Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Pete Dartnell
Originator: Eleyne Phillips
Originator: Nadine Golden
Originator: Guy Cochrane
Originator: Amy Draut
Originator: Jamie Conrad
Originator: Neomi Mustain
Originator: Donna Schroeder
Originator: Scott Cross
Originator: Brayton Pointner
Publication_Date: 2013
Title: z206sc_video_observations
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Nadine E. Golden
Publication_Date: 2013
Title: California State Waters Map Series Data Catalog
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: database
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Data Series
Issue_Identification: DS 781
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/781/
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Samuel Y. Johnson
Originator: Peter Dartnell
Originator: Guy R. Cochrane
Originator: Nadine E. Golden
Originator: Eleyne L. Phillips
Originator: Andrew C. Ritchie
Originator: Rikk G. Kvitek
Originator: H. Gary Greene
Originator: Lisa M. Krigsman
Originator: Charles A. Endris
Originator: Gordon G. Seitz
Originator: Carlos I. Gutierrez
Originator: Ray W. Sliter
Originator: Mercedes D. Erdey
Originator: Florence L. Wong
Originator: Mary M. Yoklavich
Originator: Amy E. Draut
Originator: Patrick E. Hart
Originator: Susan A. Cochran
Publication_Date: 2013
Title:
California State Waters Map Series--Offshore of Ventura, California
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Scientific Investigations Map
Issue_Identification: SIM 3254
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3254/
Description:
Abstract:
This part of DS 781 presents video observations from cruise Z206SC for the Santa Barbara Channel region and beyond in southern California. The vector data file is included in "z206sc_video_observations.zip," which is accessible from
http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/781/video_observations/data_catalog_video_observations.html.
Some of the video observations from cruise Z206SC are published in Scientific Investigations Map 3254, "California State Waters Map Series--Offshore of Ventura, California" (see sheet 6). In addition, some of the video observations will be published in three future California State Waters Map Series SIMs of the region (namely, the Offshore of Carpinteria, Offshore of Santa Barbara, Offshore of Coal Oil Point, and Offshore of Coal Oil Point map areas) [note that, at the time of this writing, one of the other three SIMs have been published: the Offshore of Carpinteria map area (SIM 3254)].
Between 2006 and 2007, the seafloor in the Offshore of Ventura, Offshore of Carpinteria, Offshore of Santa Barbara, Offshore of Coal Oil Point, Offshore of Refugio Beach, map areas in southern California was mapped by California State University, Monterey Bay, Seafloor Mapping Lab (CSUMB) and by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), using both multibeam echosounders and bathymetric sidescan sonar units (for example, see sheets 1, 2, and 3, SIM 3254, for details). These mapping missions combined to collect bathymetry and acoustic-backscatter data from about the 10-m isobath to out beyond the 3-nautical-mile limit of California's State Waters. To validate the interpretations of sonar data in order to turn it into geologically and biologically useful information, the USGS ground-truth surveyed the data by towing camera sleds over specific locations throughout the region. During the 2008 ground-truth cruise, the camera sled housed two video cameras (one forward looking and the other vertical looking), a high-definition video camera, and an 8-megapixel digital still camera. The video was fed in real time to the research vessel, where USGS and NOAA scientists recorded both the geologic and biologic character of the seafloor into programmable keypads once every minute. In addition to recording the seafloor characteristics, a digital still photograph was captured once every 30 seconds. This ArcGIS shape file includes the position of the camera, the time each observation was started, and the visual observations of geologic and biologic habitat.
Purpose:
These data are intended for science researchers, students, policy makers, and the general public.
The data can be used with geographic information systems (GIS) software to display geologic and oceanographic information.
Supplemental_Information:
Information about the data collection field activity Z-2-06-sc is at
<
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/z/z206sc/html/z-2-06-sc.meta.html>.
Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes
only and does not imply endorsement by the
U.S. Government.
Although this Federal Geographic Data Committee-compliant metadata
file is intended to document the data set in nonproprietary form,
as well as in ArcInfo format, this metadata file may include some
ArcInfo-specific terminology.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20060706
Ending_Date: 20060726
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -119.92137
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -119.26310
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.47285
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.21149
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:4ca89bbd-6583-454a-9803-1111945de136
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)
Theme_Keyword: Earth Science > Biosphere > Aquatic Ecosystems > Marine Habitat
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: biota
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificinformation
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: benthic habitat
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: ecosystem
Theme_Keyword: fisheries
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: video sled observations
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) keywords
Theme_Keyword: video observation
Theme_Keyword: photographic sampling
Theme_Keyword: seabed
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: videos
Theme_Keyword: underwater photography
Theme_Keyword: sea-floor characteristics
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS)
Theme_Keyword: Marine Nearshore Subtidal
Theme_Keyword: Marine Offshore Subtidal
Theme_Keyword: Transform Continental Margin
Theme_Keyword: Bight
Theme_Keyword: Borderland
Theme_Keyword: Continental/Island Shelf
Theme_Keyword: Rock Substrate
Theme_Keyword: Unconsolidated Mineral Substrate
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
Place_Keyword: Ventura
Place_Keyword: Carpinteria
Place_Keyword: Santa Barbara
Place_Keyword: Coal Oil Point
Place_Keyword: Santa Barbara Channel
Place_Keyword: Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
Place_Keyword: Southern California
Place_Keyword: Pacific Ocean
Place_Keyword: California
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS)
Place_Keyword: Southern California Bight Ecoregion
Stratum:
Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS)
Stratum_Keyword: Substrate
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
This information is not intended for navigational purposes.
Read and fully comprehend the metadata prior to data use. Uses of these data should not violate the spatial resolution of the data.
Where these data are used in combination with other data of different resolution, the resolution of the combined output will be limited by the lowest resolution of all the data.
Acknowledge the U.S. Geological Survey in products derived from these data. Share data products developed using these data with the U.S. Geological Survey.
This database has been approved for release and publication by the Director of the USGS. Although this database has been subjected to rigorous review and is substantially complete, the USGS reserves the right to revise the data pursuant to further analysis and review. Furthermore, it is released on condition that neither the USGS nor the United States Government may be held liable for any damages resulting from its authorized or unauthorized use.
Although this Federal Geographic Data Committee-compliant metadata file is intended to document these data in nonproprietary form, as well as in ArcInfo format, this metadata file may include some ArcInfo-specific terminology. as in ArcInfo format, this metadata file may include some ArcInfo-specific terminology.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Nadine Golden
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology
Contact_Position: Geographer
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 400 Natural Bridges Dr.
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060-5792
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (831) 460-7530
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (831) 427-4709
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ngolden@usgs.gov
Data_Set_Credit:
The authors would like to thank Hank Chezar of the
USGS Western Region Coastal and Marine Geology Program (in Santa Cruz and Menlo Park, CA) for
field support and equipment support. Mike Boyle, Gerry Hatcher, Andy Stevenson, David Finlayson, and Neomi Mustain
at the USGS Marine Facility (Redwood City, CA) contributed field support and logistical support.
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.2 (Build 3790) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3500