Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Publication_Date: 2015 Title: Tracklines for bottom video collected using the MINI-SEABOSS sampler in Barnegat Bay, NJ by the U.S. Geological Survey during 3 surveys in 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/BarnBaySEABOSSTrks.zip Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0937/ 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 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 in partnership 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), subbottom profiler for imaging sediment layers beneath the floor of the estuary, and sediment samples with bottom photographs for ground validation of the acoustic data. 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: These tracklines record the position of the R/V Rafael while the MINI-SEABOSS was deployed and recording (usable) bottom video within Barnegat Bay, NJ. The purpose of collecting the bottom video is to validate (i.e. ground-truth) the acoustic remote sensing data (bathymetry, backscatter, seismic profile) collected during USGS Field Activities 2011-041-FA, 2012-003-FA, 2013-014-FA, and 2013-030-FA. Bottom photos and sediment samples were also collected and published in this report. The bottom videos are not published as part of this report. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20120410 Ending_Date: 20130918 Currentness_Reference: Ground condition of SEABOSS sampling dates at the end of three surveys, 20120410-20120412, 20130328-20130329, 20130918-20130918. Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.305617 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.049987 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.059409 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.510100 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier Theme_Keyword: USGS:66257d2b-e9dc-4dfe-a925-f7dd15fcf608 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: St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center Theme_Keyword: RV Rafael Theme_Keyword: bottom video Theme_Keyword: Marine Geology Theme_Keyword: SEABOSS sampler Theme_Keyword: shapefile Theme_Keyword: ground-truth 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: environment Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: navigational data Theme_Keyword: underwater photography 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 Stratum: Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Stratum_Keyword: sea floor Stratum_Keyword: seafloor Temporal: Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: none 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: BarnBaySEABOSSTrks.jpg Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Thumbnail image of SEABOSS tracklines collected with Barnegat Bay, NJ. The 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: Station numbers were assigned during the survey planning for each SEABOSS survey and may not have been occupied in sequence. Gaps in sequential video station numbers may exist. Feature ID (FID) 157 is labeled as line '38_37" because the target locations for station 37 and 38 were close to each other and it was decided during the survey to make one longer transect over both sites rather than two smaller transects. Completeness_Report: This polyline dataset records the location of the R/V Rafael while the Mini-SEABOSS was recording (usable) video and drifting at target stations during three separate surveys in 2012 and 2013. A total of 253 stations were occupied. The tracklines end when the quality of the video is no longer useful and may end before the sediment sample is acquired. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: The location of each video trackline was recorded using Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS). The recorded navigation for each trackline is actually the position of the GPS antenna on the cabin house of the R/V Rafael; not the location of the MINI-SEABOSS sampler. The MINI-SEABOSS was deployed from a davit on the starboard side of the R/V Rafael. The davit is approximately 2 meters astern, and 1 meter to starboard of the GPS antenna. No layback or offset was applied to the recorded position. In addition to this +/-3 meter offset the MINI-SEABOSS may additionally drift away from the survey vessel when deployed to the seafloor. Based on the various sources for horizontal offsets, a conservative estimate of the horizontal accuracy of the sediment sample is 5-7 meters. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Publication_Date: Unpublished Material Title: digital photographs in JPEG format Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: remote-sensing image Type_of_Source_Media: disc Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20120410 Ending_Date: 20130918 Source_Currentness_Reference: Ground condition of SEABOSS sampling dates at the end of three surveys, 20120410-20120412, 20130328-20130329, 20130918-20130918 Source_Citation_Abbreviation: raw digital photographs Source_Contribution: Trackline navigation was recorded using HYPACK (v. 11.16) navigation software. Process_Step: Process_Description: Step 1: Navigation Navigation for each survey day was recorded using HYPACK (v. 11.1.6) and saved to a HYPACK navigation file for each Julian Day. The navigation files are named by time and julian day. For example, HYPACK navigation file "474_1403.087" is Line number 474, that was started at 1403 (UTC) and recorded on Julian Day 087. 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: Review Video Log A Microsoft Excel spreadsheet was used during the survey to record the line, date and time (UTC) of the beginning and end of each MINI-SEABOSS deployment. After the survey, the video for each station was reviewed to adjust the start and end times to capture the times of usable video. Because of the shallow, turbid environment of Barnegat Bay, video quality was affected by disturbed sediment. Final video logs were saved as comma separated values (CSV) format for use in the next processing steps. Process_Date: 2013 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: SEABOSSDriftLog12003.csv Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: SEABOSSDriftLog13014.csv Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: SEABOSSDriftLog13030.csv 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: Reformat Navigation Hypack navigation was reformatted, and extracted for times of each SEABOSS deployment as recorded in the "SurveyName"DriftLog.csv using several python scripts run using ArcToolbox (v. 9.3.1). First, the Hypack file for each Julian Day was parsed into the format Lat, Lon, Time, JulianDay, Year, CruiseID using the python script""Parse_Hypack_Nav". This script was run for each julian day of each survey. Input file is Hypack file for each julian day (line_time_julianday) and the output parsed file is "SurveyName"_JulianDay (12003_087.csv) Python scripts and toolbox were developed by Seth Ackerman, USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center. Process_Date: 201311 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: CONVERT POINTS TO LINES: Create polyline shapefile joining the SEABOSS drift time log with the navigation based on matching date and time fields using ArcGIS 9.3 ArcToolbox tool "z_SEABOSStools_demo2012. Seaboss_Trackline_Creator" (which uses the Python script "seaboss_trackline_creator_v1_1.py; inputs: drift file - SEABOSSDriftLog"SurveyName".csv; navfile - "SurveyName"_ALLnav_final.csv; outfile shapefile - "SurveyName"SEABOSSTrks.shp. The Python script reads the start and end times from the drift log file (SEABOSSDriftLog"SurveyName".csv) and extracts the navigation points that fall within those start and end times, then it creates a polyline shapefile from the points with a unique line for each SEABOSS drift site. Process_Date: 201312 Process_Step: Process_Description: XTools Pro (version 9.2) for ArcGIS desktop (version 10.1) was used to reorganize, delete unnecessary fields and add new fields to the polyline shapefile's attribute table (Table Operations - Table Restructure). Table attributes for the date ('Date'), survey ID ("SurveyID'), device used to collect the data ('DeviceID'), survey vessel name ('VehicleID') and imagelink ('ImageLink') were added and populated using the table editor in ArcMap (version 10.1). The length field ('Length') was populated using 'Calculate Geometry' (Property=Length; Use coordinate system of the data frame=WGS 1984 UTM Zone 19N; Unit=Meters), which can be accessed by right-clicking on the attribute field name in the table view. The attributes for Julian day ('JulDay'), year ('Year'), start time ('StartTime'), end time ('EndTime'), and SEABOSS station number ('Linename') were already populated. Process_Date: 201312 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 added as 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: 176 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Latitude_Resolution: 0.0000001 Longitude_Resolution: 0.0000001 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: BarnBaySEABOSSTrks Entity_Type_Definition: Tracklines for SEABOSS 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: JulianDay Attribute_Definition: The Julian day the video trackline was collected where Julian day is the integer number representing the interval of time in days since January 1 of the year (2012 or 2013) Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 87 Range_Domain_Maximum: 261 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: julian day Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: TimeStart Attribute_Definition: The beginning of usable video in UTC format of HH:MM:SS Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 11:35:28 Range_Domain_Maximum: 19:39:10 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: seconds Attribute: Attribute_Label: TimeEnd Attribute_Definition: End of usable video in UTC in the format HH:MM:SS Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 11:36:33 Range_Domain_Maximum: 19:39:50 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: seconds Attribute: Attribute_Label: Line Attribute_Definition: The name of the target station (line) Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 85 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: line name Attribute: Attribute_Label: Survey Attribute_Definition: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Field Activity Number. Where the first 4 characters are the year of the survey (2011), followed by the sequntial 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: Length_m Attribute_Definition: The lenth of the feature representing usable bottom video Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 2.1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 94.8 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.1 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: BarnBaySEABOSSTrks.zip: contains BarnBaySEABOSSTrks.shp and the associated shapefile files, BarnBaySEABOSSTrks.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 tracklines for SEABOSS video collected in Barnegat Bay, NJ and associated metadata. File_Decompression_Technique: Use WinZip or pkUnzip Transfer_Size: 0.191 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0937/downloads/shapefile/BarnBaySEABOSSTrks.zip 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