Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Publication_Date: 2006 Title: CAPESOUTHPSEUDO_MER4M.TIF: 4-m Image of the Southern Half of the Pseudo-colored Backscatter Intensity of the Sea Floor off Eastern Cape Cod (Mercator) Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: remote-sensing image Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2005-1048 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1048/data/backscatter/pseudocolor/mercator/capesouthpseudo_mer4m.zip Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1048/data/backscatter/pseudocolor/mercator/capesouthpseudo_mer4m.tif Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1048/htmldocs/data_catalog.htm Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1048/data/backscatter/pseudocolor/mercator/ Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: L.J. Poppe Originator: V.F. Paskevich Originator: B. Butman Originator: P.C. Valentine Originator: W.W. Danforth Originator: D.S. Foster Originator: D.S. Blackwood Publication_Date: 2006 Title: Geological Interpretation of Bathymetric and Backscatter Imagery of the Sea Floor off Eastern Cape Cod, Massachusetts Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2005-1048 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1048/ Description: Abstract: This data set includes pseudo-colored backscatter intensity of the sea floor offshore of northeastern Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The data were collected with a multibeam sea floor mapping system during USGS survey 98015, conducted November 9 - 25, 1998. The surveys were conducted using a Simrad EM 1000 multibeam echosounder mounted aboard the Canadian Coast Guard vessel Frederick G. Creed. This multibeam system utilizes 60 electronically aimed receive beams spaced at intervals of 2.5 degrees that insonify a strip of sea floor up to 7.5 times the water depth (swath width of 100 to 200 m within the survey area). The horizontal resolution of the beam on the sea floor is approximately 10% of the water depth. Vertical resolution is approximately 1 percent of the water depth. With pseudo-colored backscatter intensity, the backscatter intensity is combined with the topography to display the distribution of intensity in relation to the topography. In the image shown here, the backscatter intensity is represented by a suite of eight colors ranging from blue, which represents low intensity, to red, which represents high intensity. These data are draped over a shaded relief image created by vertically exaggerating the topography four times and then artificially illuminating the relief by a light source positioned 45 degrees above the horizon from an azimuth of 0 degrees. The resulting image displays light and dark intensities within each color band that result from a feature's position with respect to the light source. For example, north-facing slopes, receiving strong illumination, show as a light intensity within a color band, whereas south-facing slopes, being in shadow, show as a dark intensity within a color band. Purpose: To release a digital map (GeoTIFF image) derived from multibeam observations that shows sea floor pseudo-colored backscatter intensity (a measure of sea floor texture and roughness) at a spatial resolution of 4 m/pixel. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 19981109 Ending_Date: 19981125 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.307833 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -69.828333 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.116667 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.966667 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program Theme_Keyword: CMGP Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Science Center Theme_Keyword: WHSC Theme_Keyword: Simrad Subsea EM1000 Theme_Keyword: Frederick G. Creed Theme_Keyword: Sea Floor Mapping Theme_Keyword: Multibeam Echo Sounder Theme_Keyword: Multibeam Theme_Keyword: Backscatter Intensity Theme_Keyword: Pseudo-colored Backscatter Intensity Theme_Keyword: Sea Floor Geology Theme_Keyword: Surficial Geology Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 98015 Theme_Keyword: GeoTIFF Image Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: oceans and estuaries Theme_Keyword: oceans and coastal Theme_Keyword: imageryBaseMapsEarthCover Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Place_Keyword: Cape Cod Place_Keyword: Massachusetts Place_Keyword: MA Place_Keyword: Cape Cod National Seashore Park Place_Keyword: U.S. East Coast Place_Keyword: United States Place_Keyword: North America Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean 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) as the source of this information. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Lawrence J. Poppe Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2314 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1048/data/backscatter/pseudocolor/mercator/capesouthpseudo_mer4m-thumb.gif Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Thumbnail image showing data layer extent and coverage. Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1048/data/backscatter/pseudocolor/mercator/capesouthpseudo_mer4m.gif Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Image map showing data layer extent and coverage. Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: L.J. Poppe Originator: D.S. Foster Originator: W.W. Danforth Publication_Date: 2006 Title: Character and distribution of exposed glaciodeltaic deposits off outer Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and their effects on hydrogeology and benthic habitats Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Geo-Marine Letters Issue_Identification: v. 26 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Germany Publisher: Springer Data_Quality_Information: Completeness_Report: All collected data were processed and used to produce this dataset. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Navigation was by differential GPS. Vertical_Positional_Accuracy: Lineage: Source_Information: Type_of_Source_Media: DVD-ROM Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 19981109 Ending_Date: 19981125 Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition Source_Citation_Abbreviation: 98015_multibeam_data Source_Contribution: The original multibeam bathymetric data acquired with a Simrad EM 1000 echosounder during USGS cruise 98015 aboard the Canadian Coast Guard vessel Frederick G. Creed. Process_Step: Process_Description: (1) Data and acquisition processing at sea: After the echo sounder data were logged onto the hard disk of the Sun workstation, a suite of processing software developed by the Ocean Mapping Group (www.omg.unb.ca/~jhc/SwathEd.html) was used to correct for artifacts and errors that may have been introduced during data collection. This software also enhanced the corrected data by resolving beam pattern and aspect ratio distortions and by imposing a linear contrast stretch before it generated bathymetric and sidescan sonar image mosaics in a Mercator projection. All data processing described here is initiated using Silicon Graphics workstations as soon as each acquisition file is closed by the Simrad Mermaid workstation (usually at the end of each survey line). Additional processing was done in the lab to correct for fluctuations in sea level during the survey and for artifacts in the data files that were not corrected in the field (see below). (2) The processing and editing steps on board the ship were: (A.) Demultiplex, or unravel, the acquired Simrad data files using RT to generate separate files containing navigation, depth soundings, sidescan sonar backscatter values, and sound velocity information. (B.) Automatically reject bad data (autoRejectSoundings). For the multibeam soundings, reject data outside expected depth ranges (operator's decision based on nautical chart data); for navigation data, reject fixes with poor GPS statistics. (C.) Edit the navigation data on-screen using jview to remove undesirable points, including turns at the ends of survey lines. (D.) Edit the multibeam soundings on-screen using swathed to remove individual anomalous soundings. (E). Merge tidal information and the corrected navigation back (mergetide and mergenav) into the data files. Tidal information was obtained from predicted tides using the Xtide program http://www.flaterco.com/xtide/xtide.html), which generated predicted tides based on the harmonic coefficients for Chatham provided by the Xtide program. (F.) Map the bathymetric soundings from each processed data file onto a Mercator grid using weigh_grid (a SwathEd utility) with node spacings and scale selected by the operator. The grid file (capesouth.r4) was a floating point binary file. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: 98015_multibeam_data Process_Date: Unknown Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: capesouth.r4 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: William Danforth Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2274 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bdanforth@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: A pseudo-colored (false colored) image was generated using the SwathEd utility mix_ci by combining the bathymetric and backscatter raster mosaics into a single image in Mercator projection. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: capesouth.r4 Process_Date: Unknown Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: capesouthpseudo_mer4m.tif Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Bill Danforth Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2274 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bdanforth@usgs.gov Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster Raster_Object_Information: Raster_Object_Type: Pixel Row_Count: 9833 Column_Count: 3575 Vertical_Count: 1 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Planar: Map_Projection: Map_Projection_Name: Mercator Mercator: Standard_Parallel: 41.650000 Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -70.316667 False_Easting: 0.000000 False_Northing: 0.000000 Planar_Coordinate_Information: Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: row and column Coordinate_Representation: Abscissa_Resolution: 4.000000 Ordinate_Resolution: 4.000000 Planar_Distance_Units: meters Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984 Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257223563000030000 Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition: Depth_System_Definition: Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: Band_1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: ObjectID Attribute: Attribute_Label: Value Attribute: Attribute_Label: Red Attribute_Definition: High intensity backscatter Attribute_Definition_Source: Processor Attribute: Attribute_Label: Green Attribute_Definition: Moderate intensity backscatter Attribute_Definition_Source: Processor Attribute: Attribute_Label: Blue Attribute_Definition: Low intensity backscatter Attribute_Definition_Source: Processor Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: There are no attributes associated with the GEOTIFF image. Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Lawrence J. Poppe Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2314 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov Resource_Description: Downloadable Data Distribution_Liability: Although all data have been used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. 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: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: TIFF Format_Specification: GeoTIFF Format_Information_Content: GeoTIFF format pseudo-colored backscatter mosaic, GeoTIFF world file and associated metadata File_Decompression_Technique: zip archive Transfer_Size: 0.000 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1048/data/backscatter/pseudocolor/mercator/capesouthpseudo_mer4m.zip Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1048/data/backscatter/pseudocolor/mercator/capesouthpseudo_mer4m.tif Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1048/htmldocs/data_catalog.htm Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1048/data/backscatter/pseudocolor/mercator/ Access_Instructions: Data downloadable via the World Wide Web (WWW). 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. 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