. Image resolution is 0.5 meters.
Copyright Text: US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
Description: Multibeam backscatter collected with a Kongsberg EM 2040C. Backscatter shows the amount of sound that is reflected by the lakebed and received by the sonar. Lighter areas generally indicate harder substrates, such as cobbles, and darker areas indicate softer substrates, such as mud. Image resolution is 1 meter.
Copyright Text: US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
Description: Average slope of slope of depth in a 3x3 cell neighborhood. The slope of slope measures the amount of change in bathymetric slope in the 3x3 cell neighborhood, and is a measure of lakebed topographical curvature. Image resolution is 1 meter.
Copyright Text: US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)