Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Eric M. Moore Originator: William W. Danforth Originator: Alex R. Nichols Originator: Charles R. Worley Publication_Date: 20241220 Title: Multibeam backscatter data collected in the vicinity of Woods Hole, Massachusetts, during USGS Field Activity 2021-037-FA using a dual-head Teledyne Seabat T20-R multibeam echo sounder (8-bit grayscale GeoTIFF, UTM Zone 19N, WGS 84, 50-cm resolution) Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: data release Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/P13XQBUC Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P13XQBUC Online_Linkage: https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/663e4260d34eaf9729f7ae77 Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Eric M. Moore Originator: William W. Danforth Originator: Alex R. Nichols Originator: Charles R. Worley Publication_Date: 2024 Title: Multibeam data collected in the vicinity of Eel Pond, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, during field activity 2021-037-FA using an Integrated Dual-Head Teledyne Reson T20-R echosounder Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: data release Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/P13XQBUC Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Other_Citation_Details: Suggested citation: Moore, E.M., Danforth, W.W., Nichols, A.R., and Worley, C.R., 2024, Multibeam data collected in the vicinity of Eel Pond, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, during field activity 2021-037-FA using an Integrated Dual-Head Teledyne Reson T20-R echosounder: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P13XQBUC Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P13XQBUC Online_Linkage: https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/65b92808d34e18c6baf2bf09 Description: Abstract: In November 2021, the U.S. Geological Survey collected high-resolution multibeam sonar data in the vicinity of Eel Pond, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts using a dual-head Teledyne Seabat T20-R multibeam echo sounder (MBES). The main objective of this survey was to evaluate new sonar system features prior to their use in future field activities. In addition to bathymetry and relative acoustic backscatter data, normalized acoustic backscatter data were also collected. Unlike relative backscatter data, normalized backscatter data compensate for adjustments made to sonar power, gain, absorption, spreading, and frequency parameters made during acquisition. In order for backscatter intensity levels to remain consistent along survey lines, and from line to line, relative backscatter data require that minimal adjustments are made to these parameters during acquisition, which can degrade the sonar performance for a given survey site. However, the ability to allow the sonar acquisition software to change sonar parameters based on variations in bathymetry and the survey environment during acquisition allows these parameters to be optimized. Having these parameters optimized for this survey allowed the USGS to evaluate this new normalized backscatter capability to ensure the collected backscatter intensity levels were referenced to a factory calibrated level. Eel Pond in Woods Hole, MA was chosen as a test area for its proximity to the USGS Coastal and Marine Science Center. It provides a variety of substrates on which to evaluate the performance of the sonar, and bathymetric/backscatter data of this area may prove useful to other projects and institutions in the area. Purpose: The purpose of this GeoTIFF mosaic is to provide high-resolution digital backscatter intensity levels returned from the sea floor of Woods Hole, MA. Supplemental_Information: Data were collected using the R/V Rafael, owned and operated by the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center. Additional information on the field activity is available from https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2021-037-FA. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 20211110 Currentness_Reference: data were collected on the following date: 20211110 (Julian day 314). Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.674708 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.668386 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.527623 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.521177 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program Theme_Keyword: CMHRP Theme_Keyword: Department of the Interior Theme_Keyword: DOI Theme_Keyword: field activity number 2021-037-FA Theme_Keyword: R/V Rafael Theme_Keyword: GeoTIFF Theme_Keyword: multibeam echo sounder Theme_Keyword: multibeam backscatter Theme_Keyword: backscatter Theme_Keyword: Teledyne Theme_Keyword: SeaBAT Theme_Keyword: T20-R Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: multibeam sonar Theme_Keyword: sea-floor characteristics Theme_Keyword: sea-floor acoustic reflectivity Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation Theme_Keyword: imageryBaseMapsEarthCover Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier Theme_Keyword: USGS:663e4260d34eaf9729f7ae77 Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: United States of America Place_Keyword: Massachusetts Place_Keyword: Cape Cod Place_Keyword: Barnstable County Place_Keyword: Falmouth Place_Keyword: Woods Hole Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean Place_Keyword: Vineyard Sound Place_Keyword: Great Harbor Place_Keyword: Eel Pond Stratum: Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Stratum_Keyword: sea floor Stratum_Keyword: seafloor Temporal: Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Temporal_Keyword: 2021 Access_Constraints: none Use_Constraints: Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely re-distributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey as the originator of the dataset. These data are not to be used for navigation. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Eric M. Moore Contact_Position: Physical Scientist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: Massachusetts Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2294 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: emoore@usgs.gov Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/663e4260d34eaf9729f7ae77?name=2021-037-FA_ResonT20R_Backscatter_50cm_browse.jpg Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Thumbnail image of multibeam echo sounder backscatter data collected within Eel Pond, Woods Hole, MA. Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG Data_Set_Credit: Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information. Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: This mosaic represents processed dual-head Teledyne Seabat T20-R multibeam echo sounder (MBES) backscatter data gridded at 50 centimeter resolution. Quality control and data processing were conducted using Quality Positioning Services (QPS) software FMGT (v 7.10.2). What appear to be vertical artifacts are actually the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) dock pilings, mooring chains in Eel Pond, the bulkhead going under the Water Street bridge, as well as other infrastructure items present along Eel Pond and surrounding the Steamship Authority docks. Subtle differences between lines such as the abrupt change in backscatter between lines in Eel Pond as due to different insonification directions between lines that are not compensated by the integrated dual head normalization logic. A "painting the bottom" line strategy, rather that the usual offset line strategy contributed to some of the backscatter discrepencies as well. Completeness_Report: Data collected along 5 sonar calibration lines are not included in this grid, as well as line 20211110_181629.s7k that was included in the bathymetry grid. . Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Navigation data were acquired using the WGS 84 coordinate system with an Applanix POS MV Wavemaster (model 220, V5), which blends Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) data, acceleration data from a Motion Reference Unit (MRU) and GPS azimuthal heading. The POS MV was configured with two AeroAntenna Technologies GPS antennas located at either end of a 2-m baseline, which was oriented athwartship and mounted atop the aft end of the cabin. DGPS positions were obtained from the primary antenna located on the starboard end of the baseline, and the positional offsets between the primary antenna and the navigational reference point (NRP, the POS MV IMU) were accounted for in the Applanix POSView (version 11.00) acquisition software. DGPS positions are horizontally accurate to 0.5 - 2 meters, but accuracy increases to less than 10 cm after post-processing with Applanix POSPac (version 8.1). Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Publication_Date: Unpublished Material Title: raw MBES data in s7k format (.s7k) Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: digital data Type_of_Source_Media: disc Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 20211110 Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition Source_Citation_Abbreviation: RAW Teledyne Seabat T20-R MULTIBEAM ECHOSOUNDER FILES Source_Contribution: Multibeam echo sounder (MBES) bathymetry and backscatter data were collected using dual-head Teledyne Seabat T20-R sonars connected to the topside Teledyne Integrated Dual Head (IDH) processor. The pair of mills cross transmit and receive arrays were mounted within a single bracket that oriented arrays at opposing 30-degree angles (relative to horizontal). The bracket was pole-mounted on the starboard side of the R/V Rafael so that the sonar arrays were oriented athwart ships (primary and secondary arrays facing outward and down to port and starboard, respectively) and located approximately 1.235 m below the waterline when deployed. Vessel navigation and attitude data were acquired using an Applanix POS MV Wavemaster (model 220, V5) configured with two AeroAntenna Technologies GPS antennas located at either end of a 2-m baseline, which was athwartship and mounted atop the aft end of the cabin. The MBES pole was positioned on the aft-starboard side of vessel, and the wetpod MRU was mounted atop the sonar bracket just aft of the pole and used as the NRP for the survey. An AML Micro X SV mounted on the sonar bracket monitored sound speed near the sonars during acquisition, and an AML AML-3 LGR SVPT was used to collect a water column sound speed profile during the survey day which was saved in a text file using the CARIS SVP format. The Teledyne SeaBat User Interface (version 5.0.0.18) was used to control the sonars, which were operated in intermediate mode at full power (220 dB), with frequency-modulated pulses at 400 kHz. The range of the 512 across track beams formed by the sonars were adjusted automatically depending on water depth and resulted in combined swath widths typically 6-8 times the water depth. Data were monitored and recorded using the Teledyne SeaBat User Interface (UI) (version 5.0.0.18) and Hypack/Hysweep (v. 2021). The SeaBat User Interface logged the navigation, attitude, bathymetry, time-series relative and normalized backscatter, and surface sound speed data to s7k format files. The s7k line files were created by the Teledyne UI using the following naming convention: YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.s7k. In addition to the source produced s7k format, each line was recorded into a HYPACK/HYSWEEP format (v. 2021). Process_Step: Process_Description: PROCESSING STEP 1: QPS FMGT DATA PROCESSING. Multibeam bathymetry processing within QPS FMGT software (version 7.10.2) of data collected during the survey consisted of the following flow: 1) A new FMGT project was created on disk using UTM zone 19N, WGS84 as the horizontal reference frame. 2) Generic Sensor Format (GSF) files exported from edited line files in the Qimera project (see bathymetry process steps) were imported into the project using the File/Add Source Files menu. 3) The imported files were checked to ensure proper navigation. 4) The pixel size in the main FMGT window was set to 50 cm. 5) After selecting all the imported GSF files, the Automatic Processing tab in the main FMGT window was selected, and the Mosaic checkbox was marked. 6) Selecting the Mosaic button, a 50 cm raster mosaic was created displaying the sea floor backscatter values in decibels (dB). 7) Using the Histogram tool in the main FMGT window, the raster mosaic was manually "stretched" to enhance the contrast of the mosaic, and the resulting raster values represent dB levels of 1.0 to -47.0 dB. 8) The raster mosaic was then exported to an 8-bit grayscale geotiff. Process_Date: 20231013 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: William W. Danforth Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd. City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2274 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bdanforth@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: The metadata was edited to fix an author middle initial in the larger work citation (20250116). Process_Date: 20250116 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd. 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: 1413 Column_Count: 1029 Vertical_Count: 1 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Planar: Grid_Coordinate_System: Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator Universal_Transverse_Mercator: UTM_Zone_Number: 19N Transverse_Mercator: Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.9996 Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -69 Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0 False_Easting: 500000 False_Northing: 0 Planar_Coordinate_Information: Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: row and column Coordinate_Representation: Abscissa_Resolution: 0.5 Ordinate_Resolution: 0.5 Planar_Distance_Units: meters Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: WGS 84 (G1150) Ellipsoid_Name: WGS84 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257223563 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Backscatter values in 8-bit GeoTIFF format. 8 bit Data values of 0-255 represent dB levels of 1.0 to -47 dB. Data value of zero represents “no data”. 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Distribution_Liability: Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data for other purposes, nor on all computer systems, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: GeoTIFF Format_Version_Number: FMGT (v 7.10.2) Format_Specification: 8-bit GeoTIFF file Format_Information_Content: 2021-037-FA_ResonT20R_Backscatter_50cm.zip: This ZIP file contains the GeoTIFF image 2021-037-FA_ResonT20R_Backscatter_50cm.tif, a thumbnail image of the image: 2021-037-FA_ResonT20R_Backscatter_50cm_browse.jpg, and the associated metadata: 2021-037-FA_ResonT20R_Backscatter_50cm_meta.xml. 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Moore Contact_Position: Geographer Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd. City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2294 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: whsc_data_contact@usgs.gov Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Time_Convention: local time