Data Series 1070


Single-Beam Bathymetry Data Collected in 2015 From Grand Bay, Alabama-Mississippi

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Abstract
Introduction
Survey Overview
Data Acquisition
Data Processing
Error Analysis
Survey Products
Abbreviations
Selected References
 

Abbreviations

AL, Ala. Alabama
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
BASE Bathymetry based on statistical error
cm Centimeter
CTD Conductivity, temperature, depth
DEM Digital elevation model
DGPS Differential Global Positioning System
FACS Field Activity Collection System
FAN Field activity number
FGDC Federal Geographic Data Committee
GND NERR Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
GIS Geographic information system
GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System
GPS Global Positioning System
ha Hectare
HIPS Hydrographic Information Processing System
Hz Hertz
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
KB Kilobyte
kHz Kilohertz
km Kilometer
km2 Kilometer squared
m Meter
MB Megabyte
MLLW Mean Lower Low Water
MS, Miss. Mississippi
mm millimeter
ms Millisecond
m/s Meters/Second
N North
NNW North North West
NERR National Estuarine Research Reserve
NAD83 North American Datum 1983
NAD83 CORS96 North American Datum 1983, CORS96 Realization
NAVD88 North American Vertical Datum 1988
NGS National Geodetic Survey
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
OPUS On-Line Positioning User Service
PDF Portable Document Format
PPM Parts per million
QA/QC Quality assurance and quality control
RMS Root mean square
RV Research vessel
s Second
σ Standard deviation
SSIEES Sea-level and Storm Impacts on Estuarine Environments and Shorelines
SBB Single-Beam Bathymetry
SIPS Sonar Information Processing System
SOS Speed of sound
SPCMSC Saint Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
SVP Sound velocity profile
TIN Triangulated irregular network
USGS United States Geological Survey
UTC Coordinated Universal Time
UTM Universal Transverse Mercator
VA, Va. Virginia
WGS84 World Geodetic System 1984
X Easting
Y Northing
Z Elevation