National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
2005
xbt_02 - Oceanographic Data Device Location for Joint USGS Cruise 02051 and NOAA RB0208
vector digital data
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/oceanography/xbt/xbt_2002.zip
Uri ten Brink
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
Chuck Worley
Thomas Stepka
xbt_2002-Oceanographic Data Device Location for Joint USGS Cruise 02051 and NOAA RB0208
Glynn Williams
1.0
1 DVD-ROM
xbt_2002
xbt_2002 - Oceanographic Data Device Location for Joint USGS Cruise 02051 and NOAA RB0208
1.0
To show the location stations by longitudes, latitudes, and the dates where and when XBT equipment was set up to take water measurements.
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This data set is the Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) information recorded during the USGS Science Cruise 02051 in collaboration with 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.) It is in Environmental Science Research Institution (ESRI) shapefile format, geometric point data.
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ground condition
None planned
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General
USGS
CMGP
NOAA
Expendable Bathythermograph
XBT
Sippican MK-12 XBT
ocean temperature
locations
point shapefile
USGS Cruise 02051
NOAA Cruise RB0208
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Coastal and Marine Geology Program
U.S. Geological Survey
Woods Hole Science Center
WHSC
General
Puerto Rico Trench
Puerto Rico
US Possessions
US Caribbean Island
Atlantic Ocean
Caribbean Sea
North America
North Atlantic Ocean
None
Public domain data from the U.S. government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this data set.
Glynn Williams
U.S. Geological Survey
Information Technician (Geo/GIS)
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
384 Woods Hole Road
(508) 548-8700 x2290
(508) 457-2310
gwilliams@usgs.gov
8:00AM to 5:00PM; M-F
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535
Shapefile
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
Uri ten Brink
William Danforth
Chris Polloni
Castle Eugene Parker
Toshi Uozumi
Glynn Williams
2004
Open-file Report
2004-1400
Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
1.0
1 DVD-ROM
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1400/
The GPS was considered to have a horizontal accuracy of < 10 meters.
The XBT data file was received from the R/V Ron Brown Oceanographic data network, sent directly to the central storage system and logged to a spreadsheet file.
2002
Lt. Shep Smith
Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO)
Hydrographer
physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
USA
1315 East West Highway
Silver Springs
MD
20910
(301) 713-3431 x171
The XBT spreadsheet file was reformatted as table input file for ArcView.
2005
Glynn Williams
U.S. Geological Survey
Information Technician (Geo/GIS)
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1589
USA
384 Woods Hole Road
(508) 548-8700 x2290
(508) 457-2310
gwilliams@usgs.gov
8AM to 5PM; M-F
Microsoft Office XP Professional (Excel)
XBT table location file saved as ArcView shapefile.
2005
xbt.dbf
xbt.shp
xbt.shx
Glynn Williams
U.S. Geological Survey
Information Technician (Geo/GIS)
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1589
USA
384 Woods Hole Road
(508) 548-8700 x2290
(508) 457-2310
gwilliams@usgs.gov
8AM to 5PM; M-F
xbt.sbn
xbt.shx
ESRI ArcView 3.2
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) 457-2300
gwilliams@usgs.gov
XBT shapefile datum change from NAD 83 to WGS 84
ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0; ArcToolbox - Data Management Tools
2005
Vector
Entity point
2
Simple
Point
FALSE
2
TRUE
FALSE
0.000000
0.000000
Decimal degrees
D_WGS_1984
WGS_1984
6378137.000000
298.257224
GCS_WGS_1984
xbt_2002
Shapefile Attribute Table
ESRI
Feature Class
2
FID
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
FID
OID
4
0
0
Shape
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Coordinates defining the features.
Shape
Geometry
0
0
0
ID
A unique character string or numeric value associated with a particular object.
ESRI
ID
Number
16
LATITUDE
The north/south coordinate system reference point (location) where the XBT device was launched into water.
NOAA shipboard technician
19.0000
19.6166
decimal degrees
0.0001
LATITUDE
String
25
LONGITUDE
The east/west coordinate system reference point (location) where the XBT device was launched into water.
NOAA shipboard technician
-62.83330
-68.40000
decimal degrees
0.00001
LONGITUDE
String
25
WAYPTS
The name assigned to designate XBTlaunch start location
user defined
XBT
Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) device
USGS
WAYPTS
String
25
TIME
The recorded date when the device/equipment was launched into the water; recorded as Universal Time Coordinated (UTC)
USGS
Character string in the form of hh:mm:ss
TIME
String
25
XBT_TYPE
Specifies XBT depth capability
Sippican Corporation
XBT_TYPE
String
25
T-5
Depth range 0-1830 meters
Sippican MK-12
T-7
Depth range 0-760 meters
Sippican MK-12
Uri ten Brink
U.S. Geological Survey
Research Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1589
USA
384 Woods Hole Road
(508) 548-8700 x2396
(508) 457-2310
utenbrink@usgs.gov
8AM to 5PM; M-F
Downloadable Data: Open-File Report 2005-1066-xbt_2002
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.
ArcView shapefile
3.2
point shapefile
The individual files that comprise the shapefile: xbt.dbf, xbt.prj, xbt.shp, xbt.shx, and xbt.sbn
zip
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The user must have a computer system with a DVD-ROM available. To browse the information contained on this DVD-ROM, the user must have a current WWW browser available. The user must also have software installed on their computer to unzip the archived file.
None
The data is available in Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) shapefile format. The user must have ArcView 3.+ or ArcGIS 8.+ to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView/ArcGIS, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing data.
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Glynn Williams
U.S. Geological Survey
Information Technician (Geo/GIS)
physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
384 Woods Hole Road
(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
None
None
en
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