GAK_Q54.TIF - Gulf of Alaska U.S. EEZ GLORIA sidescan-sonar data mosaic (24 of 30) (LCC, 50 m, WGS84)
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- Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
- Publication_Date: 2011
- Title:
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GAK_Q54.TIF - Gulf of Alaska U.S. EEZ GLORIA sidescan-sonar data mosaic (24 of 30) (LCC, 50 m, WGS84)
- Edition: 1.0
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: remote-sensing image
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- Series_Name: Open-File Report
- Issue_Identification: 2010-1332
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Menlo Park, CA
- Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
- Online_Linkage:
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<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1332/gloria_data/gulf_of_alaska/gak_q54.zip>
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: Valerie F. Paskevich
- Originator: Florence L. Wong
- Originator: John J. O'Malley
- Originator: Andrew J. Stevenson
- Originator: Christina E. Gutmacher
- Publication_Date: 2011
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GLORIA Sidescan-Sonar Imagery for Parts of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone and Adjacent Areas.
- Edition: 1.0
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- Series_Name: Open-File Report
- Issue_Identification: 2010-1332
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- Publication_Place: Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Menlo Park, CA
- Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
- Online_Linkage: <https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1332/>
- Description:
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- Abstract:
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GLORIA data for the Gulf of Alaska Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) were acquired during five cruises over a four year period. The first cruise conducted in 1986 (F-1-86-GA) surveyed an area of the north-central mosaic area and covered an area of approximately 40,000 square kilometers (sq km). The second two cruises (F-8-88-AA, F-9-88-WG) were conducted in 1988. One of the 1988 cruises (F-8-88-AA) focused on a survey of the Aleutian Arc. The eastern most portion of that survey extended outside of the Aleutian Arc survey area and covered an area of approximately 52,000 square kilometers (sq km) of seafloor on the western edge of the Gulf of Alaska. The final two cruises (F-6-89-GA, F-7-89-EG) were completed in 1989. As in earlier EEZ reconnaissance surveys, the USGS utilized the GLORIA (Geological LOng-Range Inclined Asdic) sidescan-sonar system to complete the geologic mapping. The collected GLORIA data were processed and digitally mosaicked to produce continuous imagery of the seafloor. Thirty digital mosaics with a 50-meter pixel resolution were completed for the region.
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This remote sensing image of the seafloor is 24 of 30 mosaics created from GLORIA sidescan-sonar data covering the Gulf of Alaska.
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- Beginning_Date: 19860624, 19880706, 19880805, 19890516, 19890614
- Ending_Date: 19860703, 19880802, 19880831, 19890612, 19890710
- Currentness_Reference: ground condition
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- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -141.141297
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -137.704782
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 55.110197
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 52.884550
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- Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
- Theme_Keyword: USGS
- Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
- Theme_Keyword: CMGP
- Theme_Keyword: Western Coastal and Marine Geology
- Theme_Keyword: WCMG
- Theme_Keyword: Geological LOng-Range Inclined Asdic
- Theme_Keyword: GLORIA
- Theme_Keyword: GeoTIFF image
- Theme_Keyword: grey scale image
- Theme_Keyword: backscatter
- Theme_Keyword: acoustic reflectivity
- Theme_Keyword: marine geology
- Theme_Keyword: sidescan-sonar mosaic
- Theme_Keyword: Exclusive Economic Zone
- Theme_Keyword: EEZ
- Theme_Keyword: Infobank identifier F-8-88-AA
- Theme_Keyword: Infobank identifier F-1-86-GA
- Theme_Keyword: Infobank identifier F-6-89-GA
- Theme_Keyword: Infobank identifier F-7-89-EG
- Theme_Keyword: Infobank identifier F-9-88-WG
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
- Theme_Keyword: ACOUSTIC RECEIVERS
- Theme_Keyword: GLORIA > Geological Long-Range Inclined ASDIC
- Theme_Keyword: SIDE-SCAN SONAR
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
- Place_Keyword: Alaska
- Place_Keyword: Gulf of Alaska
- Place_Keyword: Aleutian Trench
- Place_Keyword: Aleutian Abyssal Plain
- Place_Keyword: Surveyor Channel
- Place_Keyword: Chirikof Channel
- Place_Keyword: Kodiak-Bowie seamount chain
- Place_Keyword: Alaskan Abyssal Plain
- Place_Keyword: Yakutat Margin
- Place_Keyword: British Columbia Margin
- Place_Keyword: Queen Charlotte Fault
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Place Keywords
- Place_Keyword: Ocean > Pacific Ocean
- Place_Keyword: Ocean > Pacific Ocean > North Pacific Ocean
- Place_Keyword: Ocean > Pacific Ocean > North Pacific Ocean > Gulf Of Alaska
- Access_Constraints: None
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Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey as the originator of the dataset.
- Point_of_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
- Contact_Person: Florence Wong
- Contact_Position: Geologist
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 345 Middlefield Road MS 999
- City: Menlo Park
- State_or_Province: CA
- Postal_Code: 94025
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: (650) 329-5327
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (650) 329-5198
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: fwong@usgs.gov
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Thumbnail image showing an overview of the Gulf of Alaska U.S. EEZ GLORIA mosaic 54.
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Browse image showing an overview of the Gulf of Alaska U.S. EEZ GLORIA mosaic 54.
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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) must be referenced as the originator of the dataset in any future products or research derived from these data.
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- Originator: J.V. Gardner (editor)
- Originator: M.E. Field (editor)
- Originator: D.C. Twichell (editor)
- Publication_Date: 1996
- Title: Geology of the United States Seafloor: The View from GLORIA
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- Publication_Place: Cambridge, U.K.
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: P.S. Chavez Jr.
- Publication_Date: 1986
- Title: Processing Techniques for Digital Sonar Images from GLORIA
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- Series_Name: Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing
- Issue_Identification: Vol. 52, No. 8, August 1986, p. 1133-1145
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- Publication_Place: Falls Church, VA 22046
- Publisher: American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
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- Originator: P.S. Chavez Jr.
- Publication_Date: 1984
- Title: U.S. Geological Survey mini image processing system (MIPS)
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- Series_Name: Open-File Report
- Issue_Identification: 88-880
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Reston, VA
- Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
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All available imagery were used to create this mosaic. Data were acquired during four cruises using the 6.5 kHz GLORIA sidescan-sonar system and a 45-km total swath width.
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
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Primary navigational control for this survey was by Loran-C supplemented by satellite navigation. Accuracy of location of the navigation fixes is estimated to be better than 100 meters.
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- Type_of_Source_Media: digital tape media
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- Beginning_Date: 19860624, 19880706, 19880805, 19890516, 19890614
- Ending_Date: 19860703, 19880802, 19880831, 19890612, 19890710
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- Source_Citation_Abbreviation: GLORIA pass data
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GLORIA data were logged to magnetic tape in 6-hour portions referred to as "passes". Each completed pass contained a maximum 720 "lines" of data at the usual 30-second pulse repetition rate. Each line consisted of a 1024 byte record that contained the port and starboard returns from a single ping as well as header information. These "passes" contained geometric and radiometric distortions which had to be corrected before they could be digitally mosaicked.
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The GLORIA "passes" necessary to complete the mosaic were retrieved from magnetic tape. Navigation data were merged into the individual "passes" to update the header information with depth and location coordinates.
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- Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 345 Middlefield Road MS 999
- City: Menlo Park
- State_or_Province: CA
- Postal_Code: 94025
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: (650) 329-5078
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (650) 329-5190
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Slant-Range correction, the first of two geometric corrections, were applied to the "passes". Slant-range error is mislocation of pixels in the cross-track direction compared to their proper location on a map. This error occurs due to the way that the sidescan-sonar senses distance to a target. After the slant-range correction has been made, the across-track location of targets is accurate.
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A series of radiometric corrections were then applied to the "passes". The first enhancement was used to correct for shading problems that occur in the across-track direction and are a function of attenuation in range distance and transmitter power build-up.
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The next radiometric enhancement was applied in a two-part filtering process to remove the striped noise that can be found in side-scan sonar image in the across-track direction. The noise was removed by applying two separate boxcar filters: (1) a high-pass filter that will contain the high-frequency component of the image without the noise; and (2) a low-pass filter that will include the low-frequency component of the image without the noise.
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The two filtered images were combined to recreate an image similar to the original but without the noise.
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The second geometric correction, aspect-ratio distortion, was applied to the "passes". The aspect-ratio distortion was removed by using the navigation data to compute the distance traveled by the ship. Given the distance traveled, the number of pixels (each representing 50 m) required along the particular segment was calculated. The original pixels were then duplicated the appropriate number of times to fill the space with 50-meter pixels and thus achieve a 1:1 ratio between along-track and across-track distances. The practice of duplication to create a square 50-meter pixel size was followed so that information in the across-track direction would not have to be omitted.
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A third radiometric enhancement, a 2 by 2 low-pass filter for smoothing the images, was applied to the "passes". Because the delta velocity correction typically stretches the imagery 1:2.5 times, a 2 by 2 low-pass filter is applied to the image to smooth and reduce the blockiness that results from the line duplication. The 2 by 2 low-pass filter smoothes out the blockiness introduced into the image without over smoothing and blurring the image.
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A final radiometric enhancement was applied to the image to reduce the halo effect that occurs in the along-track direction near the nadir. This enhancement involved creating two separate images from the input image. The images were produced as a result of 151-line by 31- sample high-pass filter plus a 151-line by 401-sample low-pass filter. The two resultant images were then digitally combined to produce an image similar to the original but without the halo effect.
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After the geometric and radiometric corrections were applied, the data were ready for the digital mosaicking. The necessary segments of processed data, each representing about 6-hours of data acquisition, were spliced end-to-end to make continuous swaths for portions of the tracklines where the ship's heading remained generally constant and passed through the mosaic area. The segments were tone-matched by adjusting the average brightness to minimize the tonal contrast at the seams where they were joined. Latitude, longitude, and heading were determined along the trackline of each continuous segment of data at the start, end, and two intermediate points. These four control points, with eight additional points that were computed for the edges of the image segment, were used to position the segment within the map grid.
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- Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
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When the individual trackline segments had been georeferenced, the next step was to digitally stencil the segments to remove unwanted data (i.e. noise). Interactively, a line was drawn on a video display outlining the portion of each image segment to be retained while comparing it to adjacent segments. Then all pixels outside the area enclosed by the line were converted to zero values, thereby retaining only that portion of the image desired. Finally, each stenciled segment was mosaicked to adjacent segments, sequentially building the composite map. In this way a digital file was created with the desired map projection for each imagery sheet (mosaic).
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The binary image files of the GLORIA mosaics were imported into a PCI database file allowing the images to be georeferenced. The image georeference report was saved for future reference.
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The GLORIA image was exported from the PCI database file to a GeoTIFF image with an accompanying world file.
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The image was modified to flood-fill the background 0 (black) data value to 255 (white). After modification, the header portion of the image was updated to restore the georeferencing information.
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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.
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A zip archive containing the GeoTIFF image, world file, browse graphics and metadata files.
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<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1332/gloria_data/gulf_of_alaska/gak_q54.zip>
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- Distribution_Information:
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- Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
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- Postal_Code: 02543-1598
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- Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
- Distribution_Liability:
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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:
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A zip archive containing the GeoTIFF image, world file, browse graphics and metadata files.
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<https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1332/gloria_data/gulf_of_alaska/gak_q54.zip>
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- Offline_Option:
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- Offline_Media: DVD-ROM
- Recording_Capacity:
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- Recording_Density: 4.75
- Recording_Density_Units: Gbytes
- Recording_Format: UDF
- Fees: None
- Technical_Prerequisites:
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The sidescan-sonar mosaic is available as a GeoTIFF image with accompanying world file and georeference report. To utilize this data, the user must have an image viewer, image processing or GIS software package capable of importing a GeoTIFF image. If the georeferencing information cannot be imported, the user may wish to obtain the georeference information contained in a separate file included in the zip file.
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
- Contact_Person: Valerie Paskevich
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
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Generated by mp version 2.9.8 on Thu Mar 31 11:41:28 2011