Fledermaus Scene combining three 150-meter bathymetry grids from U.S. Geological Survey cruises 02051, 03008 and 03032 surveyed in 2002 and 2003 in the region of the Puerto Rico Trench

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Title:
Fledermaus Scene combining three 150-meter bathymetry grids from U.S. Geological Survey cruises 02051, 03008 and 03032 surveyed in 2002 and 2003 in the region of the Puerto Rico Trench
Abstract:
In 2002 and 2003, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC), in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), conducted three exploration cruises (USGS Cruise 02051, NOAA RB0208, September 24 to 30, 2002; USGS Cruise 03008, NOAA RB0303, February 18 to March 7, 2003 and USGS Cruise 03032, NOAA RB0305, August 28 to September 4, 2003). These cruises mapped for the first time the morphology of this entire tectonic plate boundary stretching from the Dominican Republic in the west to the Lesser Antilles in the east, a distance of approximately 700 kilometers (430 miles). Observations from these three exploration cruises, coupled with computer modeling and published Global Positioning System (GPS) results and earthquake focal mechanisms have provided new information that is changing the evaluation of the seismic and tsunami hazard from this plate boundary. The observations collected during these cruises also contributed to the basic understanding of the mechanisms that govern plate tectonics, in this case, the creation of the island of Puerto Rico and the deep trench north of it. Results of the sea floor mapping have been an important component of the study of tsunami and earthquake hazards to the northeastern Caribbean and the U.S. Atlantic coast off the United States. For additional information on the cruises see:
<http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/operations/ia/public_ds_info.php?fa=2002-051-FA>
<http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/operations/ia/public_ds_info.php?fa=2002-051-FA>
<http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/operations/ia/public_ds_info.php?fa=2002-051-FA>
  1. How should this data set be cited?

    U.S. Geological Survey, 2013, Fledermaus Scene combining three 150-meter bathymetry grids from U.S. Geological Survey cruises 02051, 03008 and 03032 surveyed in 2002 and 2003 in the region of the Puerto Rico Trench: Open-File Report 2006-1210, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA.

    Online Links:

    This is part of the following larger work.

    Brink, Uri ten , Danforth, William W. , and Polloni, Christopher F. , 2013, Final report and archive of the swath bathymetry and ancillary data collected in the Puerto Rico Trench region in 2002 and 2003: Open-File Report 2006-1210, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA.

    Online Links:

    Other_Citation_Details:
    suggested citation: ten Brink, U., Danforth, W.W., and Polloni, C.F., 2013, Final report and archive of the swath bathymetry and ancillary data collected in the Puerto Rico Trench region in 2002 and 2003: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1210, available online at <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1210/>.

  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.557758
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -61.662441
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 20.658342
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 16.722954

  3. What does it look like?

  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

    Beginning_Date: 24-Sep-2002
    Ending_Date: 04-Sep-2003
    Currentness_Reference:
    Ground condition for three individual cruises (02051, 03008, 03032). The respective cruise dates were: 20020924 to 20020930, 20030218 to 20030307, and 20030828 to 20030904.

  5. What is the general form of this data set?

    Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data

  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?

    1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?

      This is a Raster data set. It contains the following raster data types:

      • Dimensions 2775 x 6976 x 1, type Grid Cell

    2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?

      Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator
      Universal_Transverse_Mercator:
      UTM_Zone_Number: 19
      Transverse_Mercator:
      Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600
      Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -69.000000
      Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000
      False_Easting: 500000.000000
      False_Northing: 0.000000

      Planar coordinates are encoded using row and column
      Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 150.021783
      Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 150.021783
      Planar coordinates are specified in meters

      The horizontal datum used is D_WGS_1984.
      The ellipsoid used is WGS_1984.
      The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.0.
      The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.25722356300003.

      Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
      Depth_System_Definition:
      Depth_Datum_Name: Mean sea level
      Depth_Resolution: 0.1
      Depth_Distance_Units: meters
      Depth_Encoding_Method: Explicit depth coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

Who produced the data set?

  1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)

  2. Who also contributed to the data set?

  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?

    Chris Polloni
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Information Technology Specialist
    384 Woods Hole Road
    Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598
    USA

    (508) 548-8700 x2280 (voice)
    (508) 457-2310 (FAX)
    cpolloni@usgs.gov

    Hours_of_Service: 8:00AM to 5:00PM

Why was the data set created?

This Fledermaus scene file combines three bathymetric surface to provide a 3D perspective view of data collected from USGS Cruises 03032, 03008 and 02051in the Puerto Rico Trench region.

How was the data set created?

  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?

    SeaBeam (source 1 of 1)
    U.S. Geological Survey, Unpublished Material, Multibeam bathymetric survey data collected by USGS in the Puerto Rico trench area, 2003.

    Type_of_Source_Media: disc
    Source_Contribution: NGDC Etopo1 database

  2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?

    Date: 2009 (process 1 of 2)
    The Etopo1 database at NOAA was accessed using the Design-a-Grid ( <http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/gdas/gd_designagrid.html> ) selecting bounds at 30N, 5N, 100W, 50W and 1 minute cell size resulting in a 3001 col by 1501 row grid which was download as a ASCII raster with an Arc header.

    Person who carried out this activity:

    William Danforth
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Information Specialist
    384 Woods Hole Road
    Woods Hole, MA 02543-1589
    USA

    (508) 548-8700 x2274 (voice)
    (508) 457-2310 (FAX)
    bdanforth@usgs.gov

    Hours_of_Service: 9AM to 5PM; M- F
    Data sources produced in this process:
    • carib-8756.asc

    Date: Unknown (process 2 of 2)
    A combined.scene file was created by loading the three SD bathymetry grids into Fledermaus. The carib-8756.asc grid was imported with Fledermaus Ver 7, the Geo-Referencing tab was selected to convert the carib-8756 grid from wgs84 geographic to WGS 84 UTM zone 19N, then applied the Haxby.cmap color map, changed the carib-8756 grid display as a wireframe surface and saved all as a combined scene file.

    Person who carried out this activity:

    William Danforth
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Information Specialist
    384 Woods Hole Road
    Woods Hole, MA 02543-1589
    USA

    (508) 548-8700 x2274 (voice)
    (508) 457-2310 (FAX)
    bdanforth@usgs.gov

    Hours_of_Service: 9AM to 5PM; M- F
    Data sources used in this process:
    • fledermaus object files

    Data sources produced in this process:

    • combined.scene

  3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?

    Brink, Uri ten , Danforth, William, Polloni, Christopher F. , Parker, Castle Eugene , Uozumi, Toshihiko, and Williams, Glynn F. , 2005, 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: Open-File Report 2004-1400, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA.

    Online Links:

    Brink, Uri ten , Worley, Charles R. , Smith, Lt. Shep , Stepka, Thomas, and Williams, Glynn F. , 2006, Project PROBE Leg I - Report and Archive of Multibeam Bathymetry and Acoustic Backscatter, CTD/XBT and GPS Navigation Data Collected During USGS Cruise 02051 (NOAA Cruise RB0208) Puerto Rico Trench, September 24, 2002 to September 30, 2002.: Open-File Report 2005-1066, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA.

    Online Links:

How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?

  1. How well have the observations been checked?

  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?

    These data were navigated with Differential Global Positioning Systems (DGPS) and a P-code receiver. These systems have an estimated horizontal accuracy of to +/- 3 meters horizontally.

  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?

    These data have been corrected for vessel motion (roll, pitch, heave, yaw) and referenced to local sea level (no tide correction). The theoretical vertical resolution of the SeaBeam 2112 multibeam echosounder is 1 % of water depth, approximately 40 - 80 meters within the study area.

  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?

    All collected data were processed and used to produce this dataset.

  5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?

    No additional checks for consistency were performed on this data.

How can someone get a copy of the data set?

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?

Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
Not to be used for navigation. 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) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as the source of this information.

  1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)

    Uri ten Brink
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Research Geologist
    384 Woods Hole Road
    Woods Hole, MA 02543-1589
    USA

    (508) 548-8700 x2396 (voice)
    (508) 457-2310 (FAX)
    utenbrink@usgs.gov

    Hours_of_Service: 8AM to 5 PM; M-F
  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?

    Downloadable Data: Open-File Report 2006-1210: raster grid

  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

    Neither the U.S. Government, the Department of the Interior, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), nor any of their employees, contractors, or subcontractors, make any warranty, express or implied, nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, nor represent that its use would not infringe on privately owned rights. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

  4. How can I download or order the data?

  5. What hardware or software do I need in order to use the data set?

    These data are available in Fledermaus scene format. The user must have software capable of importing and processing the data.

Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:
Last modified: 24-May-2012
Metadata author:
U.S. Geological Survey
c/o Chris Polloni
Information Technology Specialist
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598
USA

(508) 548-8700 x2280 (voice)
(508) 457-2310 (FAX)
cpolloni@usgs.gov

Hours_of_Service: 8:00AM to 5:00PM; M-F
Metadata standard:
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)
Metadata extensions used:

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