NOAA Water-Column Sonar Data Archive

Stream data with DDA:

from dagshub.streaming import DagsHubFilesystem

fs = DagsHubFilesystem(".", repo_url="https://dagshub.com/DagsHub-Datasets/ncei-wcsd-archive-dataset")

fs.listdir("s3://noaa-wcsd-pds")

Description:

Water-column sonar data archived at the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Contact:

Water-column sonar data archived at the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Update Frequency:

New water-column sonar data are added regularly as they are provided to the archive.

Managed By:

https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/wcd/

Collabs:

• ASDI:
  • Tags: oceans

Resources:

1. resource:
   • Description: NCEI Water-Column Sonar Data Archive
   • ARN: arn:aws:s3:::noaa-wcsd-pds
   • Region: us-east-1
   • Type: S3 Bucket
   • Explore: Browse Bucket

Tags:

aws-pds, earth observation, biodiversity, ecosystems, environmental, geospatial, mapping, oceans, sustainability

Tutorials:

1. tutorial:

   • Title: Plotting Raw EK60 Data
   • URL: https://github.com/CI-CMG/pyEcholab/tree/master/examples/cloud%20tutorials/Plotting_Raw_EK60_Data.ipynb
   • AuthorName: Carrie Wall

2. tutorial:

   • Title: Frequency Differencing with Raw Data
   • URL: https://github.com/CI-CMG/pyEcholab/tree/master/examples/cloud%20tutorials/Frequency_Differencing_With_Raw_Data.ipynb
   • AuthorName: Carrie Wall

3. tutorial:

   • Title: Reading and Plotting Processed CSV Data
   • URL: https://github.com/CI-CMG/pyEcholab/tree/master/examples/cloud%20tutorials/Reading_And_Plotting_Processed_CSV_Data.ipynb
   • AuthorName: Carrie Wall

4. tutorial:

   • Title: Reading and Plotting Bottom Data
   • URL: https://github.com/CI-CMG/pyEcholab/tree/master/examples/cloud%20tutorials/Reading_And_Plotting_Bottom_Data.ipynb
   • AuthorName: Carrie Wall

Tools & Applications:

1. tools & applications:

   • Title: pyEcholab - an open-source, python-based toolkit for reading, processing, plotting, and exporting fisheries acoustic echosounder data
   • URL: https://github.com/CI-CMG/pyEcholab
   • AuthorName: Rick Towler, Chuck Anderson, Veronica Martinez, Pamme Crandell

2. tools & applications:

   • Title: Water Column Sonar Data Explorer - Map viewer for exploring sonar water column data
   • URL: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/maps/water_column_sonar/index.html
   • AuthorName: NCEI, NOAA

Publication:

1. publication:

   • Title: Building an Accessible Archive for Water Column Sonar Data
   • URL: https://eos.org/science-updates/building-an-accessible-archive-for-water-column-sonar-data
   • AuthorName: Carrie Wall

2. publication:

   • Title: Increasing the accessibility of acoustic data through global access and imagery
   • URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsw014
   • AuthorName: Carrie Wall, Michael Jech, and Susan McLean