National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
2005
geo_150m_topo - Color Encoded Shaded Relief (NW) Image of Puerto Rico Trench Bathymetry, Geographic Coordinate System
remote-sensing image
Open-File Report
2005-1066
Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1066/data/multibeam/geo/geo_150m_topo.zip
Uri ten Brink
Chuck Worley
2005
Project PROBE Leg II - Final Report and Archive of Swath Bathymetric Sonar, CTD/XBT and GPS Navigation Data Collected During USGS Cruise 03008 (NOAA Cruise RB0303) Puerto Rico Trench 18 February - 7 March, 2003
Open-File Report
2005-1066
Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1066
Lt. Shep Smith Thomas Stepka Glynn Williams1.01 DVD-ROM
geo_150m_topo.tif1.0
The Puerto Rico Trench is a tectonic plate boundary where the North American Plate slides by and descends under the Caribbean Plate. Although much of the trench lies within the United States of America's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), surprisingly few surveys have been conducted there during the past 25 years. This data set is a grey toned surface model image product derived from a process using multibeam bathymetry data collected during the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) science cruise 02051 in collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Research Cruise RB0208 from 24 September to 30 September 2002, Leg I of III. (Leg II and III: 20030218 to 20030407 and 20030828 to 20030904, respectively).
This multibeam bathymetric image can be used in Geographic Information Science (GIS) to provide better perspective viewing and advanced analysis of geologic conditions in the Puerto Rico Trench. Remotely sensed features in the trench are studied and the information learned can be used to discern cause and effect of natural hazards such as earthquakes and tsunamis.
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General
Coastal and Marine Geology Program
USGS
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
U.S. Geological Survey
CMGP
NOAA
Woods Hole Science Center
WHSC
NOAA Hydrographic Survey-Atlantic Branch
NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration
seafloor mapping
field activity serial number 02051
field activity number RB02-08
NOAA Cruise RB0208
color encoded shaded relief
SeaBeam 2112 12-kHz
Multibeam bathymetry
pseudo-color encoded
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
elevation
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
General
Puerto Rico Trench
Caribbean Sea
North America
Atlantic Ocean
Archipelago
Muertos Trough
Anegada Trough
Antilles Arc
Virgin Island Trough
Caribbean Plate
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Public domain data from the U.S. government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. This data set is not to be use for navigation purpose (s).
Glynn Williams
U.S. Geological Survey
Information Technician (Geo/GIS)
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole Road
MA
02543-1598
USA
(508) 548-8700 x2290
(508) 457-2310
gwilliams@usgs.gov
8:00AM to 5:00PM
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535
Raster Dataset2004Project PROBE Leg II - Final Report and Archive of Swath Bathymetric Sonar, CTD/XBT and GPS Navigation Data Collected During USGS Cruise 03008 (NOAA Cruise RB0303) Puerto Rico Trench 18 February - 7 March, 2003 Open-File Report2004-1400Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MAU.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology ProgramUri ten Brink William Danforth Chris Polloni Castle Eugene Parker Toshi Uozumi Glynn Williamshttp://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1400/1.01 DVD-ROM
The processing of data from multibeam bathymetry and acoustic backscatter started with the collection of raw data imagery that were converted using Caris 5.3 Hips Sips software. The continued processing of data entailed reviewing and editing it with Caris Swath Edit, followed with Caris Sub Set mode editing. Both editing processes allowed the hydrographer to eliminate data points that were considered artifacts or out of context with the immediate benthic area. After editing, the weighted mean grid was re-generated with a grid resolution (s) from 300 to 30 meters.
Lt. Shep Smith
NOAA/OMAO
Hydrographer
mailing and physical address
1315 East West Highway
Silver Springs
MD
20910
USA
301-713-3431 x171
Caris 5.3 Hips Sips
This image was created from a weighted mean grid, referred to in process step one, regenerated to 150 meter grid resolution (NW sun illumination) using available on-board research vessel image processing tools.
Lt Shep Smith
NOAA/OMAO
Hydrographer
mailing and physical address
1315 East West Highway
Silver Springs
Maryland
20910
USA
301-713-3431 x171
Caris HIPS SIPS 5.3; ArcInfo; MapInfo
This imagery was re-projected from UTM Zone 19 to a geographic coordinate system with a WGS84 Datum.
2005
Glynn Williams
U.S. Geological Survey
Information Technician (Geo/GIS)
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
(508) 548-8700
(508) 457-2310
gwilliams@usgs.gov
8:00AM to 4:30PM; M-F
Blue Marble Geographic Transformer (5.1)150m_topogeo_150m_topo
The palette tool color mode menu, was optioned to maintain a lustrous background for the image. This type of background allows an option for transparency available in most GIS applications; when enough sheer was provided for geospatial object placement in respective coordinate positions, relational perspective views are available for useful GIS modeling of various data collected during the Puerto Rico trench science survey.
2005
Glynn Williams
U.S. Geological Survey
Information Technician (Geo/GIS)
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole (Village)
MA
02543-1598
USA
508.548.8700 x2290
(508) 457-2310
gwilliams@usgs.gov
8:00AM to 4:30PM; M-F
Corel Photo-Paint
Image application software was used to change the resolution from 24-bit to 8-bit grayscale (optimized palette). I visually compared the raster product after 'bit' transformation and confirmed it to be sufficient for use in a GIS.
2005
Glynn Williams
U.S. Geological Survey
Information Technician (Geo/GIS)
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole (Village)
MA
02543-1589
USA
508.548.8700 x2290
(508) 457-2310
gwilliams@usgs.gov
8:00AM to 4:30PM; M-F
Corel Photo-Paint
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There are no attributes associated with the GEOTIFF image.Color encoded shaded relief image from multibeam data collected during USGS/NOAA cruise 02051/RB0208 of the Puerto Rico Trench region. Relief shading is used to visually enhance the terrain features by simulating the appearance of the effects of sunlight falling across the surface of the land. A color coded depth image is overlaid and made semi-transparent on the grey scale shaded relief image to emphasize depth. Pixel values contain RGB values at a given location. No depth information is present.
Uri ten Brink
U.S. Geological Survey
Research Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1589
USA
(508) 548-8700 x2396
(508) 457-2310
utenbrink@usgs.gov
8AM to 5 PM; M-F
Downloadable Data
Although these data sets are used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by NOAA or 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 NOAA or the USGS in the use of these data.
TIFF
GeoTIFF Image
A zip file containing the GeoTIFF image and associated world file
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UDF
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1066/data/multibeam/geo/geo_150m_topo.zip
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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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Glynn Williams
U.S. Geological Survey
Information Technician (Geo/GIS)
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
(508) 548-8700 x2290
(508) 457-2310
gwilliams@usgs.gov
8:00AM to 5:00PM; M- F
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998
local time
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