Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Publication_Date: 2017 Title: GeoTIFF image of the backscatter intensity of the sea floor of the Hudson Shelf Valley (12-m resolution, Mercator, WGS 84) Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: remote-sensing image Series_Information: Series_Name: data release Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/F7C53J1Z 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/F7C53J1Z Online_Linkage: https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/589a1ffee4b0efcedb71a59c Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Bradford Butman Originator: William W. Danforth Originator: John E. Hughes Clarke Originator: Richard P. Signell 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 Other_Citation_Details: Suggested citation: Butman, Bradford, Danforth, W.W., Clarke, J.E.H., and Signell, R.P., 2017, Bathymetry and backscatter intensity of the sea floor of the Hudson Shelf Valley: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7C53J1Z. Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7C53J1Z Description: Abstract: The Hudson Shelf Valley is the submerged seaward extension of the ancestral Hudson River drainage system and is the largest physiographic feature on the Middle Atlantic continental shelf. The valley begins offshore of New York and New Jersey at about 30-meter (m) water depth, runs southerly and then southeasterly across the Continental Shelf, and terminates on the outer shelf at about 85-m water depth landward of the head of the Hudson Canyon. Portions of the 150-kilometer-long valley were surveyed in 1996, 1998, and 2000 using a Simrad EM1000 multibeam echosounder mounted on the Canadian Coast Guard ship Frederick G. Creed. The purpose of the multibeam echosounder surveys was to map the bathymetry and backscatter intensity of the sea floor of the valley, providing a framework for geologic, oceanographic, and geochemical studies. The data from the three surveys are combined to produce grids of bathymetry and backscatter intensity at 12-m resolution that cover the entire valley and the head of the Hudson Canyon. The mapping was done by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with support from the Canadian Hydrographic Service and the University of New Brunswick. Purpose: The GeoTIFF image of backscatter intensity provides qualitative information on the sediment texture and roughness of the sea floor. Backscatter intensity, a measure of the strength of the acoustic return from the sea floor, is a function of the properties of the surficial sediments and of the bottom roughness. Generally high backscatter intensity (strong return), shown as light gray tones, is associated with rock or coarse-grained sediment, and low backscatter intensity (weak return), shown as dark gray tones, with fine-grained sediments. The image merges backscatter intensity data obtained in 1996, 1998, and 2000. Supplemental_Information: Butman and others (1998), Butman and others (2003), and Thieler and others (2007) (see cross references) present maps and interpretations of the multibeam data. In the image presented in Butman and others (2003), the value 255 included both no data and the maximum data value. In this image, the value 255 is no data. Other datasets from the survey of the Hudson Shelf Valley may be found in Butman and others (2017) (see larger work citation). Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 19961123 Ending_Date: 20000504 Currentness_Reference: Ground condition. Surveys of different parts of the valley were carried out 19961123 to 19961201, 19981029 to 19981102, and 20000407 to 20000504. Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -73.901667 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.999938 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.433333 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.333341 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier Theme_Keyword: USGS:589a1ffee4b0efcedb71a59c Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Theme_Keyword: backscatter intensity Theme_Keyword: GeoTIFF image Theme_Keyword: sea floor mapping Theme_Keyword: multibeam Theme_Keyword: Simrad EM1000 Theme_Keyword: Canadian Coast Guard ship Frederick G. Creed Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC field activity 1996-043-FA Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC field activity 1998-015-FA Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC field activity 2000-015-FA 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: Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) Theme_Keyword: University of New Brunswick (UNB) Theme_Keyword: USGS Open-File Report 03-372 Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: oceans Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation Theme_Keyword: imageryBaseMapsEarthCover Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: sea-floor acoustic reflectivity Theme_Keyword: image mosaics Theme_Keyword: multibeam sonar Theme_Keyword: marine geophysics Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Place_Keyword: Hudson Shelf Valley Place_Keyword: New York Bight Place_Keyword: Middle Atlantic Bight Place_Keyword: mid-Atlantic Bight Place_Keyword: New York Place_Keyword: New Jersey Place_Keyword: Hudson Canyon Place_Keyword: North Atlantic Ocean Stratum: Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Stratum_Keyword: sea floor 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: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x 2212 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bbutman@usgs.gov Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/589a1ffee4b0efcedb71a59c?name=hsv_backi12m_browsegraphic.jpg Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Browse graphic of the backscatter intensity of the sea floor. 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: 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: Thieler, E.R. Originator: Butman, Bradford Originator: Schwab, W.C. Originator: Allison, M.A. Originator: Driscoll, N.W. Originator: Donnelly, J.P. Originator: Uchupi, Elazar Publication_Date: 2007 Title: A catastrophic meltwater flood event and the formation of the Hudson Shelf Valley Series_Information: Series_Name: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Issue_Identification: 246 (2007), 120-136; DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.10.030 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Elsevier Ltd. Online_Linkage: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.10.030 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Butman, Bradford Originator: Danforth, W.W. Originator: Schwab, W.C. Originator: ten Brink, M.B. Publication_Date: 1998 Title: Multibeam bathymetric and backscatter maps of the upper Hudson Shelf Valley and adjacent shelf, offshore of New York Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 98-616 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1998/of98-616/ Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Butman, Bradford Originator: Danforth, W.W. Originator: Knowles, S.C. Originator: May, Brian Originator: Serrett, Laurie Publication_Date: 2002 Title: Sea floor topography and backscatter intensity of the Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS), offshore of New York, based on multibeam surveys conducted in 1996, 1998, and 2000 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 00-503 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2000/of00-503/ 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: 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: http://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 Historic Area Remediation Site in 1996, 1998, and 2000 Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: data release Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/F74B2ZGX Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Other_Citation_Details: This publication contains edition 2.0 of the bathymetry and derivative datasets that were originally released as part of Open-File Report 00-503. Edition 2.0 was created using revised processing software to correct a projection error in edition 1.0. The stretch for the images in edition 2.0 was also changed so that 255 is no data. Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F74B2ZGX Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: All data were processed in the same manner. Some features in the multibeam backscatter intensity data are artifacts of data collection and environmental conditions. They include unnatural-looking features and patterns oriented parallel or perpendicular to survey tracklines. The orientation of the tracklines is sometimes identified by the faint parallel stripes in the image. Completeness_Report: This image represents backscatter intensity data collected with a Simrad EM 1000 multibeam echosounder on Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center field activities 1996-043-FA, 1998-015-FA, and 2000-015-FA that have been merged together. There are a few data gaps in the image due to incomplete coverage by the multibeam system. Other datasets from the survey of the Hudson Shelf Valley may be found in Butman and others (2017) (see larger work citation). Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: These data were navigated with a Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) which is typically accurate to +/- 3 meters, horizontally. Repeated surveys of the Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS) (Butman and others, 2017), made on the same cruises and using the same instrumentation as the surveys of the Hudson Shelf Valley, were used to qualitatively assess the horizontal accuracy of the 1996, 1998, and 2000 surveys. The difference in location of sea floor features in the HARS identified in the 1996 and 1998 surveys were typically 5 m or less, as expected when navigating with DGPS. The difference in location of same features in the 1998 and 2000 survey were typically 10-20 m and in the along-track direction of the survey. This analysis suggests that the data collected in 1996 and 1998 surveys of the Hudson Shelf Valley are accurate to +/- 3 m horizontally, and the data collected in the 2000 survey accurate to 10-20 m horizontally. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Canadian Hydrographic Service Originator: William W. Danforth Originator: John E. Hughes Clarke Publication_Date: Unpublished Material Title: raw multibeam data Type_of_Source_Media: disc Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 19961123 Ending_Date: 20000504 Source_Currentness_Reference: Ground condition. Surveys of different parts of the valley were carried out 19961123 to 19961201, 19981029 to 19981102, and 20000407 to 20000504. Source_Citation_Abbreviation: none Source_Contribution: The multibeam data were collected with a Simrad EM1000 multibeam echosounder mounted on the starboard pontoon of the Canadian Coast Guard ship Frederick G. Creed. The multibeam system utilizes 60 electronically-aimed receive beams spaced at intervals of 2.5 degrees that insonify a strip of sea floor up to 7.5 times the water depth. The horizontal resolution of the beam on the sea floor is approximately 10 % of the water depth. Vertical resolution is approximately 1 % of the water depth. Data were collected along tracklines spaced 5-7 times the water depth apart at a speed of 10-14 knots. The valley was surveyed with lines running approximately parallel to the valley axis; in some areas the lines were run in a Zamboni pattern for efficiency. The piecemeal survey pattern was a result of the limited endurance of the Creed, about 2 days, and weather. The frequency of the sonar is 95 kHz. Sound velocity profiles, used to correct for refraction, were obtained when arriving at the start of each portion of the survey and then twice each day. Navigation was by means of differential GPS. Operation of the Simrad EM1000 was carried out by hydrographers of the Canadian Hydrographic Service. The data were collected on Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center field activities 1996-043-FA (https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fa=1996-043-FA), 1998-015-FA (https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fa=1998-015-FA), and 2000-015-FA (https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fa=1998-015-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 the multibeam backscatter intensity data and produce images. The following processing steps produced the combined grayscale image of backscatter intensity for the 1996, 1998, and 2000 Hudson Shelf Valley datasets: 1. Create a blank 8-bit map file: Command line: make_blank mosaic_file This command commences a dialog to enable an 8-bit image and input the map boundaries and resolution (12 meters in this case). The program also prompts for the projection type and parameters to be used creating the binary map file (custom Mercator, central longitude of -75 degrees, latitude of true scale 40 degrees north). Then the "blank" file is copied to two files required by the mosaic program: Command line: cp mosaic_file.blank mosaic_file.mos Command line: cp mosaic_file.blank mosaic_file.ran 2. Create backscatter files that can be then mosaicked from the backscatter time series: Command line: getBeamPattern filename (prefix only) Command line: makess -pixel 1.0 -beam_patt beampatt filename (prefix only) output.ss Command line: glfill output.ss output.ss_fill (fills in data dropouts). 3. Mosaic all the backscatter files created in the last step (for each output.ss_fill). Command line: mos2 -autoseam -maxazi 10 -maxdist 10 mosaic_file output.ss_fill Note: Errors in the UNB gridding software were identified in 2003 and 2007. These data were processed with corrected software. Process_Date: 2009 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: William W. 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: Use a two point linear contrast stretch (0-254; 255 is no data) to enhance the shaded-relief image. (Note the value 255 in images presented in Butman and others (2003) included both no data and maximum data value. In this image, the value 255 is no data.) Command line: stretchacres -low 180 -high 220 -in mosaic_file -out mosaic_file.stretch Create a TIFF from the backscatter mosaic file using the netpbm utilities (http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/): Command line: rawtopgm -headerskip 1024 image_width image_height mosaic_file.stretch | pnmtotiff -none - > mosaic_grayscale.tif Process_Date: 2016 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: William W. 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: Create a TIFF world file (tfw) for the mosaic TIFF image for import to ArcGIS. Copy bounding box and resolution information from the jview program output to the tfw file using UNIX text editor vi. Command line: jview mosaic_file.stretch This file was created in 2007 for use with intermediate versions of the TIFF image and is unchanged for all versions. Process_Date: 2007 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: William W. 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: Create GeoTIFF image using the Define Projection Tool in Data Management Tools, Projections and Transformations in ArcToolbox 9.3. Projection is custom Mercator, central meridian of -75.0 degrees, latitude of true scale 40.0 degrees north, false easting 0.0, false northing 0.0; Geographic Coordinate System WGS 1984. Process_Date: 2016 Process_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: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x 2212 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bbutman@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: USGS Thesaurus keywords added to the keyword section. Process_Date: 20180720 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 Process_Step: Process_Description: Added keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword. Process_Date: 20200810 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: Raster Raster_Object_Information: Raster_Object_Type: Pixel Row_Count: 10161 Column_Count: 13533 Vertical_Count: 1 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Planar: Map_Projection: Map_Projection_Name: Mercator Mercator: Standard_Parallel: 40.000000 Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -75.000000 False_Easting: 0.000000 False_Northing: 0.000000 Planar_Coordinate_Information: Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: row and column Coordinate_Representation: Abscissa_Resolution: 12.000000 Ordinate_Resolution: 12.000000 Planar_Distance_Units: meters 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: Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Backscatter intensity, the intensity of the acoustic return from the sea floor, is a function of the properties of the surficial sediments and of the bottom roughness. Generally high backscatter intensity (strong return), shown as light gray tones, is associated with rock or coarse-grained sediment, and low backscatter intensity (weak return), shown as dark gray tones, with fine-grained sediments. However, the micro-topography, such as ripples, burrows, and benthic populations also affect the reflectivity of the sea floor. Direct observations, using bottom photography or video, and surface samples, are needed to verify interpretations of the backscatter intensity data. The backscatter data have a weak striping that runs parallel to the ship tracklines. Some of the striping is the result of poor data return at nadir that appears as evenly-spaced thin speckled lines. Some striping is also due to critical angle effects, where the intensity of return varies as a function of the angle of incidence of the incoming sound on the seafloor. Backscatter intensity is shown as an 8-bit (0-255) grayscale image; 255 is no data. 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Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20200810 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: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2212 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bbutman@usgs.gov Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Time_Convention: local time