H11446_SSS1M_UTM.TIF: Enhanced Grayscale GeoTIFF Image of the 1-m Sidescan-Sonar Data From National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Survey H11446 of the Sea Floor North of Orient Point, New York (UTM18, NAD83)

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Originator: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Publication_Date: 2011
Title:
H11446_SSS1M_UTM.TIF: Enhanced Grayscale GeoTIFF Image of the 1-m Sidescan-Sonar Data From National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Survey H11446 of the Sea Floor North of Orient Point, New York (UTM18, NAD83)
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: remote-sensing image
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2010-1100
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/2010/1100/data/sidescan/utm/h11446_sss1m_utm.zip>
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1100/html/catalog.html>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: K.Y. McMullen
Originator: L.J. Poppe
Originator: W.W. Danforth
Originator: D.S. Blackwood
Originator: J.D. Schaer
Originator: M.R. Guberski
Originator: D.A. Wood
Originator: E.F. Doran
Publication_Date: 2011
Title:
Surficial Geology of the Sea Floor in Long Island Sound Offshore of Orient Point, New York
Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2010-1100
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: CD-ROM
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1100/>
Description:
Abstract:
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 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 Long Island Sound, shows the composition and terrain of the seabed, and provides information on sediment transport and benthic habitat. Interpretive data layers were derived from the multibeam echo-sounder data and sidescan-sonar data collected north of Orient Point, New York. During April 2010, bottom photographs and surficial sediment data were acquired as part of a USGS ground-truth reconnaissance survey. For more information on the ground-truth survey see <http://quashnet.er.usgs.gov/data/2010/10010/>.
Purpose:
To release a GeoTIFF of the 1-m, 455-kHz sidescan-sonar data generated during NOAA survey H11446 in Long Island Sound, north of Orient Point, in UTM 18, NAD83 coordinate system.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20080922
Ending_Date: 20081021
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -72.330835
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -72.225052
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.176653
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.132569
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 5000
Theme_Keyword: NOAA Survey H11446
Theme_Keyword: H11446
Theme_Keyword: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Theme_Keyword: NOAA
Theme_Keyword: GeoTIFF
Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report 2010-1100
Theme_Keyword: OFR 2010-1100
Theme_Keyword: sidescan-sonar mosaic
Theme_Keyword: grayscale image
Theme_Keyword: backscatter
Theme_Keyword: enhanced
Theme_Keyword: Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
Theme_Keyword: CT DEP
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: New York
Place_Keyword: Orient Point
Place_Keyword: U.S. East Coast
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: North America
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
Place_Keyword: Long Island Sound
Place_Keyword: Long Island
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: Katherine 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
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<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1100/data/sidescan/utm/h11446_sss1m_utm.gif>
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
Thumbnail image showing the sidescan sonar imagery produced from data collected during NOAA survey H11446 in UTM
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: CDR P. Tod Schattgen
Publication_Date: 2008
Title: H11446
Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Descriptive Report
Issue_Identification: H11446
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Atlantic Hydrographic Branch, Norfolk, VA
Publisher:
National Ocean Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1100/pdf/H11446_DR.pdf>
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: L.J. Poppe
Originator: K.Y. McMullen
Originator: S.D. Ackerman
Originator: D.S. Blackwood
Originator: B.J. Irwin
Originator: J.D. Schaer
Originator: P.G. Lewit
Originator: E.F. Doran
Publication_Date: 2010
Title:
Sea-Floor Geology and Character Offshore of Rocky Point, New York
Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2010-1007
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: DVD
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1007/>
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: L.J. Poppe
Originator: R.S. Lewis
Originator: R.P. Signell
Originator: H.J. Knebel
Originator: M. Persaud
Originator: J.F. Denny
Originator: K.F. Parolski
Originator: M.L. DiGiacomo-Cohen
Publication_Date: 1999
Title:
Sidescan sonar image, surficial geologic interpretation, and bathymetry of the Long Island Sound sea floor off Roanoke Point, New York
Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Investigations Series Map
Issue_Identification: I-2692
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: 2 sheets, scale 1:15,000 and 1:20,000
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: K.Y. McMullen
Originator: L.J. Poppe
Originator: W.W. Danforth
Originator: D.S. Blackwood
Originator: J.D. Schaer
Originator: A.J. Ostapenko
Originator: K.A. Glomb
Originator: E.F. Doran
Publication_Date: 2010
Title:
Surficial Geology of the Sea Floor in Long Island Sound Offshore of Plum Island, New York
Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2010-1005
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: CD-ROM
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1005/>

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. CARIS SIPS was used to account for antenna offset corrections to position.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Type_of_Source_Media: DVD-ROM
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20080922
Ending_Date: 20081021
Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Source_Contribution:
Original sidescan-sonar data acquired with Klein 5000 echosounders during NOAA survey H11446 aboard a launch deployed from the NOAA ship Thomas Jefferson.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The sidescan-sonar data were acquired with Klein 5000 sidescan-sonar system hull mounted to a 29' aluminum launch deployed from the NOAA ship Thomas Jefferson. The system was set to sweep 100 m to either side of the launch tracks. The system has a vertical beam angle of 40 degrees and transmits 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 1-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 18 to produce the final enhanced image.
Process_Date: 2008
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h11446_SSS100_1mRes_mosaic_GeoTif.tif
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Contact_Person: Jasper Schaer
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: 757-441-6726
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jasper.schaer@noaa.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
World file of GeoTIFF was created using GeoTiff Examine then GeoTIFF image was converted to 8-bit grayscale from 8-bit RGB and the grayscale was inverted such that high backscatter is white and low backscatter is black. Data values were set from 0-254 and white background was set as 255. Used Photoshop CS2.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: H11446_SSS100_1mRes_Mosaic_GeoTif.tif
Process_Date: 2010
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: H11446_SSS100_1mRes_Mosaic_GeoTif.tfw
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: H11446_SSS100_1mRes_Mosaic_GeoTif_inv.tif
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Katherine 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:
Copied world file from H11446_SSS100_1mRes_Mosaic_GeoTif.tif and renamed as H11446_SSS100_1mRes_Mosaic_GeoTif_inv.tfw. Used GeoTiff Examine to add the georeferencing information to the header making H11446_SSS100_1mRes_Mosaic_GeoTif_inv.tif. a GeoTIFF.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: H11446_SSS100_1mRes_Mosaic_GeoTif.tfw
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: H11446_SSS100_1mRes_Mosaic_GeoTif_inv.tfw
Process_Date: 2010
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: H11446_SSS100_1mRes_Mosaic_GeoTif_inv.tif
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Katherine 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:
Renamed TIFF and associated files as h11446_sss1m_utm.tif in ArcCatalog 9.2.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: H11446_SSS100_1mRes_Mosaic_GeoTif_inv.tif
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: H11446_SSS100_1mRes_Mosaic_GeoTif_inv.tfw
Process_Date: 2010
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h11446_sss1m_utm.tif
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h11446_sss1m_utm.tfw
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Katherine 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_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Defined projection as UTM Zone 18, NAD83 in ArcCatalog 9.2 using Define Projection Tool.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: h11446_sss1m_utm.tif
Process_Date: 2010
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h11446_sss1m_utm.aux
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Katherine McMullen
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Field and Laboratory Techinican
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_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov
Time_of_Day: 15041900

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Row_Count: 4626
Column_Count: 8741
Vertical_Count: 1

Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Grid_Coordinate_System:
Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator
Universal_Transverse_Mercator:
UTM_Zone_Number: 18
Transverse_Mercator:
Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -75.000000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000
False_Easting: 500000.000000
False_Northing: 0.000000
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: row and column
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 1.000000
Ordinate_Resolution: 1.000000
Planar_Distance_Units: meters
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
A continuous-coverage sidescan sonar-image of NOAA survey H11446 in UTM. Data values in this grayscale image range from 0-254; a nodata value has been set to 255. There are a few places in the mosaic where sidescan coverage was not complete, and the data gaps do not have a value of 255.

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 the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (CT DEP), 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, NOAA, or CT DEP 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 (h11446_sss1m_utm.tif), world file, and browse graphic.
File_Decompression_Technique: zip archive
Transfer_Size: 5.6 MB
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
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<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1100/data/sidescan/utm/h11446_sss1m_utm.zip>
Network_Resource_Name: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1100/data/sidescan/utm/>
Network_Resource_Name: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1100/html/catalog.html>
Access_Instructions: Data are downloadable via the World Wide Web (WWW).
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: CD-ROM
Recording_Capacity:
Recording_Density: 640
Recording_Density_Units: Mbytes
Recording_Format: ISO9660
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: 2011

Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20101110
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Katherine 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
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