U.S. Geological Survey, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2013, H12013_1MSSS_UTM18.TIF: Grayscale TIFF Image of the 1-m Sidescan-Sonar Data From National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Survey H12013 off the entrance to the Connecticut River in northeastern Long Island Sound (UTM Zone 18, NAD83): Open-File Report 2012-1103, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA.This is part of the following larger work.Online Links:
- <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1103/data/sidescan/h12013_1msss_utm18.zip>
- <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1103/data/sidescan/>
- <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1103/html/catalog.html>
Poppe, L.J., McMullen, K.Y., Ackerman, S.D., Guberski, M.R., and Wood, D.A., 2012, Sea-floor character and geology off the entrance to the Connecticut River, northeastern Long Island Sound: Open-File Report 2012-1103, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA.Online Links:
This is a Raster data set. It contains the following raster data types:
Planar coordinates are encoded using row and column
Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 1.000000
Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 1.000000
Planar coordinates are specified in meters
The horizontal datum used is North American Datum of 1983.
The ellipsoid used is Geodetic Reference System 80.
The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.000000.
The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.257222.
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To release a GeoTIFF of the sidescan-sonar data generated during NOAA survey H12013 off the entrance to the Connecticut River in northeastern Long Island Sound, in UTM Zone 18, NAD83.
NOAA, Unpublished Material, H11251 CARIS Dataset.
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Schattgen, P. Tod , 2009, H12013: Descriptive Report H12013, National Ocean Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Atlantic Hydrographic Branch, Norfolk, VA.Online Links:
Poppe, L.J., Lewis, R.S., Signell, R.P., Knebel, H.J., Persaud, M., Denny, J.F., Parolski, K.F., and DiGiacomo-Cohen, M.L., 1999, Sidescan sonar image, surficial geologic interpretation, and bathymetry of the Long Island Sound sea floor off Roanoke Point, New York: Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Series Map Geological I-2692, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA.
McMullen, K.Y., Poppe, L.J., Danforth, W.W., Blackwood, D.S., Schaer, J.D., Ostapenko, A.J., Glomb, K.A., and Doran, E.F., 2010, Surficial geology of the sea floor in Long Island Sound offshore of Plum Island, New York: Open-File Report 2010-1005, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA.Online Links:
McMullen, K.Y., Poppe, L.J., Danforth, W.W., Blackwood, D.S., Schaer, J.D., Glomb, K.A., and Doran, E.F., 2012, Sea-floor geology of Long Island Sound north of Duck Pond Point, New York: Open-File Report 2011-1149, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA.Online Links:
Poppe, L.J., McMullen, K.Y., Ackerman, S.D., Blackwood, D.S., Schaer, J.D., Forrest, M.R., and Ostapenko, A.J., 2011, Sea-Floor Geology and Topography Offshore in Eastern Long Island Sound: Open-File Report 2010-1150, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA.Online Links:
McMullen, K.Y., Poppe, L.J., Danforth, W.W., Blackwood, D.S., Schaer, J.D., Guberski, M.R., Wood, D.A., and Doran, E.F., 2010, Surficial geology of the sea floor in Long Island Sound offshore of Orient Point , New York: Open-File Report 2010-1100, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA.Online Links:
Poppe, L.J., McMullen, K.Y., Ackerman, D.S., Blackwood, D.S., Irwin, B.J., Schaer, J.D., Lewit, P.G., and Doran, E.F., 2010, Sea-floor Geology and Character Offshore of Rocky Point, New York: Open-File Report 2010-1007, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA.Online Links:
Poppe, L.J., Lewis, R.S., Zajac, R.N., Twichell, D.C., Schmuck, E.A., Parolski, K.F., and DiGiacomo-Cohen, M.L., 1997, Acoustic interpretation and sidescan sonar image of the Long Island Sound seafloor off Hammonasset Beach State Park, Connecticut: Geologic Investigations Map I-2588, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA.
Poppe, L.J., Lewis, R.S., Denny, J.F., Parolski, M.L., DiGiacomo-Cohen, M.L., and Tolderlund, D.S., 1998, Sidescan sonar image, surficial geologic interpretation, and bathymetry of the Long Island Sound sea floor in Niantic Bay, Connecticut: Geologic Investigations Map I-2625, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA.
Navigation was by differential GPS using Trimble DSM212L DGPS receivers (accurate to <1m).
All collected data were processed and used to produce this dataset.
No additional checks for consistency were performed on this data.
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