2010_015_997PHOTOGRAPHS.TXT: SEABOSS Images from Cruise 2010-015-FA in JPEG Format

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: L.J. Poppe
Publication_Date: 2011
Title:
2010_015_997PHOTOGRAPHS.TXT: SEABOSS Images from Cruise 2010-015-FA in JPEG Format
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2010-1150
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/2010/1150/data/botphotos/images/>
Online_Linkage:
<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1150/data/botphotos/images/full-res/2010_015full-res.zip>
Online_Linkage:
<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1150/data/botphotos/images/mid-res/2010_015mid-res.zip>
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1150/html/catalog.html>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: L.J. Poppe
Originator: K.Y. McMullen
Originator: S.D. Ackerman
Originator: D.S. Blackwood
Originator: J.D. Schaer
Originator: M.R. Forrest
Originator: A.J. Ostapenko
Originator: E.F. Doran
Publication_Date: 2011
Title:
Sea-Floor Geology and Topography Offshore in Eastern Long Island Sound
Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2010-1150
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: 1 DVD-ROM
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1150/>
Description:
Abstract:
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is producing detailed geologic maps of the coastal sea floor. Bathymetry and sidescan-sonar imagery, originally collected by NOAA for charting purposes, provides a fundamental framework for research and management activities in Long Island Sound, shows the composition and terrain of the seabed, and provides information on sediment transport and benthic habitat. During October 2008 NOAA completed hydrographic survey H11997 offshore in eastern Long Island Sound, and during May 2010 bottom photographs and surficial sediment data were acquired as part of a ground-truth reconnaissance survey of this area. Two interpretive data layers were derived from the multibeam echo-sounder and the ground-truth data used to verify them. For more information on the ground-truth survey see <http://quashnet.er.usgs.gov/data/2010/10015/>
Purpose:
The purpose of this dataset is to release the mid-resolution and full-resolution JPEG images of photographs and frame grabs of video of the sea floor acquired offshore in eastern Long Island Sound, with a mid-sized SEABOSS system during USGS survey 2010-015-FA conducted aboard the OSV Bold during May 24-28, 2010. These photographs can be used to provide information on surface geology, sedimentary processes, and habitats.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20100524
Ending_Date: 20100527
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -72.392933
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -72.150029
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.241927
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.149420
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC
Theme_Keyword: OSV BOLD
Theme_Keyword: bottom photographs
Theme_Keyword: stations
Theme_Keyword: sea floor
Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 2010-015-FA
Theme_Keyword: ground-truth
Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report 2010-1150
Theme_Keyword: OFR 2010-1150
Theme_Keyword: JPEG
Theme_Keyword: SEABOSS
Theme_Keyword: digital photo
Theme_Keyword: frame grabs
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: oceans and estuaries
Theme_Keyword: oceans and coastal
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Place_Keyword: North America
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
Place_Keyword: Long Island Sound
Place_Keyword: Connecticut
Place_Keyword: New York
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
Public domain data from the U.S. government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information.
Point_of_Contact:
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
Country: USA
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/2010/1150/data/botphotos/2010_015_997photographs.gif>
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
Thumbnail image showing location and extent of bottom photo locations offshore in eastern Long Island Sound
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: D.S. Blackwood
Originator: K.F. Parolski
Publication_Date: 2001
Title: Seabed observation and sampling system
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Sea Technology
Issue_Identification: February 2001, v. 44, no. 2
Publication_Information:
Publisher: Sea Technology
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: P.C. Valentine
Originator: D.S. Blackwood
Originator: K.F. Parolski
Publication_Date: 2002
Title: Seabed observation and sampling system
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Fact Sheet
Issue_Identification: 136-01
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs142-00/>

Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Completeness_Report:
All images of the sea floor collected within the study area offshore in eastern Long Island Sound, on cruise 2010-015-FA with the mid-sized SEABOSS system are included. Total station numbers range from 997-1 to 997-28. Frame grabs of video are supplied with the mid-res dataset; not all of the photos collected on the cruise were collected within the study area.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Contribution:
The mid-sized SEABOSS was designed and built at the USGS Woods Hole Science Center. This system is equipped with two video cameras, a still camera, and a van Veen grab sampler. This system, weighing approximately 185 lbs, can be used to depths up to 40 meters. The multi-conductor electrical cable is manually deployed. The system also has a 50 Watt/second flash unit powered by 8 AA batteries. Two battery-powered lasers are set 15 cm apart for scale measurements. The red laser dots can usually be seen in the video depending on the bottom type and the distance to the sea floor. A third battery powered laser is positioned at an angle so that when it intersects the other lasers, the mid-sized SEABOSS is at the optimum height off the bottom for a still photograph. The camera is set to a manual focus and set to a default focus distance once the camera is powered up. The default focus distance is slightly less than the optimum height above the seafloor to account for optical distortion under water.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The USGS mid-sized SEABOSS system was deployed to capture still photos and bottom video offshore in eastern Long Island Sound. This system was used to obtain video and 1 to 4 images at each station as the OSV Bold drifted over the seabed for 2 to 5 minutes. The video was collected with a Kongsberg Simrad model OE1365 video camera. The third laser on the system was set to an angle such that the optimum photograph height was 50 cm. The default focus on the camera was set to 50 cm. The imaged area is most often within .3 to 1 meter from left to right. Other camera settings are as follows: aperture is set at f/8; shutter speed is 1/250 second. A total of 70 acceptable still photographs of the sea floor, which were recorded on 35-mm film, were acquired at 25 stations within the study area with a Photosea 1000 stills camera. Although the images themselves have no georeferencing information, the navigation related to each photograph is available in an ESRI formatted shapefile: 2010_015_997botphotos.shp. This data can be downloaded from the following locations: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1150/data/botphotos/2010_015_997botphotos.zip>; <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1150/html/catalog.html>
Process_Date: 2010
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Dann Blackwood
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Photographer
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 x2227
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dblackwood@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Back ashore, the rolls of 35-mm film taken on the cruise within the study area were commercially developed and scanned to produce the digital images.
Process_Date: 2010
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Dann Blackwood
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Photographer
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02643
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2227
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dblackwood@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The original JPEG images were renamed from a sequential roll/shot filename to a filename reflecting station location. This was done for each individual file in Windows Explorer.
Process_Date: 2010
Process_Contact:
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: 02536
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2314
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Frame grabs of the 8-mm bottom video were taken using SnapzProX to acquire images of the sea floor at three stations where acceptable still photographs of the sea floor had not been collected (stations 997-4, 997-7, and 997-21). Frame grabs have "fg" inserted into their file names (e.g., 997-4a_fgmr.jpg) to differentiate them from the still photographs.
Process_Date: 2010
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Dann Blackwood
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Photographer
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2227
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dblackwood@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The full-resolution JPEG images (2560x1920 pixels) were downsampled using Photoshop CS to create JPEG images with 600 x 450 pixels. The filenames indicate the resolution. For instance, the full-resolution JPEG image - 997-8a_fr.jpg - was downsampled to produce mid-resolution JPEG image 997-8a_mr.jpg.
Process_Date: 2010
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Dann Blackwood
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Photographer
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2227
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dblackwood@usgs.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
Mid-res (75) and high-res (70) SEABOSS bottom photographs and frame grabs from the cruise 2010-015-FA in JPEG format. The five frame grabs from stations 997-4, 997-7, and 997-21 are provided in mid-res, but not high resolution versions. Frame grabs have "fg" inserted into their file names (e.g., 997-4a_fgmr.jpg) to differentiate them from the still photographs.

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
Country: USA
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 the 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:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: JPEG
File_Decompression_Technique: no compression applied
Transfer_Size: 207.6 MB
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name:
<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1150/data/botphotos/images/full-res/2010_015full-res.zip>
Network_Resource_Name:
<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1150/data/botphotos/images/mid-res/2010_015mid-res.zip>
Network_Resource_Name: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1150/html/catalog.html>
Network_Resource_Name:
<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1150/data/botphotos/images/mid-res/>
Network_Resource_Name:
<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1150/data/botphotos/images/full-res/>
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: DVD-ROM
Recording_Capacity:
Recording_Density: 4.75
Recording_Density_Units: Gbytes
Recording_Format: UDF
Fees: None.
Technical_Prerequisites:
These data are available as JPEG images. To utilize these data, the user must have an image viewer capable of opening JPEG images. The full-resolution images are 2560x1920 pixels; the medium resolution images are 600x450 pixels. Although a WinZip file of the full-resolution images is provided, it is large and individuals may want to download the images individually.
Available_Time_Period:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2011

Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20101019
Metadata_Contact:
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
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2314
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Access_Constraints: None
Metadata_Use_Constraints: None
Metadata_Extensions:
Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>
Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile

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