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Data Series 1032


Coastal Bathymetry Data Collected in 2013 from the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana

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Abbreviations

ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
BASE Bathymetry Based on Statistical Error
BIM Barrier Island Mapping
BIER Barrier Island Evolution Research
cm centimeter
CUBE Combined Uncertainty and Bathymetry Estimator
dB decibels
DEM Digital Elevation Model
DGPS Differential Global Positioning System
Esri Environmental Systems Research Institute
FACS Field Activity Collection System
FAN Field Activity Number
FGDC Federal Geographic Data Committee
ft foot
GEOID9 Geoid model of 2009
GIS Geographic Information System
GPS Global Positioning System
HIPS Hydrographic Information Processing System
HP High precision
html Hypertext Markup Language
Hz Hertz
IFB Interferometric Bathymetry
Inc. Incorporated
IMU Inertial Measurement Unit
ITRF00 International Terrestrial Reference Frame 2000
ITRF05 International Terrestrial Reference Frame 2005
JPEG (or jpg) Joint Photographic Experts Group
KB kilobyte
kHz kilohertz
km kilometer
Lidar Light Detection and Ranging
Ltd. Limited
m meter
MB megabyte
MHz megahertz
MLLW Mean Lower Low Water
mm millimeters
ms millisecond
N North
NAD83 North American Datum 1983
NAIP National Agriculture Imagery Program
NAVD88 North American Vertical Datum 1988
NGS National Geodetic Survey
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
OPUS On-Line Positioning User Service
PDF (or pdf) Portable Document Format
ppm parts per million
PWCPersonal Water Craft
RTK Real Time Kinematic
RMS Root Mean Square
R/V Research Vessel
s second
SBB Single-Beam Bathymetry
SEA Systems Engineering and Assessment
SIPS Sonar Information Processing System
SOS Speed of Sound
SPCMSC Saint Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
SVP Sound Velocity Profile
SVS Sound Velocity Sensor
sxp SEA Ltd. Swath Processor Processed File
sxr SEA Ltd. Swath Processor Raw File
sxs SEA Ltd. Swath Processor Session File
TIFF (or TIF) Tagged Image File Format
TIN Triangulated Irregular Network
USGS United States Geological Survey
UTC Coordinated Universal Time
UTM Universal Transverse Mercator
WGS84 World Geodetic System 1984
XML (or xml) Extensible Markup Language

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