l783sp.m77t - MGD77 data file for Geophysical data from field activity L-7-83-SP in Southern Pacific from 12/28/1983 to 01/03/1984

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Title:
l783sp.m77t - MGD77 data file for Geophysical data from field activity L-7-83-SP in Southern Pacific from 12/28/1983 to 01/03/1984
Abstract:
Single-beam bathymetry, gravity, and magnetic data along with transit satellite navigation data was collected as part of field activity L-7-83-SP in Southern Pacific from 12/28/1983 to 01/03/1984, http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/l/l783sp/html/l-7-83-sp.meta.html
These data are reformatted from space-delimited ASCII text files located in the Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP) InfoBank field activity catalog at http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/l/l783sp/html/l-7-83-sp.bath.html http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/l/l783sp/html/l-7-83-sp.grav.html and http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/l/l783sp/html/l-7-83-sp.mag.html into MGD77T format provided by the NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center(NGDC). The MGD77T format includes a header (documentation) file (.h77t) and a data file (.m77t). More information regarding this format can be found in the publication listed in the Cross_reference section of this metadata file.
Supplemental_Information:
The navigation data are digitally collected using a Satellite Integrated Navigation (SINS) system. The system is a space-based satellite navigation maintained by the United States government and is accessible using a satellite receiver. This system provides navigational accuracy of approximately 200 m.The Data Acquistion, Processing, and Storage (DAPS) group performs a number of processing steps to the navigation data once it is collected which can vary by cruise. These steps are outlined within the header information in each individual digital navigation (.05x) space-delimited ASCII data file. The header information rows are indicated by lines beginning with the character "!". There is no information on how the single-beam bathymetry, gravity, and magnetic data were collected. For each data gathering cruise leg, the available data in the following categories are forwarded to NGDC: navigation, gravity, magnetics, bathymetry, and seismic shot points. The available data for each cruise leg are re-formatted and combined into the Marine Geophysical Data Exchange Format (MGD77) and into the internal NGDC SEIS-NAV format by USGS using several USGS developed FORTRAN programs.The FORTRAN programs sample the navigation to every integer minute of the cruise. When necessary, the latitudes and longitudes are linearly interpolated. If the time between the actual navigation fixes exceeds five minutes, no data are included in the MGD77 file.To build the MGD77 file, gravity, magnetics, and bathymetry are added to this sampled navigation. When necessary, gravity, magnetics, and bathymetry data are linearly interpolated if the time between the actual data samples does not exceed five minutes. If a time gap exceeds this, the data are not reported.The navigation data are merged with the seismic shot point data in a SEIS- NAV format file. For this file, navigation data are interpolated for each shot point. Both types of files are written to magnetic tape and sent to NGDC.
  1. How might this data set be cited?
    U.S. Geological Survey, and Coastal and Marine Geology Program, 2013, l783sp.m77t - MGD77 data file for Geophysical data from field activity L-7-83-SP in Southern Pacific from 12/28/1983 to 01/03/1984: U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA.

    Online Links:

    This is part of the following larger work.

    Steele, Wm. Clinton, Degnan, Carolyn H., Deeter, Gary B., and Riordan, Jean A., 1980, DESCRIPTION OF MARINE GEOPHYSICAL DATA COLLECTED BY THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND HOW TO OBTAIN IT: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 167, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA.

    Online Links:

  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?
    West_Bounding_Coordinate: 172.74747
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: 179.61952
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: -39.63173
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: -43.60204
  3. What does it look like?
  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?
    Beginning_Date: 28-Dec-1983
    Ending_Date: 03-Jan-1984
    Currentness_Reference:
    ground condition
  5. What is the general form of this data set?
    Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tab-delimited ASCII text files
  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?
    1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?
      Indirect_Spatial_Reference: South Pacific Ocean
      This is a Point data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):
      • Point
    2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?
      Horizontal positions are specified in geographic coordinates, that is, latitude and longitude. Latitudes are given to the nearest 0.000001. Longitudes are given to the nearest 0.000001. Latitude and longitude values are specified in Decimal degrees. The horizontal datum used is D_WGS_1984.
      The ellipsoid used is WGS_1984.
      The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.000000.
      The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.25722210100002.
  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?
    l783sp.m77t
    MGD77T single-beam bathymetry, gravity, and magnetics data file for l783sp (Source: NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center, See Hittelman and others (2010) Cross_Reference section above for details about the MGD77T format and citation information.)
    SURVEY_ID
    Survey identifier supplied by the contributing organization (Source: NGDC) This identifier varies in format and is supplied by the contributing organization
    TIMEZONE
    Time-zone correction (Source: NGDC) In our datasets, no correction was applied. All values equal 0.
    DATE
    YYYYMMDD (Source: NGDC)
    Range of values
    Minimum:19831229
    Maximum:19831231
    Units:Year, month, day
    TIME
    Time (Source: NGDC)
    Range of values
    Minimum:0
    Maximum:2359.783
    Units:hours and decimal minutes
    LAT
    Latitude (Source: World Geodetic System 1984 Geographic Coordinate System)
    Range of values
    Minimum:-41.66166
    Maximum:-39.63182
    Units:decimal degrees
    LON
    Longitude (Source: World Geodetic System 1984 Geographic Coordinate System)
    Range of values
    Minimum:175.36739
    Maximum:179.61952
    Units:decimal degrees
    POS_TYPE
    Indicates how lat/lon was obtained (Source: NGDC)
    Range of values
    Minimum:1
    Maximum:3
    Units:1 = observed fix, 3 = interpolated fix, nil = unspecified
    BAT_TTIME
    Bathymetry, 2-way travel time (Source: U.S. Geological Survey)
    Range of values
    Minimum:0.019
    Maximum:1.093
    Units:seconds
    CORR_DEPTH
    Bathymetry, corrected depth (Source: U.S. Geological Survey)
    Range of values
    Minimum:14.3
    Maximum:820.7
    Units:decimal meters
    BAT_CPCO
    Bathymetric Correction code - details the procedure used for determining the sound velocity correction to depth (Source: NGDC)
    Range of values
    Minimum:63
    Maximum:63
    Units:01-55 Matthews' Zones with zone , 59 Matthews' Zones, no zone specified, 60 S. Kuwahara Formula, 61 Wilson Formula, 62 Del Grosso Formula, 63 Carter's Tables, 88 Other (see Add. Doc.), 97 Computed using 1500 meters/sec, 98 Unknown if Corrected, 99 Unspecified
    BAT_TYPCO
    Bathymetry type code - indicates how the bathymetric value was obtained (Source: NGDC)
    Range of values
    Minimum:1
    Maximum:3
    Units:1 - Observed, 3 - Interpolated (Header Seq. 12), 9 - Unspecified
    MAG_TOT
    Magnetics total field - 1st sensor (Source: NGDC)
    Range of values
    Minimum:49331
    Maximum:59844
    Units:gammas
    MAG_RES
    Magnetics residual field field (Source: NGDC)
    Range of values
    Minimum:-6828.8
    Maximum:3732.2
    Units:gammas
    LINEID
    LINE/TRACK/SEGMENT ID (Source: NGDC)
    Range of values
    Minimum:201
    Maximum:203
    Units:Used, for example, to cross reference with seismic data.
    POINTID
    SEISMIC SHOT-POINT NUMBER/POINT ID (Source: NGDC)
    Range of values
    Minimum:41
    Maximum:5142
    Units:Used, for example, to cross reference with seismic data.
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
    Bathymetry, gravity, magnetic, and navigation data for U.S. Geological Survey survey l783sp in MGD77T format.
    Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
    Attributes are obtained from MGD77T data files created from the navigation gravity, magnetic, and bathymetry best files. MGD77T is the standard, defined data format used for geophysical data in the National Geophysical Data Center. See Cross_Reference section above for citation details.

Who produced the data set?

  1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)
    • U.S. Geological Survey
    • Coastal and Marine Geology Program
  2. Who also contributed to the data set?
    Keith Lewis, Monty Hampton(Chief Scientist)
  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?
    Gregory K. Miller
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Physical Scientist
    600 4th Street South
    St. Petersburg, FL
    USA

    (727) 803-8747, ext. 3020 (voice)
    gmiller@usgs.gov

Why was the data set created?

These data and information are intended for science researchers,students, policy makers, and general public. These data are not to be used for navigation purposes. The data are reformatted into MGD77T standard format for inclusion into NOAA's NGDC geophysical database. From there the data will be made available to GeoMapApp ( http://www.geomapapp.org/ ) and Virtual Ocean ( http://www.virtualocean.org/ ) Earth-browsing software. Access to the data is also provided via the USGS Coastal and Marine Geoscience Data System ( http://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/ ).

How was the data set created?

  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?
  2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?
    Date: 15-Dec-1999 (process 1 of 7)
    Navigation Data >Converted to time format with year at start. > >11/10/86 CAROLYN USR$DISK:[DRS.DATA.L783SP]L783SP.054; >USR$DISK:[DRS.REFMT]REFORMAT.EXE;4 >edited out spike around 365/0935 >edited section from 3640500280 to 3641200440 - >by starting with this section from L783SP.051, >deleting spike at 3641056050, >interpolating sections from 364/0545 to 364/0608, > from 364/0615 to 364/0630, > from 364/0715 to 364/0815, & > from 364/0915 to 364/1000 > >Input was... >05/20/85 KAYE USR$DISK:[DRS.DATA.L783SP.N]NEW.053; >USR$DISK:[DRS.REFMT]REFORMAT.EXE;4 > Person who carried out this activity:
    U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) , Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)
    Attn: Clint Steele
    InfoBank Group Leader
    USGS, MailStop 999, 345 Middlefield Road
    Menlo Park, CA
    USA

    (650) 329-5055 (voice)
    (650) 329-5190 (FAX)
    infobank@octopus.wr.usgs.gov
    Date: 20-May-2002 (process 2 of 7)
    Gravity Data >05/20/2002 clint l-7-83-sp.111_054 >/infobank/programs/edit/automerge/automerge > >Input was... >Converted to time format with year at start. > >05/13/85 BARB USR$DISK:[DRS.DATA.L783SP.G]L783SP.111; >USR$DISK:[DRS.REFMT]REFORMAT.EXE;4 > >Input was... >Converted to time format with year at start. > >11/10/86 CAROLYN USR$DISK:[DRS.DATA.L783SP]L783SP.054; >USR$DISK:[DRS.REFMT]REFORMAT.EXE;4 >edited out spike around 365/0935 >edited section from 3640500280 to 3641200440 - >by starting with this section from L783SP.051, >deleting spike at 3641056050, >interpolating sections from 364/0545 to 364/0608, > from 364/0615 to 364/0630, > from 364/0715 to 364/0815, &> from 364/0915 to 364/1000 > >05/20/85 KAYE USR$DISK:[DRS.DATA.L783SP.N]NEW.053; >USR$DISK:[DRS.REFMT]REFORMAT.EXE;4 > >time, lat, long, time(sec) to nearest nav fix, data values Person who carried out this activity:
    U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) , Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)
    Attn: Clint Steele
    InfoBank Group Leader
    USGS, MailStop 999, 345 Middlefield Road
    Menlo Park, CA
    USA

    (650) 329-5055 (voice)
    (650) 329-5190 (FAX)
    infobank@octopus.wr.usgs.gov
    Date: 20-Jun-2012 (process 3 of 7)
    Magnetics Data >06/20/2012 carolyn l-7-83-sp.220_054 > >Reprocessed using subroutines from Susan Macmillan's >IGRF SYNTHESIS PROGRAM >with IGRF-11 coeffiecients integrated into the source code. >/infobank/programs/mag/magred11/magred11.for >Using geodetic coordinate system (Earth shape approximated by spheriod) >with altitude 0.0 km (for sea level). > >Input was... >10/31/1998 /tiger/l/l783sp/mag/l-7-83-sp.200_054 >/bear/programs/edit/automerge/automerge > >Converted to time format with year at start. > >01/02/86 CAROLYN DRS$DATA:[L783SP.M]L783SP.200; >DRB0:[DRS.REFMT]REFORMAT.EXE;5 >was [SUZY.L783SP]L783S1.200 on DISCO's FAPR84 backup tape > >Converted to time format with year at start. > >11/10/86 CAROLYN USR$DISK:[DRS.DATA.L783SP]L783SP.054; >USR$DISK:[DRS.REFMT]REFORMAT.EXE;4 >edited out spike around 365/0935 >edited section from 3640500280 to 3641200440 - >by starting with this section from L783SP.051, >deleting spike at 3641056050, >interpolating sections from 364/0545 to 364/0608, > from 364/0615 to 364/0630, > from 364/0715 to 364/0815, &> from 364/0915 to 364/1000 > >05/20/85 KAYE USR$DISK:[DRS.DATA.L783SP.N]NEW.053; >USR$DISK:[DRS.REFMT]REFORMAT.EXE;4 > >time, lat, long, time(sec) to nearest nav fix, data values Person who carried out this activity:
    U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) , Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)
    Attn: Clint Steele
    InfoBank Group Leader
    USGS, MailStop 999, 345 Middlefield Road
    Menlo Park, CA
    USA

    (650) 329-5055 (voice)
    (650) 329-5190 (FAX)
    infobank@octopus.wr.usgs.gov
    Date: 20-May-2002 (process 4 of 7)
    Bathymetry Data >05/20/2002 clint l-7-83-sp.330_054 >/infobank/programs/edit/automerge/automerge > >Input was... >Converted to time format with year at start. > >05/16/85 BECKIE USR$DISK:[DRS.DATA.L783SP.B]L783SP.330; >DRA1:[DRS.BAT]BATRED.EXE;1 >Digitrack bathymetry, sound velocity assumed=1500M/sec. >This file contains data collected in 12/83 and 1/84. > >05/16/85 BECKIE USR$DISK:[DRS.DATA.L783SP.B]L783SP.302; >DRA1:[DRS.DSMPL]DESAMTIME.EXE;1 > >Input was... >Converted to time format with year at start. > >11/10/86 CAROLYN USR$DISK:[DRS.DATA.L783SP]L783SP.054; >USR$DISK:[DRS.REFMT]REFORMAT.EXE;4 >edited out spike around 365/0935 >edited section from 3640500280 to 3641200440 - >by starting with this section from L783SP.051, >deleting spike at 3641056050, >interpolating sections from 364/0545 to 364/0608, > from 364/0615 to 364/0630, > from 364/0715 to 364/0815, &> from 364/0915 to 364/1000 > >05/20/85 KAYE USR$DISK:[DRS.DATA.L783SP.N]NEW.053; >USR$DISK:[DRS.REFMT]REFORMAT.EXE;4 > >time, lat, long, time(sec) to nearest nav fix, data values Person who carried out this activity:
    U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) , Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)
    Attn: Clint Steele
    InfoBank Group Leader
    USGS, MailStop 999, 345 Middlefield Road
    Menlo Park, CA
    USA

    (650) 329-5055 (voice)
    (650) 329-5190 (FAX)
    infobank@octopus.wr.usgs.gov
    Date: 20-Jun-2012 (process 5 of 7)
    MGD77 file creation - The available data for each cruise leg are re-formatted and combined into the Marine Geophysical Data Exchange Format (MGD77) and into the internal NGDC SEIS-NAV format by USGS using several USGS developed FORTRAN programs.The FORTRAN programs sample the navigation to every integer minute of the cruise. When necessary, the latitudes and longitudes are linearly interpolated. If the time between the actual navigation fixes exceeds five minutes, no data are included in the MGD77 file.To build the MGD77 file, gravity, magnetics, and bathymetry are added to this sampled navigation. When necessary, gravity, magnetics, and bathymetry data are linearly interpolated if the time between the actual data samples does not exceed five minutes. If a time gap exceeds this, the data are not reported.The navigation data are merged with the seismic shot point data in a SEIS- NAV format file. For this file, navigation data are interpolated for each shot point. Both types of files are written to magnetic tape and sent to NGDC. Person who carried out this activity:
    U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)
    Attn: Carolyn H. Degnan
    Geophysicist
    USGS Pacific Coastal & Marine Science Center, 400 Natural Bridges Drive
    Santa Cruz, CA
    USA

    (831) 460-7452 (voice)
    (831) 427-4748 (FAX)
    infobank@octopus.wr.usgs.gov
    Date: 01-Feb-2017 (process 6 of 7)
    Keywords section of metadata optimized for discovery in USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Data Catalog. Person who carried out this activity:
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Attn: Alan O. Allwardt
    Contractor -- Information Specialist
    2885 Mission Street
    Santa Cruz, CA

    831-460-7551 (voice)
    831-427-4748 (FAX)
    aallwardt@usgs.gov
    Date: 19-Oct-2020 (process 7 of 7)
    Edited metadata to add keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword. No data were changed. Person who carried out this activity:
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Attn: VeeAnn A. Cross
    Marine Geologist
    384 Woods Hole Road
    Woods Hole, MA

    508-548-8700 x2251 (voice)
    508-457-2310 (FAX)
    vatnipp@usgs.gov
  3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?
    Hittelman, Allen M., Groman, Robert C., Haworth, Richard T., Holcombe, Troy L., McHendrie, Graig, Smith, Stuart M., and Metzger, Dan R., 2010, The marine geophysical data exchange format - MGD77 / MGD77T: National Geophysical Data Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO.

    Online Links:

    Other_Citation_Details: 25 p.

How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?

  1. How well have the observations been checked?
    The validity or accuracy of bathymetry and navigation data is highly qualitative and depends on equipment and operating condition variables. Data quality is unknown, MGD77T files were formatted from InfoBank files identified as best available version.
  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?
    Unspecified
  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?
    Unspecified
  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?
    Start and end date/times of data >Navigation Data (l-7-83-sp.054 [SINS]) >YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST >198312290349320 198312291333210 >198312292313080 198312300322370 >198312300329540 198312300601550 >198312300608130 198312300615340 >198312300621110 198312310748450 >198312310847300 198312310847300 >198312310856200 198312322359599 >198401010000001 198401010500200 >198401010509390 198401010544210 >198401010549290 198401010557410 >198401010604280 198401010604280 >198401010610410 198401021950490 >198401022222170 198401030014280 >198401030025000 198401030035000 >YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST >Gravity Data (l-7-83-sp.111_054) >YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST >198312290349400 198312310946590 >198312310954190 198312311849590 >198312311902380 198312312359580 >YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST >Magnetics Data (l-7-83-sp.220_054) >YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST >198312300346000 198312300432000 >198312300443000 198312300650280 >198312300709480 198312300718560 >198312300859080 198312310601370 >YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST >Bathymetry Data (l-7-83-sp.330_054) >YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST >198312290350200 198312290519200 >198312310249490 198312310252490 >198312310303450 198312310636450 >198312310901390 198312310946390 >198312310954190 198312311608190 >198312311641190 198312311849190 >198312311902380 198312312219190 >198312312300590 198312312314180 >198312312321180 198312312359580 >YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST >Seismic Shots Data (l-7-83-sp.420_054) >YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST >198312300244580 198312300955590 >198312301005530 198312301034050 >198312301058170 198312301128510 >198312301155120 198312301224280 >198312301345410 198312301443270 >198312301452470 198312310613040 >YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST
  5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?
    This data set is from one field activity with unknown instrument calibrations. Processed bathymetric depths were spot checked based on latitude and longitude against the Global Multi-Resolution Topography (GMRT) grid within GeoMapApp to ensure reasonable values.

How can someone get a copy of the data set?

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?
Access_Constraints: None. These data are held in the public domain.
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.
  1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)
    U.S. Geological Survey
    345 Middlefield Road MS 999
    Menlo Park, CA
    USA

    (650) 329-5078 (voice)
    (650) 329-5190 (FAX)
  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set? Downloadable Data
  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?
    Neither the U.S. Government, the Department of the Interior, nor the USGS, nor any of their employees, contractors, or subcontractors, make any warranty, express or implied, nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, nor represent that its use would not infringe on privately owned rights. 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.
  4. How can I download or order the data?

Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:
Last modified: 19-Oct-2020
Metadata author:
Gregory K. Miller
U.S. Geological Survey
Physical Scientist
U.S. Geological Survey, 600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL
USA

(727) 803-8747, ext. 3020 (voice)
gmiller@usgs.gov
Metadata standard:
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)
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