Navigation data collected on Stellwagen Bank on U.S. Geological Survey field activity 2015-062-FA, aboard the R/V Auk, Oct. 21 and 22 and Nov. 3 and 4 2015 (geographic, WGS84)

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Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Page C. Valentine
Publication_Date: 2017
Title:

Navigation data collected on Stellwagen Bank on U.S. Geological Survey field activity 2015-062-FA, aboard the R/V Auk, Oct. 21 and 22 and Nov. 3 and 4 2015 (geographic, WGS84)

Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
Series_Information:

Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/F7N015FS

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/F7N015FS
Online_Linkage:

https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/field-activity-data/2015-062-FA/

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Page C. Valentine
Originator: VeeAnn A. Cross
Publication_Date: 2017
Title:

Sea floor sediment samples, seabed imagery, and CTD data collected in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, MA in 2015, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2015-062-FA

Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:

Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/F7N015FS

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Other_Citation_Details:

Suggested citation: Valentine, P.C., and Cross, V.A., 2017, Sea floor sediment samples, seabed imagery, and CTD data collected in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, MA in 2015, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2015-062-FA: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7N015FS.

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7N015FS
Online_Linkage:

https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/field-activity-data/2015-062-FA/

Description:

Abstract:

This field activity is part of the effort to map geologic substrates of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts. The overall goal is to develop high-resolution (1:25,000) interpretive maps, based on multibeam sonar data and seabed sampling, showing surficial geology and seabed sediment dynamics. This cruise was conducted in collaboration with the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, and the data collected will aid research on the ecology of fish and invertebrate species that inhabit the region. The Sanctuary's research vessel, R/V Auk, visited 75 locations on Stellwagen Bank at which a customized Van Veen grab sampler (SEABOSS) equipped with a video camera and a CTD was deployed in drift mode to collect sediment for grain-size analysis, video imagery of the seabed, and temperature, conductivity, and depth measurements of the water column. Additional information regarding this field activity is available from https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fa=2015-062-FA.

Purpose:

These data are provided as an archive of the navigation data files acquired during the survey in the original collected format as well as in reformatted CSV and XLSX formats. The reformatted files add additional information, and most significantly provide that navigation in decimal degrees.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20151021
Ending_Date: 20151104

Currentness_Reference:

ground condition of when data were collected. There were four days of data collection. October 21-22 and November 3-4, 2015.

Status:

Progress: complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.45818
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.13832
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.42107
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.15007

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:16b3f493-4f8a-4440-8cba-f9c73a456e5e

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC
Theme_Keyword: navigation

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme_Keyword: location

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: navigational data

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: North America
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: Massachusetts
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
Place_Keyword: Stellwagen Bank
Place_Keyword: Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Place_Keyword: SBNMS
Place_Keyword: Massachusetts Bay

Access_Constraints: None.
Use_Constraints: None.
Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Page C. Valentine

Contact_Position: Research 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
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2239
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pvalentine@usgs.gov

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report:

The navigation was downloaded each day of the cruise and is available in the original GPGGA format as well as reformatted for easier use. The reformatted version of the navigation excludes the transit navigation. The filenames indicate the cruise and day of navigation. The reformatted filenames are in the format AUK2015062_station_nav_log_XXXX_UTC where XXXX is the day of navigation (for example 04NOV2015). The filename suffix is either XLSX or CSV. The original GPGGA navigation filenames are in the format AUK2015062_XXXX_UTC_nav_raw.csv where XXXX is the day of navigation (for example 04nov2015).

Completeness_Report:

The raw navigation files (with the $GPGGA string) represent all the navigation acquired on the cruise. These files are the orignal files handed over to the scientist. The reformatted navigation files have removed the transit navigation to and from port to the study area. Of note - both the original navigation and the reformatted navigation have duplicate navigation fixes (same time and fix).

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

The location information for stations was acquired from a satellite navigation receiver (Furuno satellite compass SC-30, GPS receiver) at one second intervals with a horizontal accuracy of 10 m. The navigation antenna is located 5.3 m forward of the SEABOSS deployment location. This offset was not accounted for in the navigation acquisition (navigation fixes represent antenna location).

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The files *_raw.csv are the $GPGGA strings of the raw navigation recorded on the ship each day. $GPGGA is a National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) GPS string or sentence that indicates Global Positioning System fix data.
The format of the columns of information are as follows:
$GPGGA, UTC time, latitude (DDMM.MMMM), latitude hemisphere, longitude (DDMM.MMMM), longitude hemisphere.
The first row in each file describes the file.

Process_Date: 2015
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Page C. Valentine

Contact_Position: Research 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
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2239
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pvalentine@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The $GPGGA strings have the latitude/longitude in the format DDMM.MMMMM with the hemisphere indicated (N for North and W for West). These data were brought into an Excel (version 2013) spreadsheet and converted to decimal degrees using the following formula examples:
latitude: (4211.9672-4200)/60+(42) to give 42.19945 decimal degrees
longitude: ((7043.2105-7000)/60+70)*-1 to give -70.72018 decimal degrees
Additional fields of information were added to the spreadsheet and are defined in the entity and attribute section, as well as within header information in each spreadsheet. These reformatted files omit the transit navigation to and from the port to the study area.

Process_Date: 2016
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Page C. Valentine

Contact_Position: Research 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
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2239
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pvalentine@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The spreadsheet was opened in Excel (2010). A row was inserted (the third row) to have column headings that are compatible with importing the data into a GIS. Then the first two rows of the file were deleted and the spreadsheet was exported as an MS-DOS CSV file.

Process_Date: 2016
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: Point

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.00001
Longitude_Resolution: 0.00001
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: navigation log in an Excel spreadsheet format
Entity_Type_Definition:

Each Excel spreadsheet has a header (in row 1) explaining the columns of information, row 2 has the header names, and row 3 has header names that are appropriate for incorporation into a GIS (shorter names, no punctuation) and the remaining rows contain the data in 11 columns.

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: VESSEL
Attribute_Definition:

Vessel name: The name of the ship that the field activity used for the cruise. The R/V Auk is the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary research vessel - a 50 foot catamaran.

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Text field.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CRUISE_ID
Attribute_Definition:

WHCMSC field activity number: The field activity number assigned to the cruise by the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center. The number is in the format YYYY-XXX where YYYY is the year and XXX is the activity number in that year.

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Text field.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: UTC_DATE
Attribute_Definition:

Date, UTC: The date of the row of data collection based on UTC (coordinated universal time) time. In the Excel spreadsheet, the date has the format of D-M-YYYY where D is the numeric day of the month, M is the month abbreviation, and YYYY is the year.

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Text field.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: UTC_JD
Attribute_Definition:

Julian Day, UTC: Julian day is the integer number representing the interval of time in days since January 1 of the year of collection.

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Text field presented as a number.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: TIMEZONE
Attribute_Definition:

Study area time zone: The time zone in which the study area is located.

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: EDT
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Eastern Daylight Time. To derive EDT, subtract 4 hours from the UTC time.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: EST
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Eastern Standard Time. To derive EST, subtract 5 hours from the UTC time.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Time-UTC-HHMMSS
Attribute_Definition:

Time, UTC, HHMMSS: The time of the navigation fix in the format HHMMSS where HH is hour, MM is minutes, and SS is seconds. The times are UTC (coordinated universal time).

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Text field presented as a number.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DDMM_LAT
Attribute_Definition:

Lat N, DDMM.MMMM: The latitude coordinate in the format DDMM.MMMM where DD is degrees and MM.MMMM is decimal minutes. The "N" refers to northern latitude.

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Text field presented as a number.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DDMM_LON
Attribute_Definition:

Lon W, DDMM.MMMM: The longitude coordinate in the format DDMM.MMMM where DD is degrees and MM.MMMM is decimal minutes. The "W" refers to western longitude and serves the place of having a negative value.

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Text field presented as a number.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LATITUDE
Attribute_Definition:

Lat N, decimal degrees: The latitude coordinate in decimal degrees. The "N" refers to northern latitude.

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 42.15007
Range_Domain_Maximum: 42.42107
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LONGITUDE
Attribute_Definition:

Lon W, decimal degrees: The longitude coordinate in decimal degrees. The "W" refers to western longitude and serves the same purpose as the values being negative.

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -70.45818
Range_Domain_Maximum: -70.13832
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: decimal degrees

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AREA
Attribute_Definition: Region: The area of the survey.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: SBNMS
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

The attribute label is the abbreviated label that is more compatible with importing the dataset into a GIS. The first part of the attribute definition is the longer label of the column that is in the second row of the Excel spreadsheet.
The Excel spreadsheet has the following information in the first row describing the spreadsheet.
GPS navigation log: Column A, vessel name, AUK, SBNMS research vessel; column B, field activity number; column C, date, UTC; column D, Julian Day, UTC; column E, study area time zone; column F, time, UTC (for Eastern Daylight Time subtract 4 hours); column G, latitude north, degrees and decimal minutes; column H longitude west, degrees and decimal minutes; column I, latitude north, decimal degrees; column J, longitude west, decimal degrees; column K, geographic region [abbreviations: D, degrees; H, hour; M, minute; S, second; EDT, Eastern Daylight Time; lat, latitude; lon, longitude; WHCMSC, USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center; SBNMS, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary; UTC, coordinated universal (Greenwich Mean Time, ZULU time); GPS, satellite-based Global Positioning System receiver]
The columns of data are the same as represented in the entity and attribute detail information.
The files with the same prefix name, but the CSV extension are exported from the Excel spreadsheet, minus the first two rows of information.
The ranges of numeric values are based on the processed navigation files which omit the transit navigation.
The *_raw.csv files are the original $GPGGA strings off the ship. The format of the columns of information are as follows:
$GPGGA, UTC time, latitude (DDMM.MMMM), latitude hemisphere, longitude (DDMM.MMMM), longitude hemisphere.
The first row in each file describes the file.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: U.S. Geological Survey

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Page C. Valentine

Contact_Position: Research 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
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2239
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pvalentine@usgs.gov

Resource_Description:

2015-062-FA_nav.zip contains the navigation acquired on the cruise. The following files are the original $GPGGA navigation: AUK2015062_21oct2015_UTC_nav_raw.csv, AUK2015062_22oct2015_UTC_nav_raw.csv, AUK2015062_03nov2015_UTC_nav_raw.csv, AUK2015062_04nov2015_UTC_nav_raw.csv. The reformatted navigation are available in XLSX format and CSV. The files are as follows: AUK2015062_station_nav_log_21OCT2015_UTC.xlsx, AUK2015062_station_nav_log_21OCT2015_UTC.csv, AUK2015062_station_nav_log_22OCT2015_UTC.xlsx, AUK2015062_station_nav_log_22OCT2015_UTC.csv, AUK2015062_station_nav_log_03NOV2015_UTC.xlsx, AUK2015062_station_nav_log_03NOV2015_UTC.csv, AUK2015062_station_nav_log_04NOV2015_UTC.xlsx, AUK2015062_station_nav_log_04NOV2015_UTC.csv. In addition to the navigation files, the zip file contains the FGDC CSDGM metadata in TXT, XML, and HTML formats.

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: XLSX
Format_Version_Number: Excel 2010
Format_Information_Content:

The zip file contains the navigation in XLSX and CSV formats, along with the FGDC CSDGM metadata.

Transfer_Size: 11

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/field-activity-data/2015-062-FA/data/navigation/2015-062-FA_nav.zip

Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7N015FS
Network_Resource_Name:

https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/field-activity-data/2015-062-FA/

Access_Instructions:

The first link is to download the data in a zip file. The second and third links are to the landing page of the data. Although the last two links go to the same place, one is the DOI designation of the publication.

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: CSV
Format_Information_Content:

The zip file contains the navigation in XLSX and CSV formats, along with the FGDC CSDGM metadata.

Transfer_Size: 11

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/field-activity-data/2015-062-FA/data/navigation/2015-062-FA_nav.zip

Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7N015FS
Network_Resource_Name:

https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/field-activity-data/2015-062-FA/

Access_Instructions:

Fees: none

Technical_Prerequisites:

The zip file contains data in XLSX and CSV formats. The user must have software capable of uncompressing the zip file and reading the data formats.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20240318
Metadata_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
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: 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

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