Geophysical Surveys of Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho, September, 2002 - Bathymetry (5m contours)

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: U.S. Geological Survey

Publication_Date: 2003

Title:

Geophysical Surveys of Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho, September, 2002 - Bathymetry (5m contours)

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Vector Data

Description:

Abstract:

Bear Lake is a tectonic lake that has existed for at least several hundred thousand years. The lake basin is a relatively simple half graben, a spoon-shaped depression tilted toward the main fault on the east side of the lake. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with researchers from several universities, has been studying the sediments of Bear Lake since 1996. The general purpose of this effort is to reconstruct past limnological conditions and regional climate on a range of timescales, from hundreds of years to hundreds of thousands of years. This research relates to a variety of human concerns, including water usage in the Bear River basin. Past work has included several coring operations, a seismic-reflection survey, sediment-trap deployments, a barge-mounted drilling operation with the GLAD800 drill rig, and a variety of other studies. The objectives of the September, 2002 operations, preliminarily reported here, were (1) to compile a detailed bathymetric map of the lake using swath-mapping techniques, in order to provide baseline data for a variety of applications and studies, and (2) to complete a sidescan-sonar survey of the lake, providing a nearly complete acoustic image of the lake floor. Limited amounts of subbottom acoustic-reflection data (chrip) were also collected, along with samples of lake-floor sediments representative of different kinds of backscatter patterns. These surveys followed an earlier subbottom acoustic-reflection survey (1997), using boomer and 3.5 kHz systems (S. M. Colman, unpublished data).

Purpose:

The bathymetric contours will be used as a reference for depth information within Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho. No bathymetric surveys have been conducted in the Lake since the 1970's. This dataset represents the most up-to-date bathymetric information for the area.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20020904

Ending_Date: 20020916

Currentness_Reference: Publication Date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -111.5

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -111.17

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.2

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.08

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Theme_Keyword: bathymetry

Theme_Keyword: swath bathymetry

Theme_Keyword: interferometry

Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey

Theme_Keyword: USGS

Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Theme_Keyword: CMGP

Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Field Center

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Bear Lake

Place_Keyword: Utah

Place_Keyword: Idaho

Place_Keyword: Western Lakes

Place_Keyword: North America

Place_Keyword: United States

Access_Constraints: None.

Use_Constraints:

Bathymetry is not to be used for navigational purposes. The USGS asks to be referenced in any use of these data.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Jane F. Denny

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-457-2311

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jdenny@usgs.gov

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

These data are internally consistent; all data were acquired with an SEA 2000 Series Submetrix interferometric sonar.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

These data are were checked for consistency by plotting the point data with the contoured surface and eliminating suprious and anomolous soundings.

Completeness_Report: These data are complete.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

All navigation data were acquired using the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS), a GPS-based navigation and landing system providing precision guidance to aircraft. Horizontal accuracy of the WAAS network is assumed to be accurate < 3 meters.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Vertical accuracy is dependant on the navigation system. All navigation data were acquired using the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS), a GPS-based navigation and landing system providing precision guidance to aircraft. The Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) is assumed to have a vertical accuracy of +/- 5 meters. All ship motion was recorded by a TSS DMS 2-05 Attitude Sensor.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Bathymetric data were corrected for variations in the speed of sound throughout the water column; sound velocity profiles were acquired at locations throughout the lake and throughout the survey period. Attitude sensor and compass information were incorporated into the header of the bathymetric data files using the SEA RTS2000 acquiistion and processing system. The resultant data files were imported into SEA GRID2000 program and gridded to a 10 meter grid cell size.

Process_Date: 20020916

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Jane F. Denny

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-457-2311

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jdenny@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The SEA GRID2000 file was then exported as x,y,z. The weighgrid command within the University of New Brunswick, Ocean Mapping Group, SwathEd software was used to interpolate the data to fill in between line data gaps. An interpolation of 300 meter radius was used.

Process_Date: 20020916

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Jane F. Denny

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-457-2311

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jdenny@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The grid file was then converted to an ASCII Raster file and imported to ESRI ArcView 3.2.

Process_Date: 20020916

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Jane F. Denny

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-457-2311

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jdenny@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Contour data were generated from the bathymetric grid within ArcView. However, in contouring the grid within ArcView, grid artifacts were carried over into the contour data, The grid artifacts are primarily a result of interpolating between line data gaps to generate a continuous surface. Smoothing the contours and further hand editting (based on non-interpolated bathymetric soundings) generated a reasonable contour map. The final contour interval was chosen as five meter.

Process_Date: 20020916

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Jane F. Denny

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-457-2311

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jdenny@usgs.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.000089992

Longitude_Resolution: 0.000089992

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: decimal degrees

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: bathy_5m.shp

Entity_Type_Definition: ESRI ArcView 3.2 shapefile

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature Geometry

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: point

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: feature geometry name

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Arcview

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Length

Attribute_Definition: feature geometry

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: vector

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: feature geometry name

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Arcview

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ID

Attribute_Definition: Internal Feature ID

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: point

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: internal feature id

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Depth_m_

Attribute_Definition: Contour Interval Labels

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -65

Range_Domain_Maximum: -5

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Contour

Attribute_Definition:

Contour Interval Labels Lables with an 'a' signify vectors that were editted by hand. The 'a' is a way to distinguish hand editted vectors.

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -65

Range_Domain_Maximum: -5

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Jane F. Denny

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-457-2311

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jdenny@usgs.gov

Resource_Description: Bathymetric Contours (5 meter interval)

Distribution_Liability:

Altough this data set and its lineage 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 it's related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no resposibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related items. Users must assume resposibility for the proper use of this data. This data should not be used at resolutions for which it is not intended. This data has no been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards, or the North American Strigraphic code. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the US Government.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20020119

Metadata_Review_Date: 2002

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Jane F. Denny

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 384 Woods Hole Road

City: Woods Hole

State_or_Province: MA

Postal_Code: 02543

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-457-2311

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jdenny@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Access_Constraints: None

Metadata_Use_Constraints: None