H11255_GEO_2MBATHY.TIF: Color Shaded-Relief Image Showing the 2-m Bathymetry Generated from NOAA Survey H11255 in Long Island Sound (Geographic)

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 2006
Title:
H11255_GEO_2MBATHY.TIF: Color Shaded-Relief Image Showing the 2-m Bathymetry Generated from NOAA Survey H11255 in Long Island Sound (Geographic)
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: remote-sensing image
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2006-1059
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/2006/1059/data/geotifs/geo/h11255_geo_2mbathy.zip>
Online_Linkage:
<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1059/data/geotifs/geo/h11255_geo_2mbathy.tif>
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1059/html/catalog.html>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: L.J. Poppe
Originator: S.D. Ackerman
Originator: E.F. Doran
Originator: M.S. Moser
Originator: H.F. Stewart
Originator: N.A. Forfinski
Originator: U.L. Gardner
Originator: J.A. Keene
Publication_Date: 2006
Title:
Geological interpretation and multibeam bathymetry of the sea floor in southeastern Long Island Sound
Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2006-1059
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/2006/1059/>
Description:
Abstract:
Digital terrain models (DTMs) produced from multibeam bathymetric data provide valuable base maps for marine geological interpretations. These maps help define the geological variability of the seafloor (one of the primary controls of benthic habitat diversity); improve our understanding of the processes that control the distribution and transport of bottom sediments, and the distribution of benthic habitats and associated infaunal community structures; and provide a detailed framework for future research, monitoring, and management activities. The bathymetric survey interpreted herein (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) survey H11255) covers roughly 95 km2 of seafloor in southeastern Long Island Sound. This bathymetry has been examined in relation to seismic reflection data collected concurrently, as well as archived seismic profiles acquired as part of a long-standing geologic mapping partnership between the State of Connecticut and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The objective of this work was to use these acoustic data sets to interpret geomorphological attributes of the seafloor, and to use these interpretations to better understand the Quaternary geologic history and modern sedimentary processes.
Purpose:
To release a hill-shaded color-image GeoTIFF file containing the 2-m bathymetry generated from NOAA survey H11255 in Long Island Sound in geographic.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20040919
Ending_Date: 20041002
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -72.798337
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -72.635255
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.098839
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.014556
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Science Center
Theme_Keyword: multibeam bathymetry
Theme_Keyword: bathymetry
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: WHSC
Theme_Keyword: Simrad EM1002
Theme_Keyword: NOAA survey H11255
Theme_Keyword: H11255
Theme_Keyword: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Theme_Keyword: NOAA
Theme_Keyword: geotiff
Theme_Keyword: color image
Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 04041
Theme_Keyword: NOAA Project Identifier OPR-B370-TJ
Theme_Keyword: NOAA Project Identifier S-B904-TJ
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: oceans and estuaries
Theme_Keyword: oceans and coastal
Theme_Keyword: elevation
Theme_Keyword: imageryBaseMapEarthCover
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Place_Keyword: Connecticut
Place_Keyword: New York
Place_Keyword: Long Island
Place_Keyword: U.S. East Coast
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: Long Island Sound
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
Place_Keyword: North America
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_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Lawrence Poppe
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
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<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1059/data/geotiffs/geo/h11255_geo_2mbathy.gif>
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Thumbnail image of the color shaded-relief geographic GeoTIFF of the multibeam bathymetric data from NOAA survey H11255
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: E.F. Doram
Originator: M.S. Moser
Originator: N.A. Forfinski
Originator: U.L. Gardner
Originator: J.A. Keene
Originator: E.B. Christman
Originator: S.D. Ackerman
Publication_Date: 2005
Title:
Distribution, character, and importance of sedimentary furrows in south-central Long Island Sound
Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:
Series_Name: EOS
Issue_Identification: OS23B-07
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Washington, DC
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
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
Lineage:
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Source_Contribution:
The original multibeam bathymetric data acquired with a Simrad EM 1002 echosounder during NOAA cruise H11255 aboard the NOAA ship Thomas Jefferson.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The multibeam data for was acquired in XTF (extended Triton data format), recorded digitally through an ISIS data acquisition system, and processed using CARIS HIPS (Hydrographic Image Processing System) software for quality control, to incorporate sound velocity and tidal corrections, and to produce base surfaces at two resolutions: 1-m resolution in the shallower southeastern corner; 2-m resolution over the remaining study area. Among other formats (.tif and .asc), the data were exported in GeoZui format (.gutm) in UTM Zone 18.
Process_Date: Unknown
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h11255_1m.gutm
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h11255_2m.gutm
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Marc Moser
Contact_Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Contact_Position: Field Operations Officer
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 439 West York Street
City: Norfolk
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 23510
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (757) 441-6746
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: marc.s.moser@noaa.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The GeoZui files were imported into Fledermaus and exported as xyz files. The xyz files were moved to a Linux system where they were cleaned to remove ASCII errors and combined (concatenated) into one file at an optimal resolution of 2 m.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: h11255_1m.gutm
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: h11255_2m.gutm
Process_Date: Unknown
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h11255_2mutm18_xyz.txt
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: GIS Specialist
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 x2315
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
SwathEd software, produced by the Ocean Mapping Group at the University of New Brunswick, was used to create an ASCII grid from the xyz text file and ArcCatalog was used to convert the ASCII grid to a raster grid.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: h11255_2mutm18_xyz.txt
Process_Date: Unknown
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: bathy2m_utm18
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: GIS Specialist
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2315
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
A hill-shaded surface was generated from the grid using 3D Analyst Tools with sun illumination from 0 degrees (a direction parallel to most ship tracks to minimize artifacts) and an angle 45 degrees above the horizon, and to vertically exaggerate the surface 10x.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: bathy2m_utm18
Process_Date: Unknown
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: hls10x360utm
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: GIS Specialist
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2315
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The UTM bathymetric grid was reprojected into geographic in ArcCatalog.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: hls10x360utm
Process_Date: Unknown
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: hls10x360geo
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h11255_geo_2mbathy.tfw
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: GIS Specialist
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2315
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The ArcView 3.3 extension grid2image (Image Conversion Georeferencing) was used to create the color GeoTIFF image. As part of this process, the bathymetry was color coded to user specified full-spectrum legend colors and the hill-shaded grid was saved as a GeoTIFF image preserving both the legend colors and hill shading.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: hls10x360geo
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h11255_geo_2mbathy.tif
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: GIS Specialist
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2314
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@usgs.gov
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Contact_Person: Larry Poppe
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 this data set has 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.

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Network_Resource_Name: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1059/html/catalog.html>
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Fees: None
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Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
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Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
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Country: USA
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Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
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