Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Originator: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Publication_Date: 2015 Title: H12298_1MSSS_UTM19.TIF: Grayscale GeoTIFF Image of the 1-m Sidescan-Sonar Data From National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Survey H12298 in Block Island Sound (UTM Zone 19, NAD 83) Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: remote-sensing image Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2014-1224 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: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1224/data/sidescan/h12298_1msss_utm19.zip Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1224/data/sidescan/ Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1224/html/ofr2014-1224-catalog.html Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: K.Y. McMullen Originator: L.J. Poppe Originator: W.W. Danforth Originator: D.S. Blackwood Originator: W.G. Winner Originator: C.E. Parker Publication_Date: 2015 Title: Sea-floor morphology and sedimentary environments in western Block Island Sound, offshore of Fishers Island, New York Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2014-1224 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Other_Citation_Details: 1 DVD-ROM Online_Linkage: http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20141224 Description: Abstract: The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is producing detailed geologic maps of the coastal sea floor. Bathymetric and sidescan-sonar data, originally collected by NOAA for charting purposes, provide a framework for research and management activities along western Block Island Sound, show the composition and terrain of the seabed, and provide information on sediment transport and benthic habitat. During June 2013, bottom photographs and surficial sediment data were acquired as part of a ground-truth reconnaissance survey of this area. Interpretations were derived from the multibeam-echosounder, sidescan-sonar, sedimentary, and photographic data collected in Block Island Sound. For more information on the ground-truth survey see . Purpose: To release a GeoTIFF of the sidescan-sonar data generated during NOAA survey H12298 in Block Island Sound, in UTM Zone 19, NAD 83. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20110831 Ending_Date: 20111116 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -72.006555 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.889475 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.288261 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.242678 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Theme_Keyword: Sidescan Sonar Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program Theme_Keyword: CMGP Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC Theme_Keyword: Klein 5000 Theme_Keyword: NOAA Survey H12298 Theme_Keyword: H12298 Theme_Keyword: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Theme_Keyword: NOAA Theme_Keyword: GeoTIFF Theme_Keyword: sidescan-sonar mosaic Theme_Keyword: grayscale image Theme_Keyword: backscatter Theme_Keyword: NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation Theme_Keyword: imageryBaseMapsEarthCover Theme_Keyword: oceans Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: U.S. East Coast Place_Keyword: United States Place_Keyword: North America Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean Place_Keyword: Block Island Sound Place_Keyword: Fishers Island Place_Keyword: New York 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: Katherine McMullen 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: 02543-1598 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2277 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1224/data/sidescan/h12298_1msss_utm19.gif Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Thumbnail image showing the sidescan sonar imagery produced from data collected during NOAA survey H12298 Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.4095 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Lawrence T. Krepp Publication_Date: 2011 Title: H12298 Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Descriptive Report Issue_Identification: H12298 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Atlantic Hydrographic Branch, Norfolk, VA Publisher: National Ocean Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Online_Linkage: http://surveys.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/NOS/coast/H12001-H14000/H12298/DR/H12298.pdf Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: L.J. Poppe Originator: W.W. Danforth Originator: K.Y. McMullen Originator: M.A. Blankenship Originator: K.A. Glomb Originator: D.B. Wright Originator: S.M. Smith Publication_Date: 2014 Title: Sea-floor character and sedimentary processes of Block Island Sound, offshore Rhode Island Edition: 1.1 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2012-1005 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Other_Citation_Details: DVD-ROM Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1005/ Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: K.Y. McMullen Originator: L.J. Poppe Originator: S.D. Ackerman Originator: D.S. Blackwood Originator: P.G. Lewit Originator: C.E. Parker Publication_Date: 2013 Title: Sea-floor geology in northeastern Block Island Sound, Rhode Island Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2013-1003 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Other_Citation_Details: DVD-ROM Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1003/ Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: K.Y. McMullen Originator: L.J. Poppe Originator: S.D. Ackerman Originator: D.S. Blackwood Originator: K.A. Glomb Originator: D.A. Wood Publication_Date: 2014 Title: Sea-floor geology in northwestern Block Island Sound, Rhode Island Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2014-1018 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Other_Citation_Details: DVD-ROM Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1018/ Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: K.Y. McMullen Originator: L.J. Poppe Originator: W.W. Danforth Originator: D.S. Blackwood Originator: A.R. Clos Originator: C.E. Parker Publication_Date: 2014 Title: Sea-floor morphology and sedimentary environments of western Block Island Sound, northeast of Gardiners Island, New York Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2014-1160 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Other_Citation_Details: DVD-ROM Online_Linkage: http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20141160 Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: No additional checks for consistency were performed on this data. Completeness_Report: All collected data were processed and used to produce this dataset. Sidescan-sonar data were only collected in shallow waters of the survey area and together with the bathymetry data provide complete coverage of the survey area. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Navigation was by differential GPS using Trimble DSM212L DGPS receivers (accurate to <1m). Layback corrections were applied to the data during processing. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: NOAA Publication_Date: Unpublished Material Title: H12298 CARIS Dataset Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data Type_of_Source_Media: disc Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20110831 Ending_Date: 20111116 Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition Source_Contribution: The original sidescan-sonar data acquired with a Klein 5000 sidescan-sonar system during NOAA survey H12298 aboard launches deployed from the NOAA ship Thomas Jefferson. Process_Step: Process_Description: The sidescan-sonar data were acquired with a Klein 5000 high-speed sidescan-sonar system hull mounted to or towed behind one of two 8.5-m aluminum launches deployed from the NOAA ship Thomas Jefferson. The systems consist of a Klein 5500 towfish, either towed or hull-mounted, a Transceiver/Processing Unit (TPU), and a computer for user interface; has an operating frequency of 455 kHz; and was set to sweep 100 m to either side of the launch tracks. The Klein 5000 system is distinct from other commercially-available side scan sonars in that it forms 5 simultaneous, dynamically-focused receiver beams per transducer face. This improves along-track resolution to approximately 20cm at the 100m range scale, even when acquiring data at up to 10 knots. Across-track resolution is typically 7.5cm at the 100m range scale. The achievable 20cm resolution meets the NOAA Hydrographic Surveys Specifications and Deliverables Manual (HSSDM) for object detection. Klein SONARPRO was used to acquire the Klein 5000 sidescan sonar data; CARIS SIPS (Sidescan Image Processing) software was used to process the sidescan data and to produce a composite sidescan-sonar image at 1-m horizontal resolution and projected into UTM Zone 19 NAD 83. Process_Date: 2011 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: H12298_SSS_100.tif Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: H12298_SSS_100.tfw Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Contact_Person: William Winner Contact_Position: Field Operations Officer Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 439 W. York Street City: Norfolk State_or_Province: VA Postal_Code: 23510 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-683-3227 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: william.winner@noaa.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: The image was imported into Adobe Photoshop CS2 in order to apply a linear stretch (i.e., increase the dynamic range of the data), to change image from RGB to 8-bit grayscale, to invert the grayscale to make strong reflections light tones and weak reflections returns darker tones, and to assign a 'NO DATA' value (255). Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: H12298_SSS_100.tif Process_Date: 2013 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h12298_1msss_utm19.tif Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Katherine 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: 02543-1598 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 world (.tfw) file was renamed to match the new GeoTIFF name and GeoTIFFExamine was used to add the georeferencing information to the TIFF making the image a GeoTIFF. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: h12298_1msss_utm19.tif Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: H12298_SSS_100.tfw Process_Date: 2013 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h12298_1msss_utm19.tif Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h12298_1msss_utm19.tfw Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Katherine 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_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: ArcToolbox -Data Management Tools - Projections and Transformations - Define Projection Tool was used to define projection as UTM Zone 19 NAD 83 in ArcGIS 9.3. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: h12298_1msss_utm19.tif Process_Date: 2013 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h12298_1msss_utm19.aux Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Katherine 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_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster Raster_Object_Information: Raster_Object_Type: Pixel Row_Count: 4739 Column_Count: 9659 Vertical_Count: 1 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Planar: Grid_Coordinate_System: Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator Universal_Transverse_Mercator: UTM_Zone_Number: 19 Transverse_Mercator: Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600 Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -69.000000 Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000 False_Easting: 500000.000000 False_Northing: 0.000000 Planar_Coordinate_Information: Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: row and column Coordinate_Representation: Abscissa_Resolution: 1.000000 Ordinate_Resolution: 1.000000 Planar_Distance_Units: meters 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: A continuous-coverage sidescan-sonar image of NOAA survey H12298 in UTM Zone 19, NAD 83. Data values in this grayscale image range from 0-254; 255 is the 'no data' value. High numbers indicate high reflectance which corresponds to a harder bottom, while low numbers indicate low reflectance and a softer bottom (finer grained sediment) and acoustic shadows. Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Katherine 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 Road State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2277 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov Resource_Description: Downloadable Data - h12298_1msss_utm19.zip Distribution_Liability: Neither the U.S. Government, the Department of the Interior, nor the USGS, nor the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 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, or NOAA 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: GeoTIFF Format_Specification: GeoTIFF Format_Information_Content: The GeoTIFF image (h12298_1msss_utm19.tif), world file, and browse graphic along with associated metadata are contained in a zip file (WinZip 14.0). File_Decompression_Technique: zip archive Transfer_Size: 6 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1224/data/sidescan/h12298_1msss_utm19.zip Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1224/data/sidescan/ Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1224/html/ofr2014-1224-catalog.html Access_Instructions: Data are downloadable via the Internet Offline_Option: Offline_Media: DVD-ROM Recording_Capacity: Recording_Density: 4.75 Recording_Density_Units: Gbytes Recording_Format: UDF 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. The user must have software capable of uncompressing archived zip files, such as WinZip or Pkware. 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