H11346_2MSSS_GEO.TIF: Enhanced Grayscale TIFF Image of the 2-m Sidescan-Sonar Data From National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Survey H11346 of the Sea Floor in the Vicinity of Edgartown Harbor, Massachusetts (Geographic, WGS84)

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Metadata:


Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Originator: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Publication_Date: 2009
Title:
H11346_2MSSS_GEO.TIF: Enhanced Grayscale TIFF Image of the 2-m Sidescan-Sonar Data From National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Survey H11346 of the Sea Floor in the Vicinity of Edgartown Harbor, Massachusetts (Geographic, WGS84)
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: remote-sensing image
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2009-1001
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place:
USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Other_Citation_Details: Also available on DVD-ROM
Online_Linkage:
<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1001/data/sidescan/geo/h11346_2msss_geo.zip>
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1001/data/sidescan/geo/>
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1001/html/catalog.html>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: L.J. Poppe
Originator: K.Y. McMullen
Originator: D.S. Foster
Originator: D.S. Blackwood
Originator: S.J. Williams
Originator: S.D. Ackerman
Originator: M.S. Moser
Originator: K.A. Glomb
Publication_Date: 2010
Title:
Geological Interpretation of the Sea Floor Offshore of Edgartown, Massachusetts
Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2009-1001
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place:
USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Other_Citation_Details: 1 DVD-ROM
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1001/>
Description:
Abstract:
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (MA CZM), is producing detailed geologic maps of the coastal sea floor. Imagery, originally collected by NOAA for charting purposes, provides a fundamental framework for research and management activities along this part of the Massachusetts coastline, shows the composition and terrain of the seabed, and provides information on sediment transport and benthic habitat. Interpretive data layers were derived from the combined single-beam and multibeam echo-sounder data and sidescan-sonar data collected in the vicinity of Edgartown Harbor, Massachusetts. During August 2008 seismic-reflection profiles (Boomer and Chirp) were acquired, and during September 2008 bottom photographs and surficial sediment data were acquired as part of two ground-truth reconnaissance surveys.
Purpose:
To release a GeoTIFF of the 2-m, 455-kHz sidescan-sonar data generated during NOAA survey H11346 in the vicinity of Edgartown Harbor, in a geographic, WGS84 coordinate system.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20040814
Ending_Date: 20040927
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.557519
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.426798
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.458650
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.370250
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Theme_Keyword: Sidescan Sonar
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC
Theme_Keyword: Klein T-5000
Theme_Keyword: NOAA Survey H11346
Theme_Keyword: H11346
Theme_Keyword: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Theme_Keyword: NOAA
Theme_Keyword: GeoTIFF
Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report 2009-1001
Theme_Keyword: OFR 2009-1001
Theme_Keyword: sidescan-sonar mosaic
Theme_Keyword: grayscale image
Theme_Keyword: backscatter
Theme_Keyword: enhanced
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: oceans and estuaries
Theme_Keyword: oceans and coastal
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Theme_Keyword: imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Place_Keyword: Massachusetts
Place_Keyword: Edgartown Harbor
Place_Keyword: U.S. East Coast
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: North America
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
Place_Keyword: Edgartown
Place_Keyword: Martha's Vineyard
Place_Keyword: Nantucket Sound
Place_Keyword: Chappaquiddick Island
Place_Keyword: Cape Poge
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
Public domain data are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as the originators of this information.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Larry Poppe
Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2314
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name:
<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1001/data/sidescan/geo/h11346_2msss_geo.gif>
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
Thumbnail image showing the sidescan sonar imagery produced from data collected during NOAA survey H11346 in a geographic coordinate system
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.6.1500
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Poppe, L.J.
Originator: Ackerman, S.D.
Originator: Foster, D.S.
Originator: Blackwood, D.S.
Originator: Butman, B.
Originator: Moser, M.S.
Originator: Stewart, H.F.
Publication_Date: 2007
Title:
Sea-floor character and sedimentary processes of Quicks Hole, Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts
Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2006-1357
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1357/>
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Poppe, L.J.
Originator: Ackerman, S.D.
Originator: Foster, D.S.
Originator: Blackwood, D.S.
Originator: Williams, S.J.
Originator: Moser, M.S.
Originator: Stewart, H.F.
Originator: Glomb, K.A.
Publication_Date: 2007
Title:
Sea-floor character and sedimentary processes of Great Round Shoal Channel, offshore Massachusetts
Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2007-1138
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1138/>
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Poppe, L.J.
Originator: McMullen, K.Y.
Originator: Foster, D.S.
Originator: Blackwood, D.S.
Originator: Williams, S.J.
Originator: Ackerman, S.D.
Originator: Barnum, S.R.
Originator: Brennan, R.T.
Publication_Date: 2008
Title:
Sea-floor character and sedimentary processes in the vicinity of Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2008-1004
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Other_Citation_Details:
Poppe, L.J., McMullen, K.Y., Foster, D.S. Blackwood, D.S., Williams, S.J., Ackerman, S.D., Barnum, S.R., and Brennan, R.T.
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1004/>
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Emily B. Christman
Publication_Date: 2004
Title: H11346
Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Descriptive Report
Issue_Identification: H11346
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Atlantic Hydrographic Branch, Norfolk, VA
Publisher:
National Ocean Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Online_Linkage:
<http://surveys.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/NOS/coast/H10001-H12000/H11346/DR/H11346.pdf>

Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report:
No additional checks for consistency were performed on this data.
Completeness_Report:
All collected data were processed and used to produce this dataset.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Navigation was by differential GPS
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Type_of_Source_Media: DVD-ROM
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20040814
Ending_Date: 20040927
Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Source_Contribution:
Original sidescan-sonar data acquired with Klein T-5000 echosounders during NOAA survey H11346 aboard a launch deployed from the NOAA ship Thomas Jefferson.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The sidescan-sonar data were acquired with Klein T-5000 sidescan-sonar systems hull mounted to two 29' aluminum launches deployed from the NOAA ship Thomas Jefferson. The systems were set to sweep 100 m to either side of the launch tracks. The systems emitted port and starboard 50°-wide beams tilted down 20° from horizontal, and transmitted at 455 kHz. The data were acquired in XTF (extended Triton data format), recorded digitally through an ISIS data acquisition system, and processed using CARIS SIPS (Sidescan Image Processing) software for quality control, and to produce a composite sidescan-sonar image at 2-m horizontal resolution. As part of this process, the sidescan-sonar data were demultiplexed and filtered to remove speckle noise and to correct for slant-range distortions. Image 'shine through', to account for areas of overlap, and auto-contrast adjustment were applied. Contrast enhancement based on the dynamic range of the data was applied to the mosaic and it was then projected into UTM Zone 19 to produce the final enhanced image.
Process_Date: 2004
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h11346_sss_100_2m_utm19nad83.tif
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Contact_Person: Marc Moser
Contact_Position: Field Operations Officer
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 439 W. York Street
City: Norfolk
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 23510
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 757-441-6322
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: marc.s.moser@noaa.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The image was imported into Adobe Photoshop CS2 in order to convert the image from RGB to grayscale.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: h11346_sss_100_2m_utm19nad83.tif
Process_Date: 2008
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h11346_sss_100_2m_utm19nad83.tif
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Kate McMullen
Contact_Position: Field and Laboratory Technician
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2277
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
ArcToolbox define Projection Tool was used to define projection at UTM Zone 19 NAD83 in ArcGIS 9.2.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: h11346_sss_100_2m_utm19nad83.tif
Process_Date: 2008
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h11346_sss_100_2m_utm19nad83.tif
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Kate McMullen
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Field and Laboratory Technician
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2277
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The UTM sidescan-sonar image was projected from UTM Zone 19 NAD83 to geographic WGS 84 using transformation 1, bilinear resampling technique and default output cell size, in ArcGIS 9.2 with the ArcToolbox Project Raster Tool.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: h11346_sss_100_2m_utm19nad83.tif
Process_Date: 2008
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h11346_2msss_geo1.tif
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Kate McMullen
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Field and Laboratory Technician
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2277
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Within ArcGIS 9.2, the Data-Export option (Use Renderer and Square boxes checked; cell size set to default; TIFF format specified) was used to convert the 16-bit TIFF to an 8-bit TIFF image.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: h11346_2msss_geo1.tif
Process_Date: 2008
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h11346_2msss_geo2.tif
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Kate McMullen
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Field and Laboratory Technician
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2277
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description: GeoTiffExamine was used to create a world file (.tfw).
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: h11346_2msss_geo2.tif
Process_Date: 2008
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h11346_2msss_geo2.tfw
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Kate McMullen
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Field and Laboratory Technician
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2277
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
PhotoShop CS was used to convert the black border to white with the Paint Bucket tool and to correct tonal artifacts caused by improper cross-track normalization.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: h11346_2msss_geo2.tif
Process_Date: 2008
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h11346_2msss_geo.tif
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Kate McMullen
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Field and Laboratory Technician
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: USA
Country: 02543-1598
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2277
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description: The world file was renamed to match the name of the GeoTIFF.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: h11346_2msss_geo2.tfw
Process_Date: 2008
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h11346_2msss_geo.tfw
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Kate McMullen
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Field and Laboratory Technician
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2277
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
ArcToolbox define Projection Tool was used to define the projection as Geographic WGS84 in ArcGIS 9.2.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: h11346_2msss_geo.tif
Process_Date: 2008
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h11346_2msss_geo.tif
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Kate McMullen
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Field and Laboratory Technician
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2277
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov

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Raster_Object_Type: Pixel
Row_Count: 4917
Column_Count: 7271
Vertical_Count: 1

Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution: 0.000018
Longitude_Resolution: 0.000018
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984
Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
A continuous-coverage sidescan sonar-image of NOAA survey H11346 in geographic. Data values in this grayscale image range from 0-255; a nodata value has not been assigned.

Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Larry Poppe
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2314
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov
Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
Distribution_Liability:
Neither the U.S. Government, the Department of the Interior, nor the USGS, nor the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), nor any of their employees, contractors, or subcontractors, make any warranty, express or implied, nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, nor represent that its use would not infringe on privately owned rights. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS or NOAA in the use of these data or related materials. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
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Format_Name: TIFF
Format_Specification: GeoTIFF
Format_Information_Content:
The GeoTIFF image (h11346_2msss_geo_.tif), world file, and browse graphic.
File_Decompression_Technique: zip archive
Transfer_Size: 7.961
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
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<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1001/data/sidescan/geo/h11346_2msss_geo.zip>
Network_Resource_Name: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1001/data/sidescan/geo/>
Network_Resource_Name: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1001/html/catalog.html>
Access_Instructions: Data are downloadable via the World Wide Web (WWW).
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: DVD-ROM
Recording_Capacity:
Recording_Density: 4.75
Recording_Density_Units: Gbytes
Recording_Format: UDF
Fees: None
Technical_Prerequisites:
This image is available as a GeoTIFF image with an accompanying world file. To utilize this data, the user must have an image viewer, image processing or GIS software package capable of importing a GeoTIFF image. The user must have software capable of uncompressing archived zip files, such as WinZip or Pkware.
Available_Time_Period:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2009

Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20090831
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Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Larry Poppe
Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2314
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov
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Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Access_Constraints: None
Metadata_Use_Constraints: None
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