H11079_GEO_1MRSSS.TIF: Enhanced 1-meter Composite Grayscale Image of the Sidescan-Sonar Data From National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Survey H11079 of the Sea Floor in Great Round Shoal Channel, Offshore Massachusetts (Geographic)

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Metadata:

Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Originator: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Publication_Date: 2008
Title:
H11079_GEO_1MRSSS.TIF: Enhanced 1-meter Composite Grayscale Image of the Sidescan-Sonar Data From National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Survey H11079 of the Sea Floor in Great Round Shoal Channel, Offshore Massachusetts (Geographic)
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: remote-sensing image
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2008-1196
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Online_Linkage:
<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1196/data/sidescan/h11079/geo/h11079_geo_1mrsss.zip>
Online_Linkage:
<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1196/data/sidescan/h11079/geo/h11079_geo_1mrsss.tif>
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1196/html/catalog.html>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: L.J. Poppe
Originator: K.Y. McMullen
Originator: S.J. Williams
Originator: S.D. Ackerman
Originator: K.A. Glomb
Originator: N.A. Forfinski
Publication_Date: 2008
Title:
Enhanced Sidescan-Sonar Imagery Offshore of Southeastern Massachusetts
Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2008-1196
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Other_Citation_Details: 1 CD-ROM
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1196/>
Description:
Abstract:
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (MA CZM), is producing detailed geologic maps of the coastal sea floor. Sidescan-sonar imagery, originally collected by NOAA for charting purposes, provide a fundamental framework for research and management activities along this part of the Massachusetts coastline, show the composition and terrain of the seabed, and provide information on sediment transport and benthic habitat. While acceptable for charting purposes, the original data contained numerous tonal artifacts due to environmental conditions (such as sea state), variable system settings (such as gain changes), attitude variations in the flight path of the towfish, or processing (such as lack of line to line normalization). Many of these artifacts have now been removed by enhancing the imagery to provide a more continuous grayscale GeoTIFF that enhances the true backscatter character and trends of the sea floor.
Purpose:
To release an enhanced GeoTIFF image of the 1-meter, 455-kHz sidescan-sonar data generated during NOAA survey H11079 in Great Round Shoal Channel, offshore Massachusetts, in a geographic coordinate system.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20040826
Ending_Date: 20041102
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -69.926485
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -69.772680
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.438571
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.397068
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Science Center
Theme_Keyword: Sidescan Sonar
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: WHSC
Theme_Keyword: Klein 5000
Theme_Keyword: NOAA Survey H11079
Theme_Keyword: H11079
Theme_Keyword: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Theme_Keyword: NOAA
Theme_Keyword: GeoTIFF
Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report 2008-1196
Theme_Keyword: grayscale image
Theme_Keyword: backscatter
Theme_Keyword: Enhanced Imagery
Theme_Keyword: OFR2008-1196
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: oceans and estuaries
Theme_Keyword: oceans and coastal
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Theme_Keyword: imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Place_Keyword: Massachusetts
Place_Keyword: Nantucket Sound
Place_Keyword: Cape Cod
Place_Keyword: U.S. East Coast
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: North America
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
Place_Keyword: Great Round Shoal Channel
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 information.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Larry Poppe
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: 02543-1598
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2314
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov
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Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
Thumbnail image showing the sidescan sonar imagery produced from data collected during NOAA survey H11079
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.2.1350
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Publication_Date: 2007
Title:
Sea-Floor Character and Sedimentary Processes of Great Round Shoal Channel, Offshore Massachusetts
Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2007-1138
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Other_Citation_Details: 1 DVD-ROM
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1138/>
Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report:
All image enhancements were performed in a logical and consistent manner.
Completeness_Report:
The complete existing sidescan-sonar mosaic was evaluated and where necessary enhanced to produce this dataset.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Navigation was by differential GPS
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: L.J. Poppe
Originator: S.D. Ackerman
Originator: D.S. Foster
Originator: D.S. Blackwood
Originator: S.J. Williams
Originator: M.S. Moser
Originator: H.F. Stewart
Originator: K.A. Glomb
Publication_Date: 2007
Title:
Sea-floor character and sedimentary processes of Great Round Shoal Channel, offshore Massachusetts
Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2007-1138
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Other_Citation_Details: 1 DVD-ROM
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1138/>
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: Poppe and others, 2007
Source_Contribution:
The sidescan-sonar data acquired with a Klein 5000 echosounder deployed from the NOAA ship Thomas Jefferson during NOAA survey H11079 that were grayscale inverted and reprojected into geographic coordinates.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Adjacent lines that were of an unnatural and abruptly different tone were adjusted by tracing the perimeter of the line with the Polygon Lasso Tool and then matching tones to the adjacent lines with the shadow, mid-tone, and highlight input sliders in the Levels dialog box of Adobe Photoshop 7.0. Lines that were too light (based on comparisons with adjacent lines and with the verification data) were darkened; lines that were to dark were lightened.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: h11079_1mutm19_sss.tif
Process_Date: 2008
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h11079_utm19_1mrsss.tif
Process_Contact:
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: 02543-1598
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2314
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The UTM sidescan-sonar image was projected from UTM Zone 19 NAD83 to geographic WGS 84 using transformation 1 and resampling technique set to bilinear in ArcGIS 9.2 with the ArcToolbox Project Raster Tool.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: h11079_utm19_1mrsss.tif
Process_Date: 2008
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h11079_geo_1msssrp1.tif
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Kate McMullen
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Field and Laboratory Technician
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2277
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Within ArcMap 9.2, the Data-Export option (Use Renderer and square boxes checked; cell size set to default; TIFF format specified) was used to convert the 16-bit TIFF to an 8-bit TIFF image.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: h11079_geo_1msssrp1.tif
Process_Date: 2008
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h11079_geo_1msssrp.tif
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Kate McMullen
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Field and Laboratory 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:
PhotoShop CS2 was used to convert the black border to white with the Paint Bucket tool.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: h11079_geo_1msssrp.tif
Process_Date: 2008
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h11079_geo_1msssrp.tif
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Kate McMullen
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Field and Laboratory Technician
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2277
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description: The TIFF was converted into a GeoTIFF using GeoTiffExamine.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: h11079_geo_1msssrp.tif
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: h11079_geo_1msssrp.tfw
Process_Date: 2008
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h11079_geo_1mrsss.tif
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Kate McMullen
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Field and Laboratory Technician
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2277
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov
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Row_Count: 4617
Column_Count: 17110
Vertical_Count: 1
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Longitude_Resolution: 0.000009
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
Planar:
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Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984
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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
An enhanced continuous-coverage sidescan-sonar image of NOAA survey H11079 in geographic.
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: 02543-1598
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2314
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
Distribution_Liability:
This dataset has been approved for release and publication by the USGS. Although it has been subjected to rigorous review and is substantially complete, the USGS reserves the right to revise the data pursuant to further analysis and review. Furthermore, it is released on condition that 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.

Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
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Format_Name: TIFF
Format_Specification: GeoTIFF
Format_Information_Content:
The GeoTIFF image (h11079_geo_1mrsss.tif), world file, browse graphic, and associated metadata.
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Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
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Network_Resource_Name: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1196/html/catalog.html>
Access_Instructions: Data are downloadable via the World Wide Web (WWW).
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Recording_Capacity:
Recording_Density: 640
Recording_Density_Units: Mbytes
Recording_Format: ISO9660
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: 2008
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Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
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Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2314
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
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Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Access_Constraints: None
Metadata_Use_Constraints: None
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Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
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