gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:46151 eng UTF8 dataset Mixed: GIS shapefiles and CSV Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center 808-725-5300 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Website Website for this organization information 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. resourceProvider DesRochers, Annette M (808)725-5461 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA annette.desrochers@noaa.gov 8 am - 5 pm email preferred pointOfContact Akridge, Michael W (808)725-5483 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA michael.akridge@noaa.gov pointOfContact 2026-03-04T19:17:17 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) WorldView-2 Satellite Image Inventory for Timor-Leste Timor: WV-2 Satellite Image Inventory 2017 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 46151 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/46151 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center 808-725-5360 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA pifsc.info@noaa.gov https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Website Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage information 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. originator https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/coral_triangle_initiative.php WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Citation URL Information about the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program's activities in the Coral Triangle. download https://www.coris.noaa.gov/activities/projects/timor-leste/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Citation URL Timor-Leste project portal on the NOAA Coral Reef Information Service website where NOAA's final report for Timor-Leste and the datasets generated by NOAA CREP as part of the project can be downloaded. download mapDigital Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center. 2017. Interdisciplinary baseline ecosystem assessment surveys to inform ecosystem-based management planning in Timor-Leste: Final Report. Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC Special Publication, SP-17-002, 234 p. https://doi.org/10.7289/V5/SP-PIFSC-17-002. Inventory of satellite images from DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-2 satellite purchased by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program for Timor-leste from Jan 26, 2010 to August 10, 2014. Images were acquired for purposes of deriving seafloor depths and benthic habitat classes for the nearshore waters (< 20m depths) of Timor-leste. In addition to the inventory, the dataset includes the regions of interest (ROI) defined by NOAA used to define the geographic areas to acquire the satellite images from DigitalGlobe, the boundary extent of the available images within each ROI, and the footprint (extent) of each image. The data within each satellite image is clipped to the ROI. The ROI, boundary, and footprint files are provided in shapefile format, and the inventory is provided as a text file, which corresponds to the footprints shapefile. In 2011, NOAA and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Timor-Leste Mission formed a 5-year bi-lateral partnership agreement from 2012 to 2016, in support of the Government of Timor-Leste—particularly the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF)—by addressing significant information gaps in their nearshore marine ecosystems. Specifically, MAF asked NOAA to address the following questions: 1. Where are the nearshore marine resources? 2. What are the nearshore marine resources? 3. How are they changing over time and what threats are potentially causing these changes? 4. What approaches are needed to manage and conserve the nearshore marine resources? With financial support from USAID and in-kind support from the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP), the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (NOAA-CREP) conducted baseline ecosystem assessment surveys to inform ecosystem-based management planning in Timor-Leste. The primary activities conducted by NOAA to answer these questions included: 1. satellite mapping of nearshore habitats, 2. conducting coral reef ecosystem assessments, 3. establishing ecological baselines for climate change, and 4. building management capacity by developing a spatial data framework The satellite image inventory described herein resulted from the first activity to conduct satellite mapping for the nearshore waters around Timor-Leste. PIFSC Coral Reef Ecosystem Program and funded by the United States Agency for International Development completed DesRochers, Annette M (808)725-5461 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA annette.desrochers@noaa.gov 8 am - 5 pm email preferred pointOfContact Akridge, Michael W (808)725-5483 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA michael.akridge@noaa.gov pointOfContact Acoba, Tomoko S (808)725-5448 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA tomoko.acoba@noaa.gov 8:00 am - 4:00 pm HST email preferred custodian Akridge, Michael W (808)725-5483 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA michael.akridge@noaa.gov custodian notPlanned https://www.coris.noaa.gov/activities/projects/timor-leste/images/image_catalog_s.jpg The WorldView-2 satellite image inventory for Timor-Leste, showing the extents of each satellite image and the regions of interest. jpg Geographic Information > Habitats theme CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Benthic Habitat EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Coastal Habitat EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > GIS EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Mapping EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Mapping > Base map > Hyper/multispectral Imagery EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Mapping > Base map > Satellite Imagery EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Remote Sensing EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Remote Sensing > Satellite (digital scans) > WorldView-2 EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus POSITION - GEOGRAPHIC theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS GIS product satellite photography theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS CORAL REEF STUDIES Coral Triangle Initiative theme NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Ecosystem Sciences Division; Coral Reef Ecosystem Program theme NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (East Timor) (09S126E0001) OCEAN BASIN > Indian Ocean > Timor Sea > Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (East Timor) (09S126E0001) place CoRIS Place Thesaurus Indian Ocean Timor Sea place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS CRED CREP Coral Reef Ecosystem Division Coral Reef Ecosystem Program PIFSC Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center USAID United States Agency for International Development theme Atauro Baucau Bobonaro Dili Jaco Lautem Liquica Manatuto Manufahi Oecusse Timor Timor-Leste Vila MPA place DOC/NOAA/NMFS/PIFSC > Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2017-04-24 publication 8.5 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Timor Leste project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: WorldView-2 Satellite Image Inventory for Timor-Leste [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/46151. NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose. otherRestrictions Access Constraints: WorldView-2 imagery cannot be publicly redistributed per the license agreement with DigitalGlobe. Contact the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program for specific questions about the source imagery for TImor-leste at nmfs.pic.credinfo@noaa.gov. otherRestrictions Use Constraints: Please cite NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) when using the data. Example Coral Reef Ecosystem Program; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (2017). WorldView-2 Satellite Image Inventory for Timor-Leste. NOAA's National Center for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/46151 otherRestrictions Distribution Liability: While every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of the current state of the art, NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. unclassified Not applicable Not applicable Assessing cryptic reef diversity of colonizing marine invertebrates using Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) deployed at coral reef sites in Timor-Leste from 2012 to 2014 NOAA/NMFS/EDM 46159 crossReference Benthic images collected at coral reef sites in Timor-Leste from 2012-2014 NOAA/NMFS/EDM 46160 crossReference Benthic percent cover derived from analysis of benthic images collected at coral reef sites in Timor-Leste in 2013 and 2014 NOAA/NMFS/EDM 46161 crossReference Calcification Rates of Crustose Coralline Algae (CCA) Derived from Calcification Accretion Units (CAUs) Deployed at Coral Reef Sites in Timor-Leste from 2012 to 2014 NOAA/NMFS/EDM 46162 crossReference Coral reef fish biomass and benthic cover data from Timor-Leste in June 2013 NOAA/NMFS/EDM 32998 crossReference Depth soundings from a single beam echo sounder collected around the nearshore areas of Timor-Leste in 2012 and 2013 NOAA/NMFS/EDM 25307 crossReference Nearshore Benthic Habitats of Timor-Leste Derived from WorldView-2 Satellite Imagery NOAA/NMFS/EDM 29128 crossReference Satellite-derived bathymetry for nearshore benthic habitats in Timor-Leste NOAA/NMFS/EDM 46150 crossReference Water chemistry at coral reef sites in Timor-Leste from discrete surface and bottom water samples collected in 2013 and 2014 NOAA/NMFS/EDM 46163 crossReference Water temperature data from Subsurface Temperature Recorders (STRs) deployed at coral reef sites in Timor-Leste from 2012 to 2014 NOAA/NMFS/EDM 46164 crossReference NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 46151 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/dmp/pdf/46151.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. information crossReference eng; US imageryBaseMapsEarthCover oceans All satellite images associated with each region of interest (ROI) in Timor-leste are stored in a mosaic dataset in an ESRI file geodatabase. Within each mosaic dataset is the boundary (extent) of the available images for each region (exported to a shapefile) and the footprint for each image within the boundary (exported to shapefile). Within GIS, the footprints can be used to quickly identify the image files that fall within a geographic area of interest. The inventory, extracted from the footprints, provides information about which satellite images are available and where, as well as information about each image. The source mosaic dataset geodatbase is not useful unless the user has direct access to the satellite images. Contact NOAA for more information if access to the imagery is required. Timor-Leste 124 127.5 -9.5 -8 Timor-Leste Time span of satellite images acquired from DigitalGlobe, Inc. | Currentness: Ground Condition 2010-01-26 2014-08-10 false eng false Data Table WV-2_image_inventory 2018-01-12 publication Shapefile Shapefile Shapefile CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text) NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information distributor https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0169504 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link WV-2_ROI_Timor.shp The regions of interest (ROI) were used by NOAA to define the desired geographic areas in Timor-leste to purchase the WorldView-2 satellite imagery from DigitalGlobe. Images were acquired along the coasts of the four identified regions of interest (Atauro, North shore, Oecusse, and South shore).The ROI was used by DigitalGlobe to clip the data within each satellite image. download https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0169504 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link WV-2_Boundary_Timor.shp The boundary (extent) of the available WorldView-2 satellite images purchased by NOAA for each region in TImor-leste, including the north and south coastlines, the Island of Atauro, and the district of Oecusse. download https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0169504 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link WV-2_Image_Footprint_Timor.shp The footprint (extent) for each WorldView-2 satellite image purchased by NOAA for Timor-leste within the boundary/region of interest. download https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0169504 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link WV-2_Image_Inventory_Timor.csv The inventory includes attributes about the WorldView-2 satellite images purchased by NOAA for Timor-leste, and corresponds to the footprints shapefile. download dataset Accuracy The location information for some of the satellite images was inadequate; therefore, the images did not align properly with each other or with other data. The images were spatially adjusted (georeferenced) to align with ArcGIS basemaps—provided by ESRI with ArcGIS products (http://www.esri.com/data/basemaps). The georeferencing step was performed using the georeferencing tools in ArcGIS 10.X desktop software. Analytical Accuracy The pixel values of the WorldView-2 satellite images provided by DigitalGlobe are digital numbers (0-255), which have not been calibrated into physically meaningful units (i.e., solar radiance). The digital numbers must therefore be converted to capture the radiance at the satellite sensor using a calibration formula (Updike and Comp 2010). The satellite sensor is routinely calibrated, and thus the coefficients provided by DigitalGlobe (in the metadata files) are unique to each image. The conversion was conducted in ENVI (Environment for Visualizing Images) image analysis software provided by Harris Geospatial Solutions (http://www.harrisgeospatial.com/ProductsandTechnology/Software/ENVI.aspx). Completeness Report WorldView-2 satellite imagery was acquired for nearshore waters along the coast of Timor-Leste from Jan 26 2010 to Aug 10, 2014. Complete coverage of the coastline with WorldView-2 satellite images was achieved. However, some images contain areas of high water column turbidity, clouds, whitewater, etc. that were masked out of the analyses due to a lack of reliable imagery of the seafloor for those areas. Multiple overlapping images of some portions of the shoreline enabled sections of different images to be extracted and used to patch holes in other images in some cases, in a process known as "cloud patching." This process enabled more complete coverage to be developed for the depths and/or habitats. Conceptual Consistency Pre-processing of all WorldView-2 satellite images was performed using the same methods to georeference, convert the digital numbers, mask out areas, and remove sun glint. The image catalog is stored as an ESRI file geodatabase (not available) and serves two purposes: 1) it is an inventory of all the satellite images purchased by NOAA for each region of interest (ROI) in Timor-Leste, and 2) it contains features associated with the images, including the ROI, the boundary extent of the available images within each ROI, and the footprints of each image (exported as shapefiles and publicly accessible). Within GIS, the footprints can be used to quickly identify the image files that fall within a geographic area of interest. Furthermore, the inventory (extracted from the footprints shapefile) provides metadata for the imagery, and also indicates if the images were georeferenced and used to derive depths or habitat classes. Source Contribution: The methods to process and use the WorldView-2 satellite imagery for Timor-leste are described in Appendix C and Chapter 5, and findings/results are summarized in Chapter 2. PIFSC. 2017. Interdisciplinary baseline ecosystem assessment surveys to inform ecosystem-based management planning in Timor-Leste: Final Report. NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC Special Publication, SP-17-02, 234p. 2017-06-21 publication Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC https://doi.org/10.7289/V5/SP-PIFSC-17-002 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information otherRestrictions otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None | Use Constraints: None