Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Publication_Date: 2015 Title: Survey tracklines along which bathymetric data were collected with a SEA Ltd., SWATHplus-H interferometric sonar with in the Barnegat Bay, New Jersey by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2011, 2012, and 2013 (Esri polyline shapefile, Geographic, WGS 84) Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: Data Series Issue_Identification: 937 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/10.3133/ds937 Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0937/downloads/shapefile/BarnBayBathTrks.zip Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Brian D. Andrews Originator: Jennifer L. Miselis Originator: William W. Danforth Originator: Barry J. Irwin Originator: Charles R. Worley Originator: Emile M. Bergeron Originator: Dann S. Blackwood Publication_Date: 2015 Title: Marine geophysical data collected in a shallow back-barrier estuary, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Data Series Issue_Identification: 937 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds937 Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0937/ Description: Abstract: Water quality in the Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor 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 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, seaweed, stinging nettles, and brown tide. The scale of the estuary and the scope of the problems within it necessitate a multidisciplinary approach that includes characterizing its physical characteristics (for example, depth, magnitude and direction of tidal currents, distribution of seafloor and subseafloor sediment) and modeling how the physical characteristics interact to affect the estuary's water quality. Scientists from USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program offices in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and St. Petersburg, Florida, began mapping the seafloor of the Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor estuary in November 2011 and completed in September 2013. With funding from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and logistical support from the USGS New Jersey Water Science Center, they collected data with a suite of geophysical tools, including swath bathymetric sonar for measuring seafloor depth, a sidescan sonar for collecting acoustic-backscatter data (which provides information about seafloor texture and sediment type), and a subbottom profiler for imaging sediment layers beneath the floor of the estuary. 2011-041-FA: http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/operations/ia/public_ds_info.php?fa=2011-041-FA 2012-003-FA: http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/operations/ia/public_ds_info.php?fa=2012-003-FA 2013-014-FA: http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/operations/ia/public_ds_info.php?fa=2013-014-FA 2013-030-FA: http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/operations/ia/public_ds_info.php?fa=2013-030-FA Purpose: The purpose of these data are to manage the location and filenames of the approximately 2,164 kilometers of bathymetry files collected by the USGS in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20111101 Ending_Date: 20130916 Currentness_Reference: ground condition of individual surveys during bathymetry collection: 20111101-20111107; 20120321-20120408; 20130313-20130326; 20130911-20130916. Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.318604 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.049521 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.089499 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.468328 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier Theme_Keyword: USGS:3e2a4d6a-2af3-4a73-8923-fade324e22b4 Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Theme_Keyword: RV Rafael Theme_Keyword: Bathymetry Theme_Keyword: Marine Geology Theme_Keyword: Interferometric Sonar Theme_Keyword: SWATHplus-H Theme_Keyword: polyline shapefile Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2011-041-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2012-003-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2013-014-FA Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 2013-030-FA 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: marine geophysics Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Place_Keyword: United States of America Place_Keyword: State of New Jersey Place_Keyword: Barnegat Bay Place_Keyword: Metedeconk River Place_Keyword: Mantoloking Place_Keyword: Toms River Place_Keyword: Forked River Place_Keyword: Barnegat Inlet Place_Keyword: Tuckerton Place_Keyword: Little Egg Harbor Place_Keyword: Little Egg Inlet Temporal: Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Temporal_Keyword: 2011 Temporal_Keyword: 2012 Temporal_Keyword: 2013 Access_Constraints: none Use_Constraints: none Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Brian Andrews Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geographer Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd. City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2348 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bandrews@usgs.gov Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: BarnBayBathTrks.jpg Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Image of tracklines along which bathymetry was collected with Barnegat Bay, NJ. File is located in the compressed zip file. Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG Data_Set_Credit: Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.4095 Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: Navigation was checked for consistency and any erroneous points were removed during processing. Duplicate names may exist for the "LineName" attribute; however a further query of the data by the "Survey" attribute will produce unique tracklines for each record in this spatial dataset. Completeness_Report: Navigation data from all survey lines processed in CARIS HIPS are included in this spatial dataset. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Two different navigation systems (DGPS and RTK) were used to record horizontal positions of the bathymetric sonar because RTK system was not available for all four surveys. 2011-041-FA and 2013-014-FA: Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) navigation was used to determine the horizontal position (x, and y coordinates) of the GPS antenna mounted above the SWATHplus-H transducers with sub-meter accuracy. A motion reference unit (Coda Octopus F180) was mounted directly above the sonar transducers and continuously measured vertical displacement (heave) and attitude (pitch and roll) of the vessel during data acquisition. Horizontal offsets between navigation and attitude antennas and the SWATHplus-H transducers were applied during acquisition in the configuration files for the SWATHplus-H and Coda Octopus F180 software. Differential corrections were obtained real-time via the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) providing horizontal accuracy of 1-2 meters. 2012-003-FA and 2013-030-FA Real Time Kinematic (RTK) navigation was used to determine the horizontal position (x, and y coordinates) of the GPS antenna mounted above the SWATHplus-H transducers with sub-meter accuracy. A RTK-enabled motion reference unit (Coda Octopus F190) was mounted directly above the sonar transducers and continuously measured vertical displacement (heave) and attitude (pitch and roll) of the vessel during data acquisition. Horizontal offsets between navigation and attitude antennas and the SWATHplus-H transducers were applied during acquisition in the configuration files for the SWATHplus-H and Coda Octopus F190 software. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Publication_Date: Unpublished Material Title: raw SWATHplus-H bathymetry files in .SXR format Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: digital data Type_of_Source_Media: disc Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20111101 Ending_Date: 20130916 Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition of individual surveys during bathymetry collection: 20111101-20111107; 20120321-20120408; 20130313-20130326; 20130911-20130916 Source_Citation_Abbreviation: raw sxr files Source_Contribution: SONAR CONFIGURATION: Bathymetry data were acquired using Systems Engineering and Assessment Ltd (SEA) SWATHplus-H interferometric sonar operating at a frequency of 468 kHz. The sonar transducers were mounted on a rigid pole installed on the bow of the R/V Rafael. Process_Step: Process_Description: Step 1: Raw to Processed Conversion: Navigation information is recorded and stored within each SWATHplus raw (sxr) data file and converted to a processed file (sxp) using SEA Swath Processor software (v. 3.07). Data were converted during each survey in the year 2011, 2012, and 2013. Process_Date: 2013 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Brian Andrews Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geographer Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd. City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2348 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bandrews@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Step 2: CARIS Processing: A new Computer Aided Resource Information System (CARIS) Hydrographic Information Processing System (HIPS) project (v. 7.2) was created for each of the four surveys with projection information set to Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 18, WGS 84. Each SWATHplus processed file (sxp) was imported to the new CARIS project using the Import/Conversion Wizard. Navigation was checked and edited as needed using the Navigation Editor tool.Data were processed during each survey in the year 2011, 2012, and 2013. Process_Date: 2013 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Brian Andrews Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geographer Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2348 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bandrews@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Step 3: Convert CARIS Tracklines to a shapefile: The tracklines in the separate CARIS projects were converted to an Esri shapefile during a two-step process. First the CARIS tracklines were converted to a CARIS Map (.des) using the export tool within HIPS "HIPS to CARIS Map" Input File: All lines in the HIPS project. The "Export Track Lines" option was checked. Output File: "SurveyName"BathTrks.des Second, using CARIS Conversion Utility (v. 2.1) The CARIS Map (.des) file was converted to an Esri shapefile. During the conversion the name of the HIPS line file "Source" and "Day" were carried over to the shapefile. Input File: "SurveyName"BathTrks.des Output File: "SurveyName"BathTrks.shp. Process_Date: 20140128 Process_Step: Process_Description: Step 4. Add Attributes to each survey shapefile: The following string attributes were added to each of the four trackline shapefiles by using the context menu within ArcCatalog (v. 9.3.1). "JDay", "Survey", and "LineName" The JDay was derived from the "Day" attribute, and "LineName" was derived from the "Source" attribute from CARIS. Deleted the "Day" and "Source" attributes once calculation was complete. Process_Date: 2013 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Brian Andrews Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geographer Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2348 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bandrews@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Step 5. Merge into a File Geodatabase feature class. The four separate bathymetric tracklines from each of the three surveys ("SurveyName"BathTrks.shp) were merged into one feature class (BarnBayBathTrks) using the "Merge" Tool in ArcToolbox (v. 9.3.1). Process_Date: 201403 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Brian Andrews Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geographer Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2348 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bandrews@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Step 6: Add "Grid" attribute and populate with lines used for final bathymetry grid http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0937/downloads/raster/bbbath2m.zip. Created new field using the "add field" context menu in ArcMap (v. 9.3.1). Populated the new field "Grid" by manually selecting lines that were not used in the final grid (bbbath_2m) and then using the context menu "Field Calculator" to add "no" to those selected lines. Used the "Switch Selection" menu to select all lines that were used for the final grid and populated those selected records with "yes" using same method as above. The lines included in the "bbtl2m" grid are included in the metadata for that data set. Process_Date: 20140414 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Brian Andrews Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geographer Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd. City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2348 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bandrews@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Step 7: Convert to Shapefile. The final feature class of all bathymetry tracklines were converted to a shapefile using the "export to shapefile (single" context menu within ArcCatalog (v. 9.3.1). Input file: BarnBayBathTrks (FC), output file: BarnBayBathTrks.shp. During the conversion process the data were projected from the UTM Zone 18 WGS 84 coordinate system to the Geographic Coordinate System of 1984 (WGS 84). Process_Date: 20140414 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Brian Andrews Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geographer Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd. City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2348 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bandrews@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: Crossref DOI link was moved to the first link in the metadata. Process_Date: 20191115 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: 20200908 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: 1084 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: BarnBayBathTrks Entity_Type_Definition: SWATHplus bathymetry tracklines collected in Barnegat Bay, NJ. 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: JDay Attribute_Definition: The Julian Day the data were collected where Julian day is the integer number representing the interval of time in days since January 1 of the year of collection. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 72 Range_Domain_Maximum: 311 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Survey Attribute_Definition: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Field Activity Number. For example, the Field Activity number 2011-041-FA:where the first 4 characters are the year of the survey (2011), followed by the sequential number of the survey (041), followed by "FA" for Field Activity. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character set. Attribute: Attribute_Label: Shape_Leng Attribute_Definition: Length of each feature in meters (UTM 18 WGS 84), automatically calculated in the feature class before exporting to shapefile Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.85 Range_Domain_Maximum: 14865.89 Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Grid Attribute_Definition: Attribute records whether the data were used in the final bathymetric grid published in this report. "Yes" means this line is a source for the grid bbbath2m http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0937/downloads/raster/bbbath2m.zip, "no" mean it was not used in the bbbath2m grid Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character set. Attribute: Attribute_Label: LineName Attribute_Definition: Name of the survey line and corresponding raw data file that was collected along that line. For example "L123F2" is survey line (L) 123, File2 (F2) Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character set Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Brian Andrews Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geographer Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd. City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2348 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bandrews@usgs.gov Resource_Description: BarnBayBathTrks.zip: contains BarnBayBathTrks.shp and the associated shapefile files, BarnBayBathTrks.jpg browse graphic, and the associated FGDC metadata. Distribution_Liability: 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. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: shapefile Format_Version_Number: ArcGIS 9.3 Format_Specification: Esri polyline shapefile Format_Information_Content: WinZip (v. 14.0) file contains survey tracklines for SWATHplus bathymetry collected in Barnegat Bay, NJ and associated metadata. File_Decompression_Technique: Use WinZip or pkUnzip Transfer_Size: 100.962 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0937/downloads/shapefile/BarnBayBathTrks.zip Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0937/ Access_Instructions: Data can be downloaded using the World Wide Web (WWW) Fees: none Technical_Prerequisites: This zip file contains data in shapefile format. The user must have software capable of uncompressing the WinZip file and displaying the shapefile. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20240318 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Brian Andrews Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geographer Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd. City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2348 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 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 20240318) Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Time_Convention: local time