Project PROBE Leg II - Final Report and Archive of Swath Bathymetric Sonar, CTD/XBT and GPS Navigation Data Collected During USGS Cruise 03008 (NOAA Cruise RB0303) Puerto Rico Trench 18 February - 7 March, 2003
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-file Report
Issue_Identification: 2004-1400
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Science Center
The Puerto Rico trench is a tectonic plate boundary where the North American plate slides by and descends under the Caribbean plate. Although much of the trench lies within the U.S. EEZ, surprisingly few surveys have been conducted there during the past 25 years. This data set shows the tracklines (navigation path) of the U.S. Geological Survey science cruise that was conducted in the year 2003.
Purpose:
To show the navigation path used during the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) science cruise of the Puerto Rico trench area.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20030218
Ending_Date: 20030407
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -68.847110
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -62.607258
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 20.318027
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 18.739713
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: vector coordinates
Theme_Keyword: navigation
Theme_Keyword: trackline
Theme_Keyword: polyline shapefile
Theme_Keyword: NOAA Research Cruise RB0303
Theme_Keyword: USGS Science Cruise 03008
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: WHSC
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Science Center
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Theme_Keyword: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Place_Keyword: Puerto Rico
Place_Keyword: North America
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
Place_Keyword: Caribbean Sea
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
Public domain data from the U.S. government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S.Geological Survey and National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration as the source of this information.
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Data_Quality_Information:
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Publication_Date: Unpublished Material
Type_of_Source_Media: disc
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20030218
Ending_Date: 20030307
Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The navigation was received from the R/V Ron Brown GPS network during USGS cruise RONB02051 (NOAA RB0208), sent directly to the central storage system and logged each day to a spreadsheet file that was archived to a CD-ROM.
