H11322_1M_SSS_GEO.TIF: 1-m Sidescan-Sonar Image of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Survey H11322 in Western Rhode Island Sound (Geographic)

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• 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

Originator: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Publication_Date: 2009

Title:

H11322_1M_SSS_GEO.TIF: 1-m Sidescan-Sonar Image of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Survey H11322 in Western Rhode Island Sound (Geographic)

Edition: 1.0

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: remote-sensing image

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report

Issue_Identification: 2008-1181

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/2008/1181/data/sidescan/geo/h11322_1m_sss_geo/h11322_1m_sss_geo.zip>

Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1181/html/catalog.html>

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: K.Y. McMullen

Originator: L.J. Poppe

Originator: T.A. Haupt

Originator: J.M. Crocker

Publication_Date: 2009

Title:

Sidescan-Sonar Imagery and Surficial Geologic Interpretations of the Sea Floor in Western Rhode Island Sound

Edition: 1.0

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report

Issue_Identification: 2008-1181

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/2008/1181/>

Description:

Abstract:

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is working cooperatively with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to interpret the surficial geology in estuaries along the coast of the northeastern United States. The purpose of our present study is to define the sea floor morphology and sedimentary environments in an area of Rhode Island Sound using sidescan-sonar and bathymetric data collected aboard the NOAA Ship RUDE, as well as historic seismic records. 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 their 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 1-m per pixel GeoTIFF image of the completed sidescan-sonar mosaic collected as a component of the H11322 Survey in Rhode Island Sound in a Geographic coordinate system. Light tones represent relatively harder returns, higher backscatter, and generally coarser sediments. Dark tones represent relatively softer returns, lower backscatter, and generally finer grained sediments.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20040706

Ending_Date: 20040716

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.443862

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.318975

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.336383

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.246554

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey

Theme_Keyword: USGS

Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Theme_Keyword: CMGP

Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Science Center

Theme_Keyword: WHSC

Theme_Keyword: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Theme_Keyword: NOAA

Theme_Keyword: NOAA Ship RUDE

Theme_Keyword: GeoTIFF

Theme_Keyword: sidescan-sonar mosaic

Theme_Keyword: image

Theme_Keyword: gray-scale image

Theme_Keyword: backscatter

Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report 2008-1181

Theme_Keyword: OFR 2008-1181

Theme_Keyword: NOAA Survey H11322

Theme_Keyword: Klein 5500

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: oceans and estuaries

Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation

Theme_Keyword: imageryBaseMapsEarthCover

Theme_Keyword: oceans

Theme_Keyword: oceans and coastal

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Place_Keyword: Rhode Island Sound

Place_Keyword: Rhode Island

Place_Keyword: northeast United States

Place_Keyword: U.S. East Coast

Place_Keyword: United States

Place_Keyword: North America

Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean

Place_Keyword: North Atlantic Ocean

Place_Keyword: Point Judith

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

Public domain data 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 originators of this dataset.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Katherine McMullen

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

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:

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Browse_Graphic_File_Description:

Overview of sidescan-sonar mosaic of NOAA Survey H11322 in geographic

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.6.1500

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: W.W. Danforth

Publication_Date: 1997

Title:

Xsonar/ShowImage: A Complete System for Rapid Sidescan-Sonar Processing and Display

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report

Issue_Identification: 97-686

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: K.Y. McMullen

Originator: L.J. Poppe

Originator: E.R. Twomey

Originator: W.W. Danforth

Originator: T.A. Haupt

Originator: J.M. Crocker

Publication_Date: 2007

Title:

Sidescan-Sonar Imagery, Multibeam Bathymetry, and Surficial Geologic Interpretations of the Sea Floor in Rhode Island Sound, off Sakonnet Point, Rhode Island

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report

Issue_Identification: 2007-1150

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/2007/1150/>

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: K.Y. McMullen

Originator: L.J. Poppe

Originator: J.F. Denny

Originator: T.A. Haupt

Originator: J.M. Crocker

Publication_Date: 2008

Title:

Sidescan-Sonar Imagery and Surficial Geologic Interpretations of the Sea Floor in Central Rhode Island Sound

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report

Issue_Identification: 2007-1366

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/2007/1366/>

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Completeness_Report:

All collected data were processed and used to generate the digital mosaic.

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: raw sidescan-sonar data

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20040706

Ending_Date: 20040716

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: raw sidescan-sonar data

Source_Contribution:

Original sidescan-sonar data acquired during National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Survey H11322.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The data for this survey were acquired in XTF (extended Triton data format) using a high-resolution Klein 5500. The Klein 5500 tow fish emits five beams on each side of the ship track and transmits at 455 kHz. The sidescan-sonar data were digitally recorded in XTF format using an ISIS data acquisition software package.

Process_Date: 2004

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: XTF sidescan-sonar data

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:

All sidescan-sonar data were processed using USGS sidescan-sonar processing software packages XSonar and ShowImage. A median filtering routine was applied to the sidescan-sonar data to remove speckle noise. Sonar data were further processed to correct for slant-range and radiometric distortion inherent in the sonar data. Sonar data were corrected for layback. All processed data were mosaicked using XSonar, resulting in an enhanced, geographically correct, sidescan-sonar mosaic with 1 meter/pixel resolution. The composite mosaic was converted to a TIFF image using Adobe Photoshop CS2.

An associated TIFF world file was then created using GeoTiffExaminer

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: XTF sidescan-sonar data

Process_Date: 2008

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: mosaic2.tif

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: mosaic2.tfw

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Katherine McMullen

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 x2277

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Image was projected from UTM zone 19 WGS84 to geographic WGS84 with ArcToolbox Project Raster Tool using transformation 1 and nearest neighbor resampling technique. ArcGIS 9.2.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: mosaic2.tif

Process_Date: 2008

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h11322_1m_sss_geo.tif

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Katherine McMullen

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

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

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Geographic information from the world file was written into TIFF using GeoTiffExamine.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: h11322_1m_sss_geo.tif

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: h11322_1m_sss_geo.tfw

Process_Date: 2008

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h11322_1m_sss_geo.tif

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Katherine McMullen

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

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: Pixel

Row_Count: 9993

Column_Count: 13893

Vertical_Count: 1

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.000009

Longitude_Resolution: 0.000009

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984

Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224

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Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Lawrence 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 sidescan-sonar image of Survey H11322

Distribution_Liability:

Neither the U.S. Government, the Department of the Interior, nor the USGS, 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. 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: TIFF

Format_Specification: GeoTIFF

Format_Information_Content:

A zip file containing the GeoTIFF image, world file and accompanying metadata files.

File_Decompression_Technique: zip archive

Transfer_Size: 0.000

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

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Network_Resource_Name: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1181/html/catalog.html>

Access_Instructions: Data are downloadable via the World Wide Web (WWW).

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: DVD-ROM

Recording_Capacity:

Recording_Density: 4.75

Recording_Density_Units: Gbytes

Recording_Format: UDF

Fees: None

Technical_Prerequisites:

This image is available as a GeoTIFF image with an accompanying world file. To utilize this data, the user must have an image viewer, image processing or GIS software package capable of importing a GeoTIFF image.

Available_Time_Period:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2009

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20090116

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

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Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Access_Constraints: None

Metadata_Use_Constraints: None

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