Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Timothy O. Hodson Originator: Guy R. Cochrane Originator: Ross D. Powell Publication_Date: 2013 Title: geoform shapefile in Marine Benthic Habitat Mapping of the West Arm, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: Scientific Investigations Map Issue_Identification: SIM 3253 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Timothy O. Hodson Originator: Guy R. Cochrane Originator: Ross D. Powell Publication_Date: 2013 Title: Marine Benthic Habitat Mapping of the West Arm, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map Series_Information: Series_Name: Scientific Investigations Map Issue_Identification: SIM 3253 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3253/ Description: Abstract: This data set contains the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS version III June 2009 draft) Geoform Component attributes for the seafloor in the West Arm, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Polygonal areas are deliniated for geoforms (geomorphologic features) of varying scale. Purpose: Seafloor geomorphology shape the seascape, channelize energy flow, regulate bioenergietics, and control transfer of energy, material and organisms (Madden et al. 2009). Madden, C. J., K. Goodin, R.J. Allee, G. Cicchetti, C. Moses, M. Finkbeiner, D. Bamford, 2009. Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard. NOAA and NatureServe. 107 pp. Madden, C. J., K. Goodin, R.J. Allee, G. Cicchetti, C. Moses, M. Finkbeiner, D. Bamford, 2009. Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard. NOAA and NatureServe. 107 pp. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 201009 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -137.127671 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -136.226536 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 59.058873 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 58.670272 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Theme_Keyword: seafloor geology Theme_Keyword: glacial sedimentation Theme_Keyword: glacimarine processes Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC HABITAT Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHOLOGY Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > SEDIMENTATION > PROXIMAL GLACIMARINE Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: geoscientificinformation Theme_Keyword: imageryBaseMapsEarthCover Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters Theme_Keyword: oceans Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Place_Keyword: West Arm Place_Keyword: Southeast Alaska Place_Keyword: USA Place_Keyword: Marine reserve Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System Place_Keyword: Tarr Inlet Place_Keyword: Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Place_Keyword: Glacier Bay Place_Keyword: Alaska Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information. Although these data have been used by the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the U.S. Geological Survey as to the accuracy of the data. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the use of this data, software, or related materials. This information is not intended for navigational purposes. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: Browse_Graphic_File_Description: general location map Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG Data_Set_Credit: Ground-truthing operations were conducted aboard the R/V Stellar in late August and early June of 2010. USGS sea floor observations, collected via towed video sled, provided the primary ground-truthing source for this study (The cruise report is available online at http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/s/st310gb/html/s-t3-10-gb.meta.html). Funding for this benthic habitat study was provided by the National Park Service. Timothy Hodson and Ross D. Powell acknowledge the support of this project and generation of this report by the National Park Service, Department of Interior grant # P2380100663. Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcGIS 10.0.0.2414 Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Refer to accompanying SIM pamphlet or contact authors for an explanation of the accuracy of the identification of the entities and assignments of values in the data set and a description of the tests used. Logical_Consistency_Report: Polygon topology present. Completeness_Report: Refer to accompanying SIM pamphlet or contact authors for information about omissions, selection criteria, generalization, definitions used, and other rules used to derive the data set. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Refer to accompanying SIM pamphlet or contact authors for an explanation of the accuracy of the horizontal coordinate measurements and a description of the tests used. Vertical_Positional_Accuracy: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Refer to accompanying SIM pamphlet or contact authors for an explanation of the accuracy of the vertical coordinate measurements and a description of the tests used. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Ocean Service (NOS) Publication_Date: Unknown Title: Multibeam Data from Hydrographic survey H12140 Type_of_Source_Media: Unspecified Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20090929 Ending_Date: 20091011 Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition Source_Citation_Abbreviation: H12140 Source_Contribution: Multibeam data. For more information, see Descriptive Report to Accompany Hydrographic Survey H12140 . Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Ocean Service (NOS) Publication_Date: Unknown Title: Multibeam Data from Hydrographic survey H12141 Type_of_Source_Media: Unspecified Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20090926 Ending_Date: 20091021 Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition Source_Citation_Abbreviation: H12141 Source_Contribution: Multibeam data. For more information, see Descriptive Report to Accompany Hydrographic Survey H12141 . Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Ocean Service (NOS) Publication_Date: Unknown Title: Multibeam Data from Hydrographic survey H12142 Type_of_Source_Media: Unspecified Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20091020 Ending_Date: 20091110 Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition Source_Citation_Abbreviation: H12142 Source_Contribution: Multibeam data. For more information, see Descriptive Report to Accompany Hydrographic Survey H12142 . Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Publication_Date: Unknown Title: Camera Sled and ROV Data from Video survey S-T3-10-GB Type_of_Source_Media: Unspecified Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20100827 Ending_Date: 20100909 Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition Source_Citation_Abbreviation: S-T3-10-GB Source_Contribution: Groundtruth data. For more information, see field activity S-T3-10-GB metadata . Process_Step: Process_Description: Geoforms in the West Arm were manually selected from the multibeam bathymetry data using knowledge of the glacimarine system and interpretations from other studies. Spatial scales defined within the CMECS framework were used to define linear scales using the largest measurable axis. Geoforms were only characterized down to the mesogeoform level (10s of meters to kilometers in size) because of the limited resolution of our bathymetric data. For simplicity, only the largest mesogeoforms are shown in Sheet 4, however, the GIS polygon file contains all delineated geoforms. Many areas in the West Arm fit into more than one megageoform and mesogeoform class. For example, the West Arm lies within the 'continental margin' megageoform, but it is also a 'fjord' megageoform. At the mesogeoform level, a fjord 'wall' is a mesogeoform, but the wall also has multiple mesogeoform scale 'bedrock outcrops' and other features. Therefore, when delineating polygons, it was necessary to have multiple megageoform and mesogeoform categories. These are listed in the GIS table as "MEGA_GF", "MEGA_GF_2", etc. While multiple geoforms were selected for each spatial scale, a primary and most informative geoform was chosen for display at each scale; these and are listed in the GIS table as "DISPMEGAGF" and "DISPMESOGF". Since all smaller geoforms lie within the 'fjord' megageoform, the primary mesogeoform is shown in Sheet 4. The CMECS benthic depth zones divide many of these mesogeoforms. To aid in visualization, the color shade of each geoform type gets darker as depth zone increases. Process_Date: 2011 Process_Step: Process_Description: Dataset copied. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: C:\GIS\WA_hab\polygons\geoform_component Process_Date: 2011 Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Planar: Grid_Coordinate_System: Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator Universal_Transverse_Mercator: UTM_Zone_Number: 8 Transverse_Mercator: Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600 Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -135.000000 Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000 False_Easting: 500000.000000 False_Northing: 0.000000 Planar_Coordinate_Information: Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair Coordinate_Representation: Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000001 Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000001 Planar_Distance_Units: meters Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984 Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: geoform_component Entity_Type_Definition: Refer to accompanying SIM pamphlet or contact authors for the description of the entity type. Entity_Type_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute: Attribute_Label: FID Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number. Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Attribute: Attribute_Label: Shape Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry. Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features. Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Refer to accompanying SIM pamphlet or contact authors for complete description of the following attributes and their values in the data set. > >MEGA_GF: CMECS megageoform class > >MEGA_GF_2: Additional CMECS megageoform class > >MEGA_GF_3: Additional CMECS megageoform class > >MESO_GF: CMECS mesogeoform class > >MESO_GF_2: Additional CMECS mesogeoform class > >MESO_GF_3: Additional CMECS mesogeoform class > >MACRO_GF: CMECS macrogeoform class > >DEPTH_NAME: CMECS benthic depth zone attribute names > >DEPTH_ID: Numerical value for CMECS benthic depth zone attribute (circalittoral = 3; circalittoral (offshore) = 4; mesobenthic = 5) > >DISPMEGAGF: Displayed CMECS megageoform class > >DISPMESOGF: Displayed CMESC mesogeoform class > >Area: Polygon area (square kilometers) > Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Contact_Person: Guy R. Cochrane Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical Address: 400 Natural Bridges Dr City: Santa Cruz State_or_Province: CA Postal_Code: 95060-5792 Contact_Voice_Telephone: (831) 427-4754 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gcochrane@usgs.gov Resource_Description: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3253 Distribution_Liability: Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information. Although these data have been used by the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the U.S. Geological Survey as to the accuracy of the data. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the use of this data, software, or related materials. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: SHP Format_Version_Number: 10.0 Format_Specification: ESRI shapefile Format_Information_Content: The SHP file contains the geospatial data. The SHX file contains the index of the geospatial data. The DBF file contains the attribute data in dBASE format. The PRJ file contains the coordinate system information (optional). The AVL file contains the legend information (optional). The SBN and SBX files contain the spatial index of the geospatial data (optional). The XML file contains the metadata describing the data set .shp.xml. File_Decompression_Technique: zip Transfer_Size: 0.549 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3253/ Fees: none Technical_Prerequisites: These data are available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) shapefile format. The user must have ArcGIS or ArcView 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView or ArcGIS, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of the importing data. A free data viewer, arcexplorer, capable of displaying the data is available from ESRI at www.esri.com. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20130307 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: United States Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP) Contact_Person: Guy R. Cochrane Contact_Position: Geophysicist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: USGS, 400 Natural Bridges Drive City: Santa Cruz State_or_Province: CA Postal_Code: 95060-5792 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (831) 427-4754 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (831) 427-4748 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gcochrane@usgs.gov Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata ("CSDGM version 2") Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Access_Constraints: none