l882np.m77t - MGD77 data file for Geophysical data from field activity L-8-82-NP in Northern Pacific from 06/18/1982 to 07/08/1982

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Title:
l882np.m77t - MGD77 data file for Geophysical data from field activity L-8-82-NP in Northern Pacific from 06/18/1982 to 07/08/1982
Abstract:
Single-beam bathymetry, magnetics, and gravity data along with transit satellite navigation data was collected as part of field activity L-8-82-NP in Northern Pacific from 06/18/1982 to 07/08/1982, http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/l/l882np/html/L-8-82-NP.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/l882np/html/L-8-82-NP.bath.html http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/l/l882np/html/L-8-82-NP.grav.html http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/l/l882np/html/L-8-82-NP.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, l882np.m77t - MGD77 data file for Geophysical data from field activity L-8-82-NP in Northern Pacific from 06/18/1982 to 07/08/1982: 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: 158.16777
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -160.29523
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 54.03292
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 6.97816
  3. What does it look like?
  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?
    Beginning_Date: 18-Jun-1982
    Ending_Date: 08-Jul-1982
    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: Bering Sea, Alaska
      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?
    l882np.m77t
    MGD77T single-beam bathymetry, gravity, and magnetics data file for l882np (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:19820618
    Maximum:19820708
    Units:Year, month, day
    TIME
    Time (Source: NGDC)
    Range of values
    Minimum:0
    Maximum:2359
    Units:hours and decimal minutes
    LAT
    Latitude (Source: World Geodetic System 1984 Geographic Coordinate System)
    Range of values
    Minimum:6.97816
    Maximum:54.03292
    Units:decimal degrees
    LON
    Longitude (Source: World Geodetic System 1984 Geographic Coordinate System)
    Range of values
    Minimum:-179.99863
    Maximum:179.99889
    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:0.014
    Maximum:10.898
    Units:seconds
    CORR_DEPTH
    Bathymetry, corrected depth (Source: U.S. Geological Survey)
    Range of values
    Minimum:10.5
    Maximum:7973.1
    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:59
    Maximum:59
    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:32616
    Maximum:49997.8
    Units:gammas
    MAG_RES
    Magnetics residual field field (Source: NGDC)
    Range of values
    Minimum:-1385.3
    Maximum:1828.5
    Units:gammas
    GRA_OBS
    Observed gravity (Source: NGDC)
    Range of values
    Minimum:978088.9
    Maximum:981248.1
    Units:milligals
    EOTVOS
    EOTVOS correction - E = 7.5 V cos(phi) * sin(alpha) + 0.0042 V*V (Source: NGDC)
    Range of values
    Minimum:-61.8
    Maximum:113.9
    Units:milligals
    FREEAIR
    Free-air Anomaly = G(observed) minus G(theoretical) (Source: NGDC)
    Range of values
    Minimum:-436.1
    Maximum:294.4
    Units:milligals
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
    Bathymetry, magnetic, gravity, and navigation data for U.S. Geological Survey survey l882np in MGD77T format.
    Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
    Attributes are obtained from MGD77T data files created from the navigation, gravity, magnetics 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?
    Dave Clague(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: 22-Jan-1996 (process 1 of 7)
    Navigation Data >Converted to time format with year at start. > >05/16/85 KAYE USR$DISK:[DRS.DATA.L882NP.N]L882NP.071; >USR$DISK:[DRS.NAV]EOTCSSP.EXE; >Output of EOTCSSP on l882np.056 > 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: 31-Oct-1998 (process 2 of 7)
    Gravity Data >10/31/1998 /tiger/l/l882np/grav/l-8-82-np.160_071 >/bear/programs/edit/automerge/automerge > >Input was... >Converted to time format with year at start. > >05/16/85 BARB USR$DISK:[DRS.DATA.L882NP.G]L882NP.160; >USR$DISK:[DRS.GRV]GRAVRED.EXE;1 > >USR$DISK:[BARB]L882NP.140 >dy,hr,min,sec,tenths,grav_tie,meter_id > >05/08/85 BARB USR$DISK:[BARB]L882NP.111; >USR$DISK:[DRS.REFMT]REFORMAT.EXE;4 > >05/16/85 KAYE USR$DISK:[DRS.DATA.L882NP.N]L882NP.071; >USR$DISK:[DRS.NAV]EOTCSSP.EXE; > >Input was... >Converted to time format with year at start. > >05/16/85 KAYE USR$DISK:[DRS.DATA.L882NP.N]L882NP.071; >USR$DISK:[DRS.NAV]EOTCSSP.EXE; >Output of EOTCSSP on l882np.056 > >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-8-82-np.220_071 > >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/l882np/mag/l-8-82-np.200_071 >/bear/programs/edit/automerge/automerge > >Converted to time format with year at start. > >12/16/85 CAROLYN DRS$DATA:[L882NP.M]L882NP.200; >DRB0:[DRS.REFMT]REFORMAT.EXE;4 >was L882NP._.MAGSB1 on TAM146 >was L882NP220.DAT on VAM146 > >Converted to time format with year at start. > >05/16/85 KAYE USR$DISK:[DRS.DATA.L882NP.N]L882NP.071; >USR$DISK:[DRS.NAV]EOTCSSP.EXE; >Output of EOTCSSP on l882np.056 > >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: 31-Oct-1998 (process 4 of 7)
    Bathymetry Data >10/31/1998 /tiger/l/l882np/bath/l-8-82-np.320_071 >/bear/programs/edit/automerge/automerge > >Input was... >Converted to time format with year at start. > >08/21/85 BECKIE DUA0:[DATA.L882NP.B]L882NP.320; >DRB0:[DRS.REFMT]REFORMAT.EXE;4 >This file is digitrack bathymetry desampled to 2 minutes. > >Input was... >Converted to time format with year at start. > >05/16/85 KAYE USR$DISK:[DRS.DATA.L882NP.N]L882NP.071; >USR$DISK:[DRS.NAV]EOTCSSP.EXE; >Output of EOTCSSP on l882np.056 > >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-8-82-np.071) >YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST >198206182152460 198206250240000 >198206250309590 198207081830000 >YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST >Gravity Data (l-8-82-np.160_071) >YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST >198206182153000 198206190903440 >198206190917040 198206201153480 >198206201202320 198206230942480 >198206231006470 198206240328480 >198206240334240 198206250530520 >198206250536160 198206252128440 >198206252321000 198206261717080 >198206261806580 198206270657580 >198206270708260 198206271019020 >198206271158220 198206280757580 >198206280845570 198206291115400 >198206291153080 198207031942320 >198207032114010 198207040857490 >198207040909250 198207061919490 >198207061925210 198207071246050 >198207071258010 198207080427050 >YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST >Magnetics Data (l-8-82-np.220_071) >YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST >198206190131580 198206190905560 >198206190919040 198206201155480 >198206201204320 198206230945000 >198206231008470 198206240330480 >198206240336240 198206250533040 >198206250538160 198206252130440 >198206252323000 198206261221080 >198206262351420 198206270700020 >198206270710260 198206271021060 >198206271200220 198206271359140 >198206271931000 198206280800020 >198206280847570 198206291117560 >198206291155080 198207031944440 >198207032116210 198207032117050 >198207032132490 198207040900010 >198207040911250 198207061921530 >198207061927210 198207071248170 >198207071300010 198207080429050 >YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST >Bathymetry Data (l-8-82-np.320_071) >YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST >198206182156000 198206182156000 >198206182259000 198206190905240 >198206190919060 198206200246360 >198206200252000 198206201154300 >198206201204300 198206211444420 >198206211450300 198206212246300 >198206212252240 198206221620300 >198206221627120 198206230944480 >198206231008480 198206231846480 >198206231852000 198206240330300 >198206240336240 198206242040120 >198206242045540 198206250532540 >198206250538180 198206252129240 >198206252323000 198206261718480 >198206261809000 198206270253120 >198206270258180 198206270658180 >198206270710240 198206271020420 >198206271200240 198206280759180 >198206280847540 198206290211180 >198206290216240 198206291116420 >198206291155060 198206300504300 >198206300510000 198206301354180 >198206301359240 198207010739300 >198207010929300 198207011557300 >198207011603000 198207020921300 >198207020927180 198207021750180 >198207021756000 198207030244060 >198207030249480 198207031942540 >198207032116000 198207040554060 >198207040559300 198207040859300 >198207040911240 198207042346240 >198207042351300 198207050827300 >198207050833240 198207061921060 >198207061927180 198207071246240 >198207071300000 198207080428060 >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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