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U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1040

Continuous Resistivity Profiling Data From Great South Bay, Long Island, New York


Acronyms and Abbreviations

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AGI Advanced Geosciences, Inc. (Austin, Texas)
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
CRP continuous resistivity profiling
DEP file extension for the AGI file format containing depth and temperature information (when available)
DGPS Differential Global Positioning System
DVD digital versatile disc
FAQ frequently asked questions
FGDC Federal Geographic Data Committee
FIIS Fire Island National Seashore
GeoTIFF Georeferenced Tagged Image Format File
GIS geographic information system
GPS Global Positioning System; also a file extension for navigation acquired with the AGI system
HTML HyperText Markup Language
INI file extension for the text file containing the AGI EarthImager 2D processing parameters for the CRP data
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
LLT file extension for the AGI format file containing the latitude, longitude, and resistivity values of the processed CRP data
MLM Marine Log Manager
NAD83 North American Datum of 1983
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NPS National Park Service
PDF Portable Document Format
R/V research vessel
SGD submarine groundwater discharge
STG file extension for the AGI SuperSting resistivity data format
TIFF Tagged Image Format File
USB Universal Serial Bus
USGS U.S. Geological Survey
UTM Universal Transverse Mercator
WGS84 World Geodetic System of 1984
WHCMSC Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
WRES portion of a filename indicating the presence of a water resistivity value (in ohm-meters)
XML Extensible Markup Language

 


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