NOAA Water-Column Sonar Data Archive
Provided by: NOAA , part of the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative
Provided by: NOAA , part of the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative
NOAA Water-Column Sonar Data Archive
Provided by: NOAA , part of the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative
Provided by: NOAA , part of the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative
This product is part of the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative and contains data sets that are publicly available for anyone to access and use. No subscription is required. Unless specifically stated in the applicable data set documentation, data sets available through the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative are not provided and maintained by AWS.
Description
Water-column sonar data archived at the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.
License
The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Creator, NOAA, the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
Documentation
How to cite
NOAA Water-Column Sonar Data Archive was accessed on DATE from https://registry.opendata.aws/ncei-wcsd-archive .
Update frequency
New water-column sonar data are added regularly as they are provided to the archive.
Support information
Managed by: NOAA
Contact: wcd.info@noaa.gov
General AWS Data Exchange support
Resources on AWS
Description
NCEI Water-Column Sonar Data Archive
Resource type
S3 Bucket
Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
arn:aws:s3:::noaa-wcsd-pdsAWS Region
us-east-1AWS CLI Access (No AWS account required)
aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://noaa-wcsd-pds/Explore
Usage examples
Tutorials
- Frequency Differencing with Raw Data by Carrie Wall
- Plotting Raw EK60 Data by Carrie Wall
- Reading and Plotting Bottom Data by Carrie Wall
- Reading and Plotting Processed CSV Data by Carrie Wall
Publications
- Building an Accessible Archive for Water Column Sonar Data by Carrie Wall
- Increasing the accessibility of acoustic data through global access and imagery by Carrie Wall, Michael Jech, and Susan McLean
Tools & Applications
- pyEcholab - an open-source, python-based toolkit for reading, processing, plotting, and exporting fisheries acoustic echosounder data by Rick Towler, Chuck Anderson, Veronica Martinez, Pamme Crandell
- Water Column Sonar Data Explorer - Map viewer for exploring sonar water column data by NCEI, NOAA