Navassa_2D_SouthCoast_metadata: Fractal analysis of the Navassa Island seascape

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Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 2011
Title:

Navassa_2D_SouthCoast_metadata: Fractal analysis of the Navassa Island seascape

Edition: 2.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: David G. Zawada
Publication_Date: 2011
Title: Fractal Analysis of the Navassa Island Seascape
Series_Information:

Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey data series
Issue_Identification: doi:10.3133/ds592

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ds592

Description:

Abstract:

This release provides the numerical results of the fractal analyses discussed in Zawada and others (2010; https://doi.org/10.1029/2010GL043789) for the Navassa Island reefscape.

Purpose:

This release provides the numerical results of the fractal analyses discussed in Zawada and others (2010; https://doi.org/10.1029/2010GL043789) for the Navassa Island reefscape. The project represents the continuation of a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) research effort begun in 2006 (Zawada and others, 2006) to understand the patterns and scalability of roughness and topographic complexity from individual corals to complete reefscapes.

Supplemental_Information:

Navassa Island reefscape is located approximately 50 km west of the southwestern tip of Haiti. In 2006, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research conducted the first high-resolution, multibeam bathymetric survey around Navassa Island. A 1-meter spatial resolution digital elevation model (DEM) produced by NOAA served as the dataset. An 881-m x 881-m region off the southwestern coast of Navassa was extracted from the DEM and used to estimate the fractal characteristics of this portion of the seafloor surface. This approach provides a more comprehensive view of roughness variability over the Navassa Island seascape.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2006

Currentness_Reference: No future revsions are planned.

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: 75.035343
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 75.023693
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 18.405065
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 18.402580

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:4a297e53-54e3-4443-b899-e6d244298c7e

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: Observation Scale
Theme_Keyword: Average Elevation Variation
Theme_Keyword: Fractal Dimension

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Navassa Island

Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:

The U.S. Geological Survey must be acknowledged as originator of these results in future products or derivative research.

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Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000.

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report: No formal attribute accuracy tests were conducted.

Logical_Consistency_Report: No formal logical accuracy tests were conducted.
Completeness_Report:

Dataset is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract.

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Process_Step:

Process_Description:

This metadata record was modified from its original release in Data Series 592, so that it could be added to the center's metadata repository on the Coastal and Marine Geoscience Data System (CMGDS, https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/spcmsc/) for ingestion in downstream metadata cataloguing services. A metadata persistent identifier (PID) was also added to the Keywords section of this record to follow USGS Fundamental Science Practices (FSP).

Process_Date: 20240814
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Contact_Person: USGS SPCMSC Data Management

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 600 4th Street South
City: Saint Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-502-8000
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gs-g-spcmsc_data_inquiries@usgs.gov

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: 2D_variation_results_SouthCoast.nc
Entity_Type_Definition: None
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: None

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: eps
Attribute_Definition:

The series of observation scales used to determine the average variations in elevation extremes.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 216
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Meters

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: rows
Attribute_Definition:

Row numbers corresponding to the extracted portion of the DEM used to estimate the spatial variability in the fractal dimension of the seafloor surface off the southwestern coast of Navassa Island.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Zawada, D.G., Piniak, G.A., and Hearn, C.J., 2010, Topographic complexity and roughness of a tropical benthic seascape: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 37, 6 p., accessed October 14, 2010, at https://doi.org/10.1029/2010GL043789.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 881
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Meters

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: columns
Attribute_Definition:

Column numbers corresponding to the extracted portion of the DEM used to estimate the spatial variability in the fractal dimension of the seafloor surface off the southwestern coast of Navassa Island.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 881
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Meters

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: avg_variations
Attribute_Definition:

Average variations in elevation extremes as a function of the observation scale, eps.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.27
Range_Domain_Maximum: 35.74
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Meters

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: fractal_dims
Attribute_Definition:

Fractal dimension estimates for the seafloor surface off the southwestern coast of Navassa Island.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 2.2
Range_Domain_Maximum: 2.5

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Fractal computations were performed by the USGS for a portion of the seafloor surface extracted from the Navassa Island digital elevation model using the Variation Method of Dubuc and others. (1989). Algorithm implementation details are presented in Zawada and Brock (2009). For this 881-m x 881-m region off the southwestern coast of Navassa, fractal dimensions were computed by moving a 440-m x 440-m window in 1-m increments across each row and down each column of the region. Results from the Variation Method and the corresponding fractal dimension for each transect are available in the netCDF file 2D_variation_results_SouthCoast.nc.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:

Dubuc, B., Zucker, S.W., Tricot, C., Quiniou, J.F., and Wehbi, D., 1989b, Evaluating the fractal dimension of surfaces: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A--Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, v. 425, no. 1868, p. 113-127. Zawada, D.G., and Brock, J.C., 2009, A multiscale analysis of coral reef topographic complexity using Lidar-derived bathymetry: Journal of Coastal Research, SI (53), p. 6-15. (Also available at https://doi.org/10.2112/SI53-002.1)

Distribution_Information:

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Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Contact_Person: USGS SPCMSC Data Management

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 600 4th Street South
City: Saint Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: United States

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-502-8000
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gs-g-spcmsc_data_inquiries@usgs.gov

Resource_Description: 2D_variation_results_SouthCoast.nc
Distribution_Liability:

This publication was prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Although these results have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of these results on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution imply any such warranty. The U.S. Geological Survey shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of these results described and (or) contained herein. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof.

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Format_Name: netCDF

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Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/592/2D_variation_results_SouthCoast.nc

Fees: None

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20240814
Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Contact_Person: USGS SPCMSC Data Management

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 600 4th Street South
City: Saint Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: United States

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-502-8000
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gs-g-spcmsc_data_inquiries@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

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