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 Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
This data set shows the location where a CTD (Conductivity -Temperature - Depth) device was used. CTD were determined while in the Caribbean Sea. The point location attributes are longitude, latitude, and date of placement in the water; this information was acquired during the U.S. Geological Survey Science Cruise 03008 in collaboration with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Research Cruise RB0303 from 18 February to 7 March 2003, Leg II of III. (Leg I and III: 20020924 to 20020930 and 20030828 to 20030904, respectively).
Purpose:
To derive sound velocity information used for sonar mapping calibration and to determine some water characteristics.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20030217
Ending_Date: 20030307
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -68.091670
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -68.091670
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 19.009730
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 19.009730
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: CTD
Theme_Keyword: Conductivity
Theme_Keyword: Seabird SBE-9+
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: location
Theme_Keyword: point shapefile
Theme_Keyword: USGS Cruise 03008
Theme_Keyword: NOAA Cruise RB0303
Theme_Keyword: NOAA
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Place_Keyword: North America
Place_Keyword: North Atlantic Ocean
Place_Keyword: Puerto Rico
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
Place_Keyword: Caribbean Sea
Place_Keyword: Puerto Rico Trench
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 (USGS) as the source of this information.
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800
Data_Quality_Information:
Completeness_Report: complete
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
The GPS was considered to have a horizontal accuracy of < 10 meters.
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The CTD data file was received from the R/V Ron Brown Oceanographic data network, sent directly to the central storage system and logged to a spreadsheet file.
Although this dataset has been used by the U.S. Geological Survey, 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.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ArcView shapefile
Format_Version_Number: 3.2
Format_Specification: ESRI polygon shapefile
Format_Information_Content:
The six files (ctd.dbf, ctd.prj, ctd.shp, ctd.shx, ctd_metadata.txt, and ctd.xml)
File_Decompression_Technique: zip
Transfer_Size: 7
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: DVD-ROM
Recording_Capacity:
Recording_Density: 4,700
Recording_Density_Units: Mbyte
Recording_Format: UDF
Compatibility_Information:
The user must have a computer system with a DVD-ROM available. To browse the information contained on this CD-ROM, the user must have a current WWW browser available. The user must also have software installed on their computer to unzip the archived file.
Fees: none
Technical_Prerequisites:
The data is available in Environmental Systems Research Institute, In. (ESRI) shapefile format. The user must have ArcView 3.x, ArcGIS 8.x or greater equivalents of either software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView/ArcGIS, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing data.
