SCCWRP Bight'98 Survey

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Metadata:

Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Southern California Coastal Water Resources Project
Publication_Date: 2000
Title: SCCWRP Bight'98 Survey
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 original metadata at <http://www.sccwrp.org/data/1998_bight_survey.html>
Purpose:
See original metadata at <http://www.sccwrp.org/data/1998_bight_survey.html>
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1998
Currentness_Reference: Publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -120.49462
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -116.63750
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.45900
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 31.75110
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: SCCWRP98
Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Sample locations with land for reference
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: .jpg
Data_Set_Credit:
For usSEABED, Jane Reid (USGS) concatenated the Station, Station Occupation, GrabEvent, and Grainsize datasets together based on sample name and location. Formatting corrections by Jane Reid (USGS) and Chris Jenkins (University of Colorado)
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Tkme: Another editor for formal metadata by Peter N. Schweitzer (U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA 22092), version 2.9.13, Microsoft Windows Version 5.1; Microsoft Word 2000 9.0
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
See original metadata at <http://www.sccwrp.org/data/1998_bight_survey.html>
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/1998_bight_survey.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 Bight98
Process_Date: 1999
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: SCCWRP Bight98
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: 1674
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.
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: See <http://www.sccwrp.org/data/1998_bight_survey.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:
Bight'98 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.

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