l982bs.m77t - MGD77 data file for Geophysical data from field activity L-9-82-BS in Bering Sea, Alaska from 07/11/1982 to 08/03/1982

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Title:
l982bs.m77t - MGD77 data file for Geophysical data from field activity L-9-82-BS in Bering Sea, Alaska from 07/11/1982 to 08/03/1982
Abstract:
Single-beam bathymetry, magnetics, and gravity data along with transit satellite navigation data was collected as part of field activity L-9-82-BS in Bering Sea, Alaska from 07/11/1982 to 08/03/1982, http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/l/l982bs/html/l-9-82-bs.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/l982bs/html/l-9-82-bs.bath.html http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/l/l982bs/html/l-9-82-bs.grav.html http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/l/l982bs/html/l-9-82-bs.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, l982bs.m77t - MGD77 data file for Geophysical data from field activity L-9-82-BS in Bering Sea, Alaska from 07/11/1982 to 08/03/1982: 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: 178.39452
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -160.49939
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 64.48862
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 53.89210
  3. What does it look like?
  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?
    Beginning_Date: 11-Jul-1982
    Ending_Date: 03-Aug-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?
    l982bs.m77t
    MGD77T single-beam bathymetry, gravity, and magnetics data file for l982bs (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:19820711
    Maximum:19820803
    Units:Year, month, day
    TIME
    Time (Source: NGDC)
    Range of values
    Minimum:0
    Maximum:2359.916
    Units:hours and decimal minutes
    LAT
    Latitude (Source: World Geodetic System 1984 Geographic Coordinate System)
    Range of values
    Minimum:53.8921
    Maximum:64.48862
    Units:decimal degrees
    LON
    Longitude (Source: World Geodetic System 1984 Geographic Coordinate System)
    Range of values
    Minimum:-179.99817
    Maximum:179.99953
    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:0.02
    Maximum:4.792
    Units:seconds
    CORR_DEPTH
    Bathymetry, corrected depth (Source: U.S. Geological Survey)
    Range of values
    Minimum:14.6
    Maximum:3505.7
    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: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:46781.3
    Maximum:57526
    Units:gammas
    MAG_RES
    Magnetics residual field field (Source: NGDC)
    Range of values
    Minimum:-3913.8
    Maximum:4591.6
    Units:gammas
    GRA_OBS
    Observed gravity (Source: NGDC)
    Range of values
    Minimum:981395.9
    Maximum:979088.9
    Units:milligals
    EOTVOS
    EOTVOS correction - E = 7.5 V cos(phi) * sin(alpha) + 0.0042 V*V (Source: NGDC)
    Range of values
    Minimum:-39.2
    Maximum:44.4
    Units:milligals
    FREEAIR
    Free-air Anomaly = G(observed) minus G(theoretical) (Source: NGDC)
    Range of values
    Minimum:-153.1
    Maximum:187.8
    Units:milligals
    LINEID
    LINE/TRACK/SEGMENT ID (Source: NGDC)
    Range of values
    Minimum:1
    Maximum:14
    Units:Used, for example, to cross reference with seismic data.
    POINTID
    SEISMIC SHOT-POINT NUMBER/POINT ID (Source: NGDC)
    Range of values
    Minimum:50
    Maximum:9100
    Units:Used, for example, to cross reference with seismic data.
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
    Bathymetry, magnetic, gravity, and navigation data for U.S. Geological Survey survey l982bs 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?
    Alan Cooper, Mike Marlow(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. > >06/13/85 KAYE USR$DISK:[DRS.DATA.L982BS.N]L982BS.052; >USR$DISK:[DRS.REFMT]REFORMAT.EXE;4 >Original file name is l982bs.sinsc1._. > 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/l982bs/grav/l-9-82-bs.161_052 >/bear/programs/edit/automerge/automerge > >Input was... >Converted to time format with year at start. > >10/03/85 BARB DRS$DATA:[L982BS.G]L982BS.161; >DRB0:[DRS.REFMT]REFORMAT.EXE;4 > >Input was... >Converted to time format with year at start. > >06/13/85 KAYE USR$DISK:[DRS.DATA.L982BS.N]L982BS.052; >USR$DISK:[DRS.REFMT]REFORMAT.EXE;4 >Original file name is l982bs.sinsc1._. > >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-9-82-bs.220_052 > >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/l982bs/mag/l-9-82-bs.200_052 >/bear/programs/edit/automerge/automerge > >Converted to time format with year at start. > >09/03/85 CAROLYN DRS$DATA:[L982BS.M]L982BS.200; >DRB0:[DRS.REFMT]REFORMAT.EXE;4 >was L982BS._.MAGSC1 on TAM084 >was L982BS221.DAT on VAM084 > >Converted to time format with year at start. > >06/13/85 KAYE USR$DISK:[DRS.DATA.L982BS.N]L982BS.052; >USR$DISK:[DRS.REFMT]REFORMAT.EXE;4 >Original file name is l982bs.sinsc1._. > >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/l982bs/bath/l-9-82-bs.321_052 >/bear/programs/edit/automerge/automerge > >Input was... >Converted to time format with year at start. > >08/20/85 BECKIE DUA0:[DATA.L982BS.B]L982BS.320; >DRB0:[DRS.REFMT]REFORMAT.EXE;4 >This file is hand-digetized bathy. Matthews Zone used: 25. > >Input was... >Converted to time format with year at start. > >06/13/85 KAYE USR$DISK:[DRS.DATA.L982BS.N]L982BS.052; >USR$DISK:[DRS.REFMT]REFORMAT.EXE;4 >Original file name is l982bs.sinsc1._. > >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-9-82-bs.052 [SINS]) >YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST >198207111941000 198207111941000 >198207112003000 198207280108340 >198207280123550 198208031017000 >198208031200000 198208031200000 >YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST >Gravity Data (l-9-82-bs.161_052) >YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST >198207112003180 198207121851420 >198207122000540 198207130455300 >198207130505180 198207140704420 >198207140713540 198207151831300 >198207151853360 198207160335420 >198207160342060 198207162123300 >198207162129060 198207170617540 >198207170624120 198207200646480 >198207200653060 198207260607060 >198207260622120 198207261506540 >198207261512180 198207282328360 >198207282355180 198207290428540 >198207290434480 198207292241360 >198207292250420 198207292250420 >198207292316000 198207310726000 >198207310732120 198207312020060 >198207312026540 198208010706480 >198208010713240 198208031032480 >YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST >Magnetics Data (l-9-82-bs.220_052) >YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST >198207121140210 198207121203040 >198207121337560 198207121856440 >198207122005560 198207130501120 >198207130510200 198207140710280 >198207140718560 198207151836280 >198207151858360 198207160341080 >198207160347160 198207170623040 >198207170629120 198207180900160 >198207192015000 198207200652010 >198207200658050 198207201500180 >198207210507000 198207260613000 >198207260627120 198207280100230 >198207280304380 198207281348440 >198207282240300 198207282333540 >198207290000180 198207290712300 >198207291709000 198207292159570 >198207300836020 198207301345060 >198207310550400 198207310731420 >198207310737100 198207310750260 >198207311303530 198207311721200 >198208010448450 198208010712210 >198208010718250 198208030016200 >YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST >Bathymetry Data (l-9-82-bs.321_052) >YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST >198207121506000 198207121600120 >198207121632540 198207130934300 >198207130944480 198207131249540 >198207131300480 198207131434300 >198207131444480 198207140137480 >198207140200000 198207140300120 >198207140314480 198207140314480 >198207140327360 198207140335180 >198207140348240 198207140357120 >198207140409060 198207140409060 >198207140420540 198207140448240 >198207140505300 198207140530180 >198207140542420 198207140634240 >198207140645000 198207141349480 >198207141400060 198207150234420 >198207150315000 198207150452540 >198207150503060 198207151639480 >198207151650000 198207160255000 >198207160306000 198207161230000 >198207161240480 198207171840240 >198207171851120 198207172215000 >198207172226060 198207180153240 >198207180205120 198207180500060 >198207180511180 198207180835540 >198207181319060 198207181645000 >198207181700060 198207181845000 >198207181856240 198207181920000 >198207192200000 198207192330060 >198207192345000 198207200135300 >198207200149420 198207201040240 >198207201050360 198207201450480 >198207210635420 198207211545000 >198207211556480 198207212306180 >198207212320060 198207220044540 >198207220115060 198207220600000 >198207220611360 198207220805000 >198207220815060 198207221449480 >198207221530300 198207221850420 >198207221900480 198207222120180 >198207222341180 198207230130060 >198207230141120 198207231125180 >198207231135360 198207231344540 >198207231404420 198207231404420 >198207231414540 198207231611120 >198207231629060 198207231734360 >198207231757120 198207231848060 >198207231859000 198207240948000 >198207241003480 198207241955420 >198207242010480 198207242356420 >198207250230180 198207262150060 >198207262200120 198207270229540 >198207270245360 198207280100000 >198207280300300 198207281341480 >198207282248480 198207282301240 >198207282313180 198207290223180 >198207290249060 198207290335540 >198207290542120 198207290721300 >198207291600000 198207291943300 >198207291957120 198207292200000 >198207300700000 198207301050360 >198207301109060 198207301358060 >198207310632120 198207310700000 >198207311418120 198207311710000 >198208010503420 198208010649060 >198208010700060 198208011513480 >198208021621060 198208030133240 >YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST >Seismic Shots Data (l-9-82-bs.422_052) >YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST >198207121619500 198207122256010 >198207122347510 198207140202390 >198207142142310 198207150237250 >198207150317420 198207160204110 >198207160254080 198207180849120 >198207192158100 198207201447510 >198207210638250 198207220034370 >198207220117520 198207220638450 >198207220643524 198207220643524 >198207220648598 198207220648598 >198207220654072 198207220654072 >198207220659146 198207220659146 >198207220704220 198207221428310 >198207221503150 198207240749490 >198207241002480 198207260514030 >198207260823050 198207261916380 >198207262003120 198207270302010 >198207270328070 198207271148230 >198207271228010 198207280049040 >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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