NOAA Medium Resolution Coastline

Metadata:

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

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service

Publication_Date: 2000

Title: NOAA Medium Resolution Coastline

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Other_Citation_Details:

A portion of the coastline was extracted and used in the "Larger Work".

Online_Linkage: <URL: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/shorelines/shorelines.html>

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Butman, Bradford

Originator: Danforth, W.W.

Originator: Knowles, S.C.

Originator: May, Brian

Originator: Serrett, Laurie

Publication_Date: 2002

Title:

Sea Floor Topography and Backscatter Intensity of the Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS), Offshore of New York, Based on Multibeam Surveys Conducted in 1996, 1998, and 2000

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:

Maps, remote sensing imagery, tabular digital data, and raster and vector digital data

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open File Report

Issue_Identification: OFR00-503

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, VA

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: <URL: https://pubs.usgs.gov/openfile/of00-503>

Description:

Abstract:

This data set includes coastline from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) medium resolution coastline.

Purpose:

The purpose of this project is to map the surficial geology of the sea floor of Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS) and changes in surficial characteristics over time. This GIS project presents multibeam and other data in a digital format for analysis and display by scientists, policy makers, managers and the general public.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1996

Ending_Date: 2000

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: none planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.00137

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.973206

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.010079

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.499798

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: Geographic Information Systems

Theme_Keyword: GIS

Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Field Center

Theme_Keyword: WHFC

Theme_Keyword: United States Geological Survey

Theme_Keyword: USGS

Theme_Keyword: Simrad Subsea EM1000

Theme_Keyword: Frederick G. CREED

Theme_Keyword: Sea Floor Mapping

Theme_Keyword: Multibeam Echo Sounder

Theme_Keyword: Multibeam

Theme_Keyword: Topographic data

Theme_Keyword: Sea floor topography

Theme_Keyword: Bathymetry

Theme_Keyword: Backscatter intensity

Theme_Keyword: Sea floor geology

Theme_Keyword: Surficial geology

Theme_Keyword: Dredged material

Theme_Keyword: Dredged material management

Theme_Keyword: Ocean disposal

Theme_Keyword: Remediation

Theme_Keyword: Contaminated sediments

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Place_Keyword: New York

Place_Keyword: New York Harbor

Place_Keyword: NY

Place_Keyword: New Jersey

Place_Keyword: NJ

Place_Keyword: Mud Disposal Site

Place_Keyword: MDS

Place_Keyword: Historic Area Remediation Site

Place_Keyword: HARS

Place_Keyword: Primary Remediation Area

Place_Keyword: New York Bight

Place_Keyword: Mid-Atlantic Bight

Place_Keyword: Exclusive Economic Zone

Place_Keyword: EEZ

Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean

Place_Keyword: Ocean

Place_Keyword: HARS Buffer Zone

Place_Keyword: Historic Area Remediation Site Buffer Zone

Access_Constraints:

These data were prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, make any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed in this report, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference therein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. Any views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. Although all data have been used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials.

Use_Constraints:

These data were prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of employees, make any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed in this report, or represents that its use would not infringe privately rights. Reference therein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. Any views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. Although all data have been used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Brad Butman

Contact_Organization: United States Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Oceanographer

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508.457.2212

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508.457.2309

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bbutman@usgs.gov

Data_Set_Credit:

Interpretation by Bradford Butman, data processing by William W. Danforth and Laurie Serrett, metadata written by Tammie J. Middleton

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcView 3.2

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Unknown

Logical_Consistency_Report: These data are considered to be logically consistent.

Completeness_Report: These data are known to be complete.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Unknown

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Unknown

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: May, B.

Publication_Date: 1999

Title: Coastline Extractor

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Series_Information:

Series_Name: World Data Center for Marine Geology & Geophysics

Issue_Identification: Shoreline / Coastline Databases

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Boulder, CO

Publisher: NESDIS National Geophysical Data Center

Other_Citation_Details:

NOAA's Medium Resolution Digital Vector Shoreline is a high-quality, Geographic Information System-ready, general-use digital vector data set created by the Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA) Division of NOAA's Office of Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment. Compiled from hundreds of NOAA coast charts, this product comprises over 75,000 nautical miles of coastline (nearly 2.5 million vertices), representing the entire conterminous United States of America. Alaska, the Hawaiian Islands, Puerto Rico, and all other interests and territories of the United States are not included in the collection.

Online_Linkage: <URL: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/shorelines/shorelines.html>

Type_of_Source_Media: online

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 19960000

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NOAA

Source_Contribution:

The source contributed the database from which we extracted data for the section of coastline we were interested in.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The section of coastline used in this data set was extracted from NOAA's Medium Resolution Shoreline using Cosatline Extractor at <URL: https://rimmer.ngdc.noaa.gov/coast/getcoast.html> The extracted coastline was then imported into ESRI Arcview software package.

Process_Date: 1999

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 973

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.000089992

Longitude_Resolution: 0.000089992

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927

Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866

Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.400000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.978698

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: coast.shp

Entity_Type_Definition: Arcview shapefile

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: polygon

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: type of feature geometry

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Arcview

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AREA

Attribute_Definition: Area contained in polygons

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 1.489

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Decimal degrees squared

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PERIMETER

Attribute_Definition: length of feature perimeter

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 19.58

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COASTCOV_

Attribute_Definition: Arcview generated polygon identification

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 2

Range_Domain_Maximum: 974

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Sequential numbers

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COASTCOV_I

Attribute_Definition: Arcview generated polygon identification

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1

Range_Domain_Maximum: 978

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: sequential numbers

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STATE_NAME

Attribute_Definition: State polygon identification

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: CT

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Connecticut

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Arcview

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: LI

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Long Island

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Arcview

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: MA

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Massachusetts

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Arcview

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: NJ

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: New Jersey

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Arcview

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: NY

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: New York

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Arcview

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: RI

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Rhode Island

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Arcview

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Bradford Butman

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Oceanographer

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: Massachusetts

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508.548.8700x2212

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508.457.2309

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bbutman@usgs.gov

Hours_of_Service: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST

Distribution_Liability:

These data were prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, make any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed in this report, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference therein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. Any views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. Although all data have been used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Information Services

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: Box 25286 Denver Federal Center

City: Denver

State_or_Province: Colorado

Postal_Code: 80225-0046

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303.202.4700

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303.202.4188

Hours_of_Service: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mountain Time

Distribution_Liability:

These data were prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, make any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed in this report, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference therein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. Any views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. Although all data have been used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20011019

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Brad Butman

Contact_Organization: United States Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Oceanographer

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508.548.8700x2212

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508.457.2309

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bbutman@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time