H11310_WGS84: 1-m Bathymetric ArcRaster Grid of NOAA Survey H11310 in Central Narragansett Bay in Geographic

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 2007
Title:
H11310_WGS84: 1-m Bathymetric ArcRaster Grid of NOAA Survey H11310 in Central Narragansett Bay in Geographic
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2006-1199
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Online_Linkage:
<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1199/data/bathymetry/geo/h11310_wgs84_grid/h11310_wgs84_grid.zip>
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1199/html/catalog.html>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: K.Y. McMullen
Originator: L.J. Poppe
Originator: R.P. Signell
Originator: J.F. Denny
Originator: J.M. Crocker
Originator: A.L. Beaver
Originator: P.T. Schattgen
Publication_Date: 2007
Title:
Surficial Geology in Central Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island: Interpretations of Sidescan Sonar and Multibeam Bathymetry
Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2006-1199
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1199/>
Description:
Abstract:
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is working cooperatively with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) to interpret the surficial geology in estuaries along the coast of the northeastern United States. The purpose of our present study is to interpret the distributions of surficial sediments and sedimentary environments in an area of Narragansett Bay using sidescan sonar imagery, high-resolution bathymetry, and sediment data. The mosaic and bathymetry presented herein covers an area of the sea floor in central Narragansett Bay. The mosaic, bathymetry, and their interpretations serve many purposes, including: (1) defining the geological variability of the sea floor, which is one of the primary controls of benthic habitat diversity; (2) improving our understanding of the processes that control the distribution and transport of bottom sediments and the distribution of benthic habitats and associated infaunal community structures; and (3) providing a detailed framework for future research, monitoring, and management activities. The sidescan sonar mosaics and bathymetry images also serve as base maps for subsequent sedimentological, geochemical, and biological observations, because precise information on environmental setting is important for selection of sampling sites and for accurate interpretations of point measurements.
Purpose:
To release a geographic version of the 1-m bathymetry ArcRaster grid generated from NOAA survey H11310 in Central Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2004
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.422673
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.285084
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.594775
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.523984
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Theme_Keyword: NOAA
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Science Center
Theme_Keyword: NOAA Ship RUDE
Theme_Keyword: bathymetry
Theme_Keyword: Survey H11310
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: WHSC
Theme_Keyword: depth
Theme_Keyword: multibeam bathymetry
Theme_Keyword: ArcRaster Grid
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Place_Keyword: North America
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
Place_Keyword: Rhode Island
Place_Keyword: Narragansett Bay
Place_Keyword: U.S. East Coast
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
Data are not for navigation purposes. Public domain data are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Katherine McMullen
Contact_Position: Sediment Lab Technician
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) 548-8700 x2277
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name:
<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1199/data/bathymetry/geo/h11310_wgs84_grid/h11310_wgs84.gif>
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
Overview of 1-m bathymetric grid of NOAA survey H11310 in geographic
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF
Data_Set_Credit:
Please acknowledge NOAA and the NOAA Ship RUDE as the originators of the data from which this data set was derived.
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535
Data_Quality_Information:
Completeness_Report:
All collected data were processed and used to produce the dataset.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Navigation was by differential GPS
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Title: H11310_1m_UTM19NAD83.txt
Edition: 1.0
Type_of_Source_Media: DVD-ROM
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2004
Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: H11310_1m_UTM19NAD83.txt
Source_Contribution: Original processed shallow-water multibeam bathymetric data
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The multibeam data for this survey were acquired in XTF (extended Triton data format) and recorded digitally through an ISIS data acquisition system. Once digitally recorded, the XTF data were processed using CARIS HIPS/SIPS software to quality control the data and to incorporate sound velocity and tidal corrections. Data were gridded to 1 m; vertical datum is mean lower low water.
Process_Date: 2004
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: H11310_1m_UTM19NAD83.txt
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Atlantic Hydrographic Branch, NOAA
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 439 West York Street
City: Norfolk
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 23510
Country: USA
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The original multibeam data sets, which are in ASCII comma-delimited text, were transformed into a GeoTIFF representation to read easily into ArcGIS programs. A geographic grid was interpolated from the UTM grid using bilinear interpolation.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: H11310_1m_UTM19NAD83.txt
Process_Date: 2006
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: kate_1m_geo.tif
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Richard Signell
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) 548-8700 x2229
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rsignell@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Depths were multiplied by -1 to reflect position below sea level using ArcGIS raster calculator, data was exported as a grid.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: kate_1m_geo.tif
Process_Date: 2006
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h11310_wgs84
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Katherine McMullen
Contact_Position: Sediment Lab Technician
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) 548-8700 x2277
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster
Raster_Object_Information:
Raster_Object_Type: Grid Cell
Row_Count: 6311
Column_Count: 12266
Vertical_Count: 1
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
Planar:
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: row and column
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000011
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000011
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984
Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224
Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Depth_System_Definition:
Depth_Datum_Name: Mean lower low water
Depth_Distance_Units: meters
Depth_Encoding_Method: Explicit depth coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Larry Poppe
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) 548-8700 x2314
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov
Resource_Description:
Downloadable Data: 1-m bathymetric grid from NOAA survey H11310 in geographic
Distribution_Liability:
Although this data set has been used by the USGS and NOAA, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS or NOAA 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 or NOAA in the use of these data or related materials.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ESRI Raster Grid
Format_Specification: Raster
Format_Information_Content:
One file containing the ArcInfo grid file components and metadata
File_Decompression_Technique: zip archive
Transfer_Size: 296.321
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name:
<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1199/data/bathymetry/geo/h11310_wgs84_grid/h11310_wgs84_grid.zip>
Network_Resource_Name: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1199/html/catalog.html>
Access_Instructions: Data are downloadable via the World Wide Web (WWW).
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: DVD
Fees: None
Technical_Prerequisites:
The user must have a program similar to ArcGIS that is capable of reading and processing the data files.
Available_Time_Period:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2007
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20061114
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Katherine McMullen
Contact_Position: Sediment Lab Technician
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) 548-8700 x2277
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Access_Constraints: None
Metadata_Use_Constraints: None
Metadata_Extensions:
Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>
Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
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