U.S. Geological Survey
2015
Continuous terrain model for water circulation studies, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey (10 meter resolution, 32-bit GeoTIFF, UTM 18, WGS 84)
1.0
raster digital data
data release
DOI:10.5066/F7PK0D6B
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program
https://doi.org/10.5066/F7PK0D6B
https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5edf9d6782ce7e579c7087d4
Brian D. Andrews
Zafer Defne
Jennifer L. Miselis
Neil K. Ganju
2015
Continuous Terrain Model for Water Circulation Studies: Barnegat Bay, New Jersey
1.0
data release
DOI:10.5066/F7PK0D6B
Reston, Virginia
U.S. Geological Survey
https://doi.org/10.5066/F7PK0D6B
Water quality in the Barnegat Bay estuary along the New Jersey coast is the focus of a multidisciplinary research project begun in 2011 by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. This narrow estuary is the drainage for the Barnegat Bay watershed and flushed by just three inlets connecting it to the Atlantic Ocean, is experiencing degraded water quality, algal blooms, loss of seagrass, and increases in oxygen-depletion events. The scale of the estuary and the scope of the problems within it required a regional approach to understand and model water circulation within the bay and adjacent ocean. A continuous elevation surface (terrain model) integrating all available elevation data in the area was produced for the water circulation modeling efforts.
This grid provides a continuous elevation (bathymetry and elevation) surface for modeling the circulation of water within Barnegat Bay. The elevation values from this grid are extracted to the modeling domain (a non-rectilinear grid).
1934
2013
ground condition
None planned
-74.439010
-74.001313
40.144479
39.441308
USGS Metadata Identifier
USGS:5edf9d6782ce7e579c7087d4
none
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
National Ocean Service
NOS
Terrain Model
circulation modeling
National Elevation Dataset
NED
EAARL-B
Elevation
Bathymetry
Swath bathymetry
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
elevation
inlandWaters
USGS Thesaurus
bathymetry
sea-floor characteristics
multibeam sonar
lidar
single-beam echo sounder
interferometric sonar
marine geophysics
geospatial datasets
Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
United States of America
State of New Jersey
Barnegat Bay
Point Pleasant
Manasquan
Manasquan Inlet
Metedeconk River
Mantoloking
Seaside Heights
Toms River
Barnegat Inlet
Forked River
Long Beach
Manahawkin Bay
Tuckerton
Beach Haven
Little Egg Harbor
Little Egg Inlet
Great Bay
none
sea floor
seafloor
Land surface
none
1934
1935
1936
1954
1962
2003
2005
2006
2011
2012
2013
none
These data are not for navigational use.
Brian Andrews
U.S. Geological Survey
Geographer
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
508-548-8700 x2348
508-457-2310
bandrews@usgs.gov
https://sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/5edf9d6782ce7e579c7087d4?name=BarnBayTerrainBrowse.jpg
Color hillshade image of terrain model of Barnegat Bay, New Jersey. File is located in the compressed zip file.
JPEG
Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information.
Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.4095
Brian D. Andrews
Jennifer L. Miselis
William W. Danforth
Barry J. Irwin
Charles R. Worley
Emile M. Bergeron
Dann S. Blackwood
2015
Marine Geophysical Data Collected in a Shallow Back-Barrier Estuary, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey
1.0
Data Series
937
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
https://doi.org/10.3133/ds937
Gaps exist between data points
This raster data is created from several different source datasets with different resolutions and collection times. This dataset is clipped to a custom boundary and may not include the entire spatial extent of the input datasets as they are published in original form.
The horizontal accuracy of this terrain model is dependent on the documented accuracy (if available) of the input data, however, the horizontal accuracy of the original input points is superseded by the process of aggregating (decreasing) the resolution of the original input data in many cases.
The vertical accuracy of this terrain model is dependent on the documented accuracy (if available) of the input data, however, the horizontal accuracy of the original input points is superseded by the process of aggregating (decreasing) the resolution of the original input data in many cases. The sounding data from historical NOAA surveys (H05615, H05893, H05870, H02616) collected between 1934 and 1936 used survey methods (horizontal angles from shore station, and sounding pole/leadline) that preclude any attempt at vertical accuracy assessment for these data.
U.S. Geological Survey
2011
National Elevation Dataset
2.0
raster digital data
Sioux Falls, SD
U.S. Geological Survey
accessed 20140130
http://nationalmap.gov/viewer.html
online
2011
ground condition
NED10m.tif
ftp://rockyftp.cr.usgs.gov/vdelivery/Datasets/Staged/NED/13/IMG/N41w075.zip
ftp://rockyftp.cr.usgs.gov/vdelivery/Datasets/Staged/NED/13/IMG/N40w075.zip
C. Wayne Wright
Rudolph J. Troche
Emily S. Klipp
Christine J. Kranenburg
Xan Fredericks
David B. Nagle
2014
EAARL-B Submerged Topography Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, pre-Hurricane Sandy, 2012
1.0
raster digital data
Data Series
885
Reston, Virginia
U.S. Geological Survey
http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds885
online
20121018
20121026
ground condition during flight dates. 20121018, 20121022, 20121023, 20121026
ds855bath
http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0885/downloads/10km_tifs/pre_e550_n4380_18_10km/pre_e550_n4380_18_10km.tif http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0885/downloads/10km_tifs/pre_e550_n4390_18_10km/pre_e550_n4390_18_10km.tif
http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0885/downloads/10km_tifs/pre_e560_n4380_18_10km/pre_e560_n4380_18_10km.tif
http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0885/downloads/10km_tifs/pre_e560_n4390_18_10km/pre_e560_n4390_18_10km.tif
http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0885/downloads/10km_tifs/pre_e560_n4400_18_10km/pre_e560_n4400_18_10km.tif
http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0885/downloads/10km_tifs/pre_e570_n4390_18_10km/pre_e570_n4390_18_10km.tif
http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0885/downloads/10km_tifs/pre_e570_n4400_18_10km/pre_e570_n4400_18_10km.tif
http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0885/downloads/10km_tifs/pre_e570_n4410_18_10km/pre_e570_n4410_18_10km.tif
http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0885/downloads/10km_tifs/pre_e570_n4420_18_10km/pre_e570_n4420_18_10km.tif
http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0885/downloads/10km_tifs/pre_e570_n4430_18_10km/pre_e570_n4430_18_10km.tif
http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0885/downloads/10km_tifs/pre_e570_n4440_18_10km/pre_e570_n4440_18_10km.tif
http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0885/downloads/10km_tifs/pre_e580_n4430_18_10km/pre_e580_n4430_18_10km.tif http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0885/downloads/10km_tifs/pre_e580_n4440_18_10km/pre_e580_n4440_18_10km.tif
U.S. Geological Survey
Unpublished Material
BarnBayBathOFR2m
1.0
raster digital data
Although these data were published in ArcGIS raster format in USGS Data Series 937 as "bbbath2m" (ArcRaster grid), the data format used as input to this terrain model is in CARIS *.csar format and was not previously published as part of ds937. See the cross reference section for full citation details of these data. This is the BarnBayOFR2m.csar described in process step 4 of the metadata for bbath2m of ds937 http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0937/downloads/raster/bathymetry/bbbath2m.zip
disc
20111101
20130916
ground condition of individual surveys during bathymetry collection: 20111101-20111107; 20120321-20120408; 20130313-20130326; 20130911-20130916
BarnBayOFR2m.csar
Data were accessed in the original, unpublished, CARIS csar format.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
1962
Bathymetric soundings collected by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
1.0
digital data
Silver Spring, MD
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
These data were collected by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey between 1934 and 1962 using various methods including lead line, wooden pole and three-point visual bearings measured with a sextant.
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/bathymetry/hydro.html
online
1934
1935
1936
1954
1962
ground condition
NOAAPtsMLW.txt
http://surveys.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/NOS/coast/H04001-H06000/H05615/GEODAS/H05615.xyz.gz
http://surveys.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/NOS/coast/H04001-H06000/H05615/GEODAS/H05615.xyz.gz
http://surveys.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/NOS/coast/H04001-H06000/H05870/GEODAS/H05870.xyz.gz
http://surveys.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/NOS/coast/H04001-H06000/H05893/GEODAS/H05893.xyz.gz
http://surveys.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/NOS/coast/H06001-H08000/H06216/GEODAS/H06216.xyz.gz
http://surveys.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/NOS/coast/H08001-H10000/H08220/GEODAS/H08220.xyz.gz
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
2006
Multibeam data collected for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
1.0
digital data
Silver Spring, MD
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
These data were collected by a contractor (SAIC) for NOAA between 2003 and 2006. The data were accessed in May of 2012 via the NOS Hydrographic Survey Data access page at the URL below.
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/bathymetry/hydro.html
online
2003
ground condition
NOAA_offshore_xyz.txt
http://surveys.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/NOS/coast/H10001-H12000/H11495/GEODAS/H11495.xyz.gz
http://surveys.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/NOS/coast/H10001-H12000/H11455/GEODAS/H11455.xyz.gz
http://surveys.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/NOS/coast/H10001-H12000/H11456/GEODAS/H11456.xyz.gz
http://surveys.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/NOS/coast/H10001-H12000/H11241/GEODAS/H11241.xyz.gz
http://surveys.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/NOS/coast/H10001-H12000/H11536/BAG/
STEP 1.CREATE FEATURE DATASET. Create a feature dataset "BBTerrainAll" within a file geodatabase that will store the input points and final terrain model using ArcCatalog (v.9.3.1). Feature dataset was created using the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 18, WGS 84 horizontal coordinate system and a vertical reference system using the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88), meters.
20120509
BBTerrainAll (feature dataset)
Brian Andrews
U.S. Geological Survey
Geographer
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
508-548-8700 x2348
508-457-2310
bandrews@usgs.gov
STEP 2:Create boundary of the computational domain used for water circulation modeling. Created the domain extent in MatLab (v. 2011b) and exported as a ArcGIS (v. 10.2.2) polygon shapefile (IntGridBffr.shp) using the geographic coordinate system (WGS 84). Projected the shapefile IntGridBffr.shp to an ArcGIS (v. 9.3.1) feature class (IntGridBndrBuff) using the UTM Zone 18 (WGS 84) coordinate system. The output feature class was loaded into the "BBTerrainAll" feature dataset.
20120509
IntGridBndryBuff (feature class)
U.S. Geological Survey
Zafer Defne
Ocean Scientist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
508-458-8700 ext. 2254
508-457-2310
zdefne@usgs.gov
STEP 3: DOWNLOAD AND CONVERT HISTORICAL OFFSHORE MULTIBEAM DATA FROM THE NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE. Five multibeam surveys were accessed using the highest resolution available, either xyz, or bathymetric attributed grid (BAG). Surveys H11495, H11455, H11456, H11241, were downloaded as point soundings from the survey Smooth Sheet or of similar density average distance between points is approximately 75-100 meters. Survey H11536 was available as 1 meter BAG files and then and resampled to 25-m grid cell resolution using the resample tool within ArcGIS (v. 10.2.2) and then exported as an x,y,z file. Finally, combined all five surveys in x,y,z format into one x,y,z file (NOAA_offshore_xyzMLLW.txt) using Microsoft Excel. Data are published using the geographic coordinate system NAD 83, and a tidal datum of Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) These data were converted to the Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate system (WGS 84) Zone 18, and NAVD 88 vertical datum using the Vertical Transformation tool (VDatum, v. 2.3.3) produced by the National Geodetic Survey. The converted file "NOAA_offshore_NAVD88.txt" was finally converted to a point feature class (NOAA_depthsNAVD88) using the "create feature class from x y table" context menu within ArcGIS (v. 9.3.1). Finally, the "NOAA_DepthNAVD88" feature class was loaded into the "BBTerrainAll" feature dataset.
NOAA_offshore_xyz.txt
20120510
NOAA_offshore_xyzMLLW.txt
NOAA_depthsNAVD88 (feature class)
U.S. Geological Survey
Zafer Defne
Ocean Scientist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
508-458-8700 ext. 2254
508-457-2310
zdefne@usgs.gov
STEP 4: DOWNLOAD AND CONVERT NATIONAL ELEVATION DATA. Downloaded two, one third arc-second tiles from the National Elevation Dataset using the geographic coordinate system (NAD 83) and NAVD 88 vertical datum. The tiles were clipped to the model domain (IntGridBndryBuff) and the two tiles were merged into one ArcRaster grid (NED10mClip) with output resolution of 10 meters, and a projected coordinate system of Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) zone 18, WGS 84. The grid was then converted to a multipoint feature class (NED10_MP) using the Convert Raster to Multipoint tool in ArcGIS (v. 10.2.2) and loaded into the "BBTerrainAll" feature dataset.
NED10m.tif
20140129
NED10mClip
NED10m_MP (feature class)
Brian Andrews
U.S. Geological Survey
Geographer
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
508-548-8700 x2348
508-457-2310
bandrews@usgs.gov
STEP 5: CONVERT 2m CSAR to 5m X,Y,Z. Convert BarnBayOFR2m.csar to BarnBayOFR5mxyz.csv using CARIS Base Editor (v. 4.1). Then created a point feature class (SWATHBath5m) from the x,y,z file using the "create feature class from x,y" context menu within ArcGIS (v. 9.3.1) and the output was loaded into the "BBTerrainAll" feature dataset.
BarnBayOFR2m.csar
20140130
SWATHBath5m (feature class)
Brian Andrews
U.S. Geological Survey
Geographer
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
508-548-8700 x2348
bandrews@usgs.gov
STEP 6: CREATE 3D polygon for Manasquan Inlet. Historical soundings were sparse in the inlet. Create new 3D Polygon feature class "ManasqnInlet3d" with a constant depth of 1.75 meters (NAVD 88) to represent the last known dredged depth of the inlet (6 feet MLLW).
201410
Brian Andrews
U.S. Geological Survey
Geographer
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
508-548-8700 x2348
bandrews@usgs.gov
STEP 7: DOWNLOAD AND MOSAIC EAARL-B SUBMERGED TOPOGRAPHY. Downloaded all 13 GeoTIFFs and mosaicked into one GeoTIFF (ds855bath.tif) using ArcMap (v.10.2.2) using the mosaic tool. Masked out the areas of overlap with bbbath2m (EAARLBathClip.tif). Then exported the GeoTIFF as a multipoint feature class file (EAARLBath5mMultiPt)and loaded it into the "BBTerrainAll" feature dataset.
20150115
ds855bath (geoTIFF)
EAARLBathClip (geoTIFF)
EAARLBath5mMultiPt (final feature class)
Brian Andrews
U.S. Geological Survey
Geographer
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
508-548-8700 x2348
bandrews@usgs.gov
STEP 8: DOWNLOAD HISTORICAL INSHORE BATHYMETRY DATA FROM THE NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE. Downloaded historical survey data from NOAA/NOS collected between 1934 and 1962 as the only existing recorded depths within Barnegat Bay. These soundings were used in portions of the bay and Little Egg Inlet where newer data did not cover. Data were in horizontal coordinate system of NAD 83 with a vertical datum of Mean Low Water (MLW). Each survey was converted to a point shapefile using the context menu in ArcCatalog (v. 9.3.1) for editing to remove overlapping points. Each shapefile was edited to remove soundings in locations where they overlapped with newer data covered by either the EAARL-B Lidar, or SWATHplus interferometric data. Once the shapefiles were edited, they were combined into one shapefile (NOAAPtsMLW.shp) and then converted to a x,y.z text file (NOAAPtsMLW.txt). This combined file was projected to horizontal coordinate system of UTM 18, Zone 18, WGS 84, and vertical datum of NAVD88 using the Vertical Datum Transformation tool (VDatum, v. 2.3.3) produced by the National Geodetic Survey. The difference between MLW and NAVD88 is 0.071 meters. Portions of H05615, H08672, and H08220 were not within the VDatum model boundary. Those points falling outside the boundary were referenced to NAVD88 using this 0.071 meter offset. Finally, the "NOAAInshorePtsNAVD88" feature class was loaded into the "BBTerrainAll" feature dataset
2015016
NOAAPtsMLW.txt
NOAAInshorePtsNAVD88
Brian Andrews
U.S. Geological Survey
Geographer
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
508-548-8700 x2348
bandrews@usgs.gov
STEP 9: CREATE AND BUILD TERRAIN. Using the "New-Terrain" context menu within ArcCatalog (v. 9.3.1) created a new terrain model "BBTerrainAll10m" using all input points and polygons loaded into the "BBTerrainAll" feature dataset. Added the feature classes to the terrain and built to produce "BBTerrainAll". All point files were used as multipoint features, ManasqnInlet3d was used as a "hard replace", and IntGridBndryBuff was used as a "soft clip"
201502
Brian Andrews
U.S. Geological Survey
Geographer
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
508-548-8700 x2348
bandrews@usgs.gov
STEP 10: EXPORT TERRAIN Convert the terrain model to a raster using "TerrainToRaster" tool in ArcGIS ArcToolbox (v. 9.3.1). The Natural Neighbor interpolation option was used to grid the terrain model at 10-m resolution 32 bit floating point raster.Input= BBTerrainAll5m, output= BBTG10m.tif
20150503
Brian Andrews
U.S. Geological Survey
Geographer
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
508-548-8700 x2348
bandrews@usgs.gov
USGS Thesaurus keywords added to the keyword section.
20180720
U.S. Geological Survey
VeeAnn A. Cross
Marine Geologist
Mailing and Physical
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2251
508-457-2310
vatnipp@usgs.gov
Separated the two datasets associated with this data release and placed each (with related files) on its own ScienceBase child page rather than both datasets and associated files on a single landing page. This required updating various links in the metadata. While updating the metadata, other small edits were made such as modifying http://dx.doi.org to https://doi.org.
20200608
U.S. Geological Survey
VeeAnn A. Cross
Marine Geologist
Mailing and Physical
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2251
508-457-2310
vatnipp@usgs.gov
Added keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword.
20200807
U.S. Geological Survey
VeeAnn A. Cross
Marine Geologist
Mailing and Physical
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2251
508-457-2310
vatnipp@usgs.gov
Raster
Pixel
7773
3680
1
Universal Transverse Mercator
18
0.999600
-75.000000
0.000000
500000.000000
0.000000
row and column
10.000000
10.000000
meters
D_WGS_1984
WGS_1984
6378137.000000
298.257224
North American Vertical Datum of 1988
0.1
meters
Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
Elevation values represent elevation in meters referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). The GeoTIFF is a 32-bit image where the pixel values correspond to elevation values. No Data value is set to -23.5811 meters.
U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
mailing and physical address
Denver Federal Center, Building 810, Mail Stop 302
Denver
CO
80225
1-888-275-8747
sciencebase@usgs.gov
bbtg10m.zip: File name stand derived from bb= Barnegat Bay, t=TIN, g=Grid, 10m= 10 meter.ZIP file contains the 32-bit GeoTIFF (bbtg10m.tif), BarnBayTerrainBrowse.jpg browse graphic, and the associated FGDC CSDGM metadata in XML, HTML, FAQ, and text formats.
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.
GeoTIFF
ArcGIS 9.3.1
GeoTIFF image
This WinZip (v. 14.0) file contains a GeoTIFF of Barnegat Bay, NJ area and metadata.
Use WinZip or pkUnzip
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https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/5edf9d6782ce7e579c7087d4?name=bbtg10m.zip
https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5edf9d6782ce7e579c7087d4
https://doi.org/10.5066/F7PK0D6B
The first link download the terrain model, the second link is to the landing page of the dataset, and the final link is to the main landing page of the data release.
none
To utilize this data, the user must have software capable of reading a 32-bit GeoTIFF.
20200807
Brian Andrews
U.S. Geological Survey
Geographer
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
508-548-8700 x2348
508-457-2310
bandrews@usgs.gov
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998
local time