CLRHSHD_POTO_GEO.TIF: Color-hillshade relief GeoTIFF image of the Potomac River/Chesapeake Bay Area (Geographic, NAD83)

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: VeeAnn A. Cross
Publication_Date: 2010
Title:
CLRHSHD_POTO_GEO.TIF: Color-hillshade relief GeoTIFF image of the Potomac River/Chesapeake Bay Area (Geographic, NAD83)
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2009-1151
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Online_Linkage:
<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1151/data/basemap/clrhshd_poto_geo.zip>
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1151/html/catalog.html>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: VeeAnn A. Cross
Originator: David S. Foster
Originator: John F. Bratton
Publication_Date: 2010
Title:
Continuous Resistivity Profiling and Seismic-Reflection Data Collected in 2006 from the Potomac River Estuary, Virginia and Maryland
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2009-1151
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1151/>
Description:
Abstract:
In order to test hypotheses about groundwater flow under and into Chesapeake Bay, geophysical surveys were conducted by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists on Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River Estuary in September 2006. Chesapeake Bay resource managers are concerned about nutrients that are entering the estuary via submarine groundwater discharge, which are contributing to eutrophication. The USGS has performed many related studies in recent years to provide managers with information necessary to make informed decisions about this issue. The research carried out as part of the study described here was designed to help refine nutrient budgets for Chesapeake Bay by characterizing submarine groundwater flow and discharge of groundwater beneath part of the mainstem and a major tributary, the Potomac River Estuary.
Purpose:
The purpose of this dataset is to provide the color-hillshade relief image of the Potomac area in GeoTIFF format (Geographic, NAD83) that can be viewed by a variety of software programs.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Multiple_Dates/Times:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1998
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1999
Currentness_Reference:
Publication data of the original datasets used to general the elevation grid from which this was derived.
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -77.387222
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.604370
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.729651
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.706801
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 Coastal and Marine Science Center
Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC
Theme_Keyword: Info Bank ID K-1-06-CH
Theme_Keyword: bathymetry
Theme_Keyword: NOAA's Ocean Service, Special Projects
Theme_Keyword: hydrographic survey
Theme_Keyword: estuary
Theme_Keyword: estuarine bathymetry
Theme_Keyword: elevation
Theme_Keyword: digital elevation model
Theme_Keyword: DEM
Theme_Keyword: raster
Theme_Keyword: National Elevation Dataset
Theme_Keyword: NED
Theme_Keyword: color-hillshade relief
Theme_Keyword: GeoTIFF
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme_Keyword: oceans and estuaries
Theme_Keyword: oceans and coastal
Theme_Keyword: imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Place_Keyword: North America
Place_Keyword: North Atlantic
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: Virginia
Place_Keyword: Potomac River Estuary
Place_Keyword: Chesapeake Bay
Place_Keyword: Maryland
Access_Constraints: None.
Use_Constraints:
The public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Ocean Service (NOS) as the originators of the individual datasets. These data are not to be used for navigation.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Marine Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2251
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1151/data/basemap/clr_hshd.gif>
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
Thumbnail image of the color-hillshade relief image from the Potomac River Estuary area.
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:
Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Special Projects (SP)
Publication_Date: 1998
Title:
Chesapeake Bay, VA/MD (M130) Bathymetric Digital Elevation Model (30 meter resolution) Derived From Source Hydrographic Survey Soundings Collected by NOAA
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Silver Spring, MD
Publisher: NOAA's Ocean Service, Special Projects (SP)
Online_Linkage: <http://estuarinebathymetry.noaa.gov/>
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), EROS Data Center
Publication_Date: 1999
Title: National Elevation Dataset
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Sioux Falls, SD
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: <http://ned.usgs.gov/>
Online_Linkage: <http://seamless.usgs.gov/>
Data_Quality_Information:
Completeness_Report:
This dataset represents the complete elevation information for the area of interest in GeoTIFF format.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
This GeoTIFF is a combination of two dataset that provide the best-available data for the land elevations and the bathymetry of Chesapeake Bay. The 7.5-minute elevation data for the conterminous United States are the primary initial source data for the land elevation and were acquired from the National Elevation Dataset (NED). The bathymetry dataset was acquired from the NOAA estuarine bathymetry website. This dataset was derived from two hundred ninety-seven surveys dating from 1850 to 1993. The NED website does not specify any value for horizontal accuracy. According to the metadata accompanying the bathymetry dataset, the horizontal accuracy is expressed as an estimated root mean square error (RMSE). The estimate of the RMSE is based upon horizontal accuracy tests of the source soundings used to generate the DEM. As a first approximation the locational accuracy of the source soundings are 0.0015 m at source "Smooth Sheet" scale (120 m @ 1:80,000 to 15 m @ 1:10,000). Smooth Sheets are maps generated as a principle product of each (historic) hydrographic survey with fully corrected soundings plotted on them. In both cases the user needs to refer to the original datasets to establish the details of the data and their estimates of accuracy.
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
The metadata accompanying the NED dataset does not specify a vertical accuracy. However, the website indicates the vertical accuracy of the National Elevation Dataset (NED) varies spatially because of the variable quality of the source digital elevation models (DEMs). As such, the NED inherits the accuracy of the source DEMs. The most recently published figure of overall absolute vertical accuracy expressed as the root mean square error (RMSE) is 2.44 meters. The estuarine bathymetry metadata indicates the vertical RMSE statistic is used to describe the vertical accuracy of a DEM. It encompasses both random and systematic errors introduced during production of the data. The RMSE is encoded in element number 5 of record C of the DEM. This accuracy estimate includes components related to quantization of the source soundings (1.3 to 0.15 m), the systematic editing of the source data (1percent or 0.10m), un-sampled bathymetric features (estimated at less than 5 percent of depth), time related changes (erosion, deposition, and seismic shifts), and dredging operations (cut and fill). It is estimated that the accuracy of the Bathymetric DEMs is 2 percent of depth or 1 meter for depths grater than 20 meters and 2 percent of depth or 0.20 meters for depths shallower than 20 meters. THESE DEMs SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR NAVIGATION. The two datasets used to create this merged product are referenced to different vertical datums. The NED data use a vertical datum of NAVD88 while the estuarine data simply specifies the vertical datum as referenced to the local tidal datum at the time of the hydrographic survey. No adjustment was made to the individual datasets to attempt to eliminate this discrepancy. The user needs to refer to the original datasets to establish the details of the data and their estimates of accuracy.
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Within ArcMap 9.2 a special legend was created for the poto_area elevation grid. The grid intervals were set using VACExtras version 2.1 - Raster - Legend Classifier. (VACExtras is an extension written and maintained in Woods Hole, MA for a collection of tools useful in ArcGIS). Once the legend intervals were established, colors at critical intervals were chosen and then these colors were ramped over the entire grid within the symbology window of the dataset.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: poto_area
Process_Date: 2009
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: poto_area
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Marine Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2251
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
VACExtras 2.1 (within ArcMap 9.2) was then used to export this specialized color map to a text file in Fledermaus RGB format (Raster - Export Fledermaus Color Legend).
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: poto_area
Process_Date: 2009
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: arcgiscolor.txt
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Marine Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2251
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
An AWK script was written to reformat this text file into a format compatible with a GMT RGB ASCII color map.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: arcgiscolor.txt
Process_Date: 2009
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: tst.cpt
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Marine Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2251
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The combined elevation grid (poto_area: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1151/data/basemap/elevation/poto_area.zip>) was loaded into Mirone, version 1.5.0. Mirone is a MATLAB-based framework tool that allows the display and manipulation of a large number of grid format. This particular version is a stand-alone version intended to run under Windows (not requiring MATLAB). Mirone is capable of reading an ArcGIS binary grid. With the grid loaded, the newly generated ASCII color map was also loaded (Image - Color Palettes - Change Palette - File - Read GMT Palette - As Master).
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: poto_area
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: tst.cpt
Process_Date: 2009
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Marine Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2251
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Using Mirone - Image - Illuminate - GMT grdgradient - option 1 (which is the GMT grdgradient classic), setting the Azimuth to 315 - the falsely colored grid is converted to a color-hillshade. This display was then exported as a GeoTIFF image using File - Save Image As - GeoTIFF. The option to "Preserve Image original size" was selected.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: poto_area
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: tst.cpt
Process_Date: 2009
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: clrhshd_poto.tif
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Marine Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2251
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
GeoTIFFExamine was then used to open the GeoTIFF to verify the header information and to write a TIFF world file including this information.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: clrhshd_poto.tif
Process_Date: 2009
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: clrhshd_poto.tfw
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Marine Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2251
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The UTM, Zone 18, NAD83 color-hillshade relief TIFF image was projected to Geographic, NAD83. This was accomplished in ArcCatalog (v. 9.2) using ArcToolbox - Data Management Tools - Projections and Transformations - Raster - Project Raster. The parameters were as follows: Input raster: clrhshd_poto.tif; input coordinate system automatically supplied as NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_18N; output raster: clrhshd_poto_geo.tif; output coordinate system: GCS_North_American_1983; no geographic transformation; resampling technique: bilinear; output cell size left to default (0.00027); no registrations points supplied.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: clrhshd_poto.tif
Process_Date: 2009
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: clrhshd_poto_geo.tif
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
GeoTIFFExamine was then used to open the GeoTIFF to verify the header information and to write a TIFF world file including this information.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: clrhshd_poto_geo.tif
Process_Date: 2009
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: clrhshd_poto_geo.tfw
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The GeoTIFF resulting from the projection of the UTM image to geographic was a 16-bit TIFF image that is not readable by all software. To address this issue, the image was loaded into ArcMap 9.2 and by right-mouse clicking on the image - selected Data Export. The Extend and Spatial Reference are left at the default (Raster Dataset Original), but the Output Raster is set to Use Renderer which automatically checks Force RGB. The Cell Size is left as the default. The resulting image is an 8-bit TIFF 6.0 tiled image.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: clrhshd_poto_geo.tif
Process_Date: 2009
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: clrhshd_poto_geo_tmp.tif
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Not all software is capable of reading tiled TIFF images, so the image was loaded into CorelPhotoPaint version 11 and saved as TIFF with no compression. This had the effect of converting the image from a tiled TIFF to a non-tiled TIFF.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: clrhshd_poto_geo_tmp.tif
Process_Date: 2009
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: clrhshd_poto_geo_tmp.tif
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The image saved from CorelPhotoPaint has no georeferencing information in the header. The file was renamed to the original filename (overwriting the existing file). Then GeoTIFFExamine was used to copy the TIFF world file information from the TFW file into the header of the TIFF image, making the image a GeoTIFF.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: clrhshd_poto_geo_tmp.tif
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: clrhshd_poto_geo.tfw
Process_Date: 2009
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: clrhshd_poto_geo.tif
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
For maximum compatibility and ease of use with ArcMap 9.2 and higher, the image was loaded into ArcMap 9.2. The projection of the image was defined using ArcToolbox - Data management Tools - Projections and Transformations - Define Projection. The coordinate system selected was GCS_North_American_1983. Even though the image is a GeoTIFF and there is a world file, this additional step produces an AUX file with all the projection information that is easily read by ArcMap.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: clrhshd_poto_geo.tif
Process_Date: 2009
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: clrhshd_poto_geo.aux
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster
Raster_Object_Information:
Raster_Object_Type: Pixel
Row_Count: 3702
Column_Count: 5144
Vertical_Count: 1
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution: 0.000270
Longitude_Resolution: 0.000270
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
Planar:
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: row and column
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000270
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000270
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
The reprojection of the original UTM TIFF image to geographic leaves a black border around the image. This black border represents NODATA areas.
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Marine Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2251
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov
Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
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. 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:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: WinZip
Format_Version_Number: 9.0
Format_Information_Content:
This WinZip file contains the color-hillshade relief GeoTIFF image, the TIFF world file, and the associated metadata files.
Transfer_Size: 47.3 MB
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name:
<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1151/data/basemap/clrhshd_poto_geo.zip>
Fees: None.
Technical_Prerequisites:
This WinZip contains a GeoTIFF image and an accompanying world file. The user must have software capable of uncompressing the WinZip file. To simply view the image, any software capable of reading a TIFF file is sufficient. To view the image in its geospatial location, the user must have software that is either capable of reading the header information in the GeoTIFF, or alternatively reading the registration information in the TIFF world file.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20091113
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Marine Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2251
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@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_Extensions:
Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>
Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
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