SCCWRP Pilot Project 1994

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Southern California Coastal Water Resources Project

Publication_Date: 1998

Title: SCCWRP Pilot Project 1994

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Digital vector data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Westminster, CA

Publisher: Southern California Coastal Water Resources Project

Online_Linkage: <http://www.sccwrp.org>

Description:

Abstract: See <http://www.sccwrp.org>

Purpose: See <http://www.sccwrp.org>

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1994

Currentness_Reference: Publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -120.41465

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -117.16117

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.45845

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 32.54267

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: Oceans and Estuaries

Theme_Keyword: Location

Theme_Keyword: GeoscientificInformation

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:

NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keyword. Version 5.3.3

Theme_Keyword: Marine Sediment

Theme_Keyword: Sedimentary Textures

Theme_Keyword: Sedimentary Composition

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System

Place_Keyword: California

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: Cite SCCWRP as the originators of the data.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Larry Cooper

Contact_Organization:

Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP)

Contact_Position: Information Manager

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 7171 Fenwick Lane

City: Westminster

State_or_Province: California

Postal_Code: 92683

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (714) 894-2222

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (714) 894-9699

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: larryc@sccwrp.org

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday Through Friday

Contact_Instructions: E-mail preferred

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: SCCWRP94

Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Sample locations with land for reference

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: .jpg

Data_Set_Credit:

For usSEABED, Hali Kilbourne (USGS) concatenated the different datasets together based on sample name and location. Formatting corrections by Jane Reid (USGS) and Chris Jenkins (University of Colorado)

Native_Data_Set_Environment: paste here

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report: See original metadata at <http://www.sccwrp.org/data/>

Logical_Consistency_Report: The tables may be related by the StationID field

Completeness_Report: Available chemical data not included in usSEABED.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Navigation by handheld Magellan GPS, usually accurate within 100 feet. See original metadata.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Accurate to 0.1 meters

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

For collection and analytical information, see original metadata provided at <http://www.sccwrp.org/data/1994_pilot_project.html> For usSEABED, data provided by Larry Cooper, SCCWRP, were concatenated together based on sample name and location by K. Halimeda Kilbourne (USGS), formatted, and processed through the dbSEABED processing software.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: SCCWRP Pilot Project 94

Process_Date: 1999

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: SCCWRP94

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Larry Cooper

Contact_Organization: SCCWRP

Contact_Position: Information Manager

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 7171 Fenwick Lane

City: Westminster

State_or_Province: California

Postal_Code: 92683

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (714) 894-2222

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (714) 894-9699

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: larryc@sccwrp.org

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday Through Friday

Contact_Instructions: E-mail preferred

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 260

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.00001

Longitude_Resolution: 0.00001

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodedic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Those interested in these data should see the original metadata <http://www.sccwrp.org/data/1994_pilot_project.html>.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: See <http://www.sccwrp.org/data/1994_pilot_project.html>

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Larry Cooper

Contact_Organization: SCCWRP

Contact_Position: Information manager

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 7171 Fenwick Lane

City: Westminster

State_or_Province: California

Postal_Code: 92683

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (714) 894-2222

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (714) 894-9699

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: larryc@sccwrp.org

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday Through Friday

Contact_Instructions: E-mail preferred

Resource_Description:

1994 SCCWRP Pilot Project station nominal locations and statistical values, fish abundance and biomass, infaunal abundance, invertebrate abundance and biomass, and sediment chemistry.

Distribution_Liability:

Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at SCCWRP, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It is strongly recommended that these data are directly acquired from a SCCWRP server, and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data. SCCWRP shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. Although this dataset has been used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data. Users of the data should be aware of limitations of the data due to possible imprecision due to navigational inaccuracies and limitations of the statistical data.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 2005

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Person: Jane A. Reid

Contact_Position: Geologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Physical and mail

Address: 400 Natural Bridges Drive

City: Santa Cruz

State_or_Province: CA

Postal_Code: 95060

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-427-4727

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jareid@usgs.gov

Contact_Instructions: email preferred

Metadata_Standard_Name: CSDGM Version 2

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Access_Constraints: None

Metadata_Use_Constraints:

Metadata was written by a user of the data. Any information contained in the physical report is authoritative and supersedes any information given here.