U.S. Geological Survey, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2013, H12023_1MSSS_UTM19.TIF: Grayscale GeoTIFF Image of the 1-m Sidescan-Sonar Data From National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Survey H12023 in Block Island Sound (UTM Zone 19, NAD83): Open-File Report 2013-1003, 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/2013/1003/data/sidescan/h12023_1msss_utm19.zip>
- <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1003/data/sidescan/>
- <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1003/html/catalog.html>
McMullen, K.Y., Poppe, L.J., Ackerman, S.D., Blackwood, D.S., Lewit, P.G., and Parker, C.E., 2013, Sea-floor geology in northeastern Block Island Sound, Rhode Island: Open-File Report 2013-1003, 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 H12023 in Block Island Sound, in UTM Zone 19, NAD83.
NOAA, Unpublished Material, H12023 CARIS Dataset.
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Data sources produced in this process:
Smith, Shepard M. , 2009, H12023: Descriptive Report H12023, National Ocean Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Atlantic Hydrographic Branch, Norfolk, VA.Online Links:
Poppe, L.J., Danforth, W.W., McMullen, K.Y., Blankenship, M.A., Glomb, K.A., Wright, D.B., and Smith, S.M., 2012, Sea-floor character and sedimentary processes of Block Island Sound, offshore Rhode Island: Open-File Report 2012-1005, 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., Ackerman, S.D., Blackwood, D.S., Schaer, J.D., Nadeau, M.A., and Wood, D.A., 2011, Surficial geology of the sea floor in central Rhode Island Sound southeast of Point Judith, Rhode Island: Open-File Report 2011-1005, 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., Haupt, T.A., and Crocker, J.M., 2009, Sidescan-sonar imagery and surficial geologic interpretations of the sea floor in western Rhode Island Sound: Open-File Report 2008-1181, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA.Online Links:
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. NADIR jumps off the page.
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