Tracklines of a multibeam survey of the sea floor of the Hudson Canyon region carried out in 2002 (polyline shapefile, geographic, WGS 84)

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Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 2017
Title:

Tracklines of a multibeam survey of the sea floor of the Hudson Canyon region carried out in 2002 (polyline shapefile, geographic, WGS 84)

Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:

Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/F77H1GSF

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F77H1GSF
Online_Linkage:

https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/58fa5eebe4b0b7ea54525666

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Bradford Butman
Originator: William W. Danforth
Originator: David C. Twichell
Originator: Peter A. Rona
Publication_Date: 2017
Title:

Bathymetry, backscatter intensity, and geomorphology of the sea floor of the Hudson Canyon and adjacent slope and rise

Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:

Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/F77H1GSF

Publication_Information:

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

Other_Citation_Details:

Suggested citation: Butman, Bradford, Danforth, W.W., Twichell, D.C., and Rona, P.A., 2017, Bathymetry, backscatter intensity, and geomorphology of the sea floor of the Hudson Canyon and adjacent slope and rise: U.S. Geological Survey data release,https://doi.org/10.5066/F77H1GSF.

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F77H1GSF

Description:

Abstract:

The Hudson Canyon begins on the outer continental shelf off the east coast of the United States at about 100-meters (m) water depth and extends offshore southeastward across the continental slope and rise. A multibeam survey was carried out in 2002 to map the bathymetry and backscatter intensity of the sea floor of the Hudson Canyon and adjacent slope and rise. The survey covered an area approximately 205 kilometers (km) in the offshore direction, extending from about 500 m to about 4,000 m water depth, and about 110 km in the alongshore direction, centered on the Hudson Canyon. The sea floor was mapped using a SeaBeam Instruments 2112 multibeam echosounder aboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ship Ronald H. Brown. Maps derived from the multibeam observations show sea-floor bathymetry and backscatter intensity (a measure of sea floor texture and roughness), geomorphic provinces, and sea-floor environments (Butman and others, 2006). The sea floor was mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with Rutgers University and with support from NOAA.

Purpose:

The navigation shapefile shows the track followed by the NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown in the 2002 survey. The tracklines run northeast-southwest, approximately parallel to the slope bathymetry and perpendicular to the canyon axis.

Supplemental_Information:

Maps and interpretations of the multibeam echosounder data from the 2002 multibeam survey of the sea floor of the Hudson Canyon region are published in Butman and others (2006) (see cross reference). This publication includes the previously unpublished digital multibeam data and interpretations with FGDC-compliant metadata (CSDGM format). The data were collected on Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center field activity 2002-050-FA (https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2002-050-FA). Other datasets from the 2002 survey may be found in Butman and others (2017) (see larger work citation). Andrews and others (2013) (see cross reference) present a bathymetric terrain model for the Atlantic margin which includes the Hudson Canyon region.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20020830
Ending_Date: 20020915
Ending_Time: unknown

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -72.501745
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.133573
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.838440
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.666833

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:58fa5eebe4b0b7ea54525666

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Theme_Keyword: tracklines
Theme_Keyword: polyline shapefile
Theme_Keyword: sea floor mapping
Theme_Keyword: SeaBeam Instruments 2112 multibeam
Theme_Keyword: NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown
Theme_Keyword: RB0207
Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC field activity 2002-050-FA
Theme_Keyword: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC)
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP)
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Theme_Keyword: Rutgers Institute of Coastal and Marine Sciences
Theme_Keyword: USGS Open-File Report 2004-1441

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme_Keyword: location

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: navigational data
Theme_Keyword: ocean sciences
Theme_Keyword: marine geophysics
Theme_Keyword: multibeam sonar

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Place_Keyword: Hudson Canyon
Place_Keyword: New York Bight
Place_Keyword: Middle Atlantic Bight
Place_Keyword: North Atlantic Ocean

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Temporal_Keyword: 2002

Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints: None
Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Bradford Butman

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2212
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bbutman@usgs.gov

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name:

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Browse_Graphic_File_Description:

Browse graphic of the tracklines of a multibeam survey of Hudson Canyon.

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.4095

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Butman, Bradford
Originator: Twichell, D.C.
Originator: Rona, P.A.
Originator: Tucholke, B.E.
Originator: Middleton, T.J.
Originator: Robb, J.R.
Publication_Date: 2006
Title:

Sea floor topography and backscatter intensity of the Hudson Canyon region offshore of New York and New Jersey

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2004-1441

Publication_Information:

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

Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1441/

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Butman, Bradford
Originator: Middleton, T.J.
Originator: Thieler, E.R.
Originator: Schwab, W.C.
Publication_Date: 2003
Title:

Topography, shaded relief and backscatter intensity of the Hudson Shelf Valley, offshore of New York

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 03-372

Publication_Information:

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

Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-372/

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Andrews, B.D.
Originator: Chaytor, J.D.
Originator: ten Brink, U.S.
Originator: Brothers, D.S.
Originator: Gardner, J.V.
Publication_Date: 2013
Title:

Bathymetric terrain model of the Atlantic margin for marine geological investigations

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2012-1266

Publication_Information:

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

Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1266/

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Clarke, J.H.
Publication_Date: 1998
Title: SwathEd
Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: New Brunswick, Canada
Publisher: Ocean Mapping Group, University of New Brunswick

Online_Linkage: https://www.omg.unb.ca/~jhc/SwathEd.html

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Butman, Bradford
Originator: Danforth, W.W.
Originator: Clarke, J.E.H.
Originator: Signell, R.P.
Publication_Date: 2017
Title:

Bathymetry and backscatter intensity of the sea floor of the Hudson Shelf Valley

Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:

Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/F7C53J1Z

Publication_Information:

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

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7C53J1Z

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report: All navigation data were processed in the same manner.
Completeness_Report:

Navigation shapefile includes all tracklines in the 2002 Hudson Canyon survey used to create the bathymetric grid and image of backscatter intensity on Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center field activity 2002-050-FA. Other data sets from the survey of the Hudson Canyon may be found in Butman and others (2017) (see larger work citation).

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

The navigation was by means of differential GPS and positions are accurate to approximately 10 m.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: NOAA
Originator: S. Thompson Bolmer
Originator: James M. Robb
Originator: Peter A. Rona
Publication_Date: Unpublished Material
Title: raw SeaBeam 2112 multibeam data

Type_of_Source_Media: disc
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20020830
Ending_Date: 20020915

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: none
Source_Contribution:

A SeaBeam Instruments 2112 multibeam Echo Sounder (12 kHz) was used to acquire the bathymetric data on the NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown. This system utilized up to 151 electronically aimed beams spaced at intervals of 2 degrees that insonify a swath of sea floor up to 3 times the water depth. Over the continental rise, in water depths greater than about 2,000 m, a 5-km track separation was employed, which provided almost 100% overlap of the insonified area from swath to swath. Time considerations compelled less than ideal coverage of the continental slope area, where a track-line separation of about 1.7 km was used, that provided nearly no data overlap between swaths. The survey was conducted at approximately 10 knots (18.5 km/hr). The horizontal resolution of the beam on the sea floor ranged from about 20-65 m in the across-track direction and about 10 m in the along-track direction at 500 m water depth, and from about 100-400 m across-track and 40 m along-track at 3,000 m water depth. Navigation was by GPS. The data were collected on Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center field activity 2002-050-FA (https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2002-050-FA).

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

A suite of processing software (called SwathEd) (Clarke, 1998; see cross reference) developed by the Ocean Mapping Group at the University of New Brunswick, Canada, was used to process, edit, grid, display, and archive the multibeam data. Navigation data were edited on-screen using the SwathEd routine jview to remove undesirable points, including turns at the ends of survey lines. Jview also rejects stray GPS fixes outside of the survey area, as set by the operator (see process steps for bathymetry available from the larger work citation).

Process_Date: 2009
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: William Danforth

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2274
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bdanforth@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

1. Reformat ASCII navigation data collected by the DGPS receiver into a CSV formatted ASCII file using the UNIX awk utility.
2. Import the CSV file as points into ArcGIS using the Import XY data under the tools menu.
3. Export the point data to a shapefile by right clicking on the point data in the data view window and selecting the Export Data function.
4. Reformat the point shapefile into a line shapefile using the VAC Extras tool -> FeatConv -> Points to line v2

Process_Date: 2009
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: William Danforth

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2274
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bdanforth@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Added keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword (20200908). Fixed a USGS Thesaurus term (20240715).

Process_Date: 20240715
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross

Contact_Position: Marine Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 377

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.000001
Longitude_Resolution: 0.000001
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984
Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: hc_rb_nav
Entity_Type_Definition:

Tracklines for 2002 multibeam survey (2002-050-FA) of Hudson Canyon and adjacent slope and rise

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number
Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry
Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LineNumTim
Attribute_Definition: Month Day Hour Minute at start of line in the format MDDHHMM
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 8301529
Range_Domain_Maximum: 9150250

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Lon
Attribute_Definition: Longitude at start of line
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

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Range_Domain_Maximum: -70.186198
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Lat
Attribute_Definition: Latitude at start of line
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 37.678072
Range_Domain_Maximum: 39.826835
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Year
Attribute_Definition: Year at start of line
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 2002
Range_Domain_Maximum: 2002
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: calendar year

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: JulianDay
Attribute_Definition:

Julian Day, the integer number representing the interval of time in days since January 1 of the year of collection at start of line

Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 242
Range_Domain_Maximum: 258
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Julian day

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Hour
Attribute_Definition: Hour at start of line
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 23
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: hour

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Min
Attribute_Definition: Minute at start of line
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 59
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: minute

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Sec
Attribute_Definition: Second at start of line
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 59.8
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: second

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

This shapefile shows the tracklines for 2002 multibeam survey of the Hudson Canyon by the NOAA ship Ron Brown. Lines were run northeast-southwest, approximately parallel to the topography.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: U.S. Geological Survey

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Denver Federal Center
Address: Building 810
Address: Mail Stop 302
City: Denver
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80225

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-275-8747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sciencebase@usgs.gov

Resource_Description:

hc_rb_nav.zip: contains hc_rb_nav.shp, other shapefile components, and FGDC-compliant metadata (CSDGM format).

Distribution_Liability:

Neither the U.S. Government, the Department of the Interior, nor the U.S. Geological Survey, 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.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: shapefile
Format_Version_Number: ArcGIS 9.3
Format_Specification: Esri shapefile
Format_Information_Content:

Zip file containing an Esri shapefile of navigation tracklines and associated metadata of a multibeam survey of the Hudson Canyon carried out in 2002 compressed in a zip file.

File_Decompression_Technique: zip
Transfer_Size: 0.4

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/58fa5eebe4b0b7ea54525666

Network_Resource_Name:

https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/58fa5eebe4b0b7ea54525666?name=hc_rb_nav.zip

Network_Resource_Name:

https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/58fa5eebe4b0b7ea54525666

Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.5066/F77H1GSF

Access_Instructions:

The network resources offer the options of downloading all the files, individual files, or accessing the landing page of the data.

Fees: none

Technical_Prerequisites:

The navigation shapefile from the 2002 Hudson Canyon survey is compressed into a zip file (hc_rb_nav.zip). To use these data, the user must have software capable of uncompressing the zip file and ArcGIS or another GIS application package capable of viewing the data.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20240715
Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Bradford Butman

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2212
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: whsc_data_contact@usgs.gov
Contact_Instructions:

The metadata contact email address is a generic address in the event the person is no longer with USGS. (updated on 20240319)

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

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