Topobathy grid representing the backshore to the nearshore environment at Head of the Meadow Beach, Truro from data collected during field activity 2021-014-FA on February 4 and 11, 2021

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What does this data set describe?

Title:
Topobathy grid representing the backshore to the nearshore environment at Head of the Meadow Beach, Truro from data collected during field activity 2021-014-FA on February 4 and 11, 2021
Abstract:
These data map the beach and nearshore environment at Head of the Meadow Beach in Truro, MA, providing updated regional context for the 2019 CoastCam installation. CoastCam CACO-01 are two video cameras aimed at the beach that view the coast shared by beachgoers, shorebirds, seals, and sharks. These data were collected as part of field activity 2021-014-FA and a collaboration with the National Park Service at Cape Cod National Seashore to monitor the region. In February 2021, U.S. Geological Survey and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) scientists conducted field surveys to re-map the field of view of the CoastCam. Aerial images of the beach for use in Structure from motion were taken with a camera (Ricoh GRII) and a post-processed kinematic (PPK) system attached to a helium powered balloon-kite (Helikite). High-precision GPS targets (AeroPoints) were used as ground control points. Bathymetry was collected in the nearshore using a single-beam echosounder mounted on a surf capable self-righting electric autonomous Small Surf Vehicle (SSV). Agisoft Metashape (v. 1.7.2) was used to create a digital elevation model with the collected imagery and this was merged with the bathymetry in MATLAB (v. 2020) to create a continuous topobathy product.
Supplemental_Information:
Bounding coordinates are based on image positions and may not the reflect full extent of the final product. For more information about the WHCMSC Field Activity, see https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2021-014-FA.
  1. How might this data set be cited?
    U.S. Geological Survey, 20220131, Topobathy grid representing the backshore to the nearshore environment at Head of the Meadow Beach, Truro from data collected during field activity 2021-014-FA on February 4 and 11, 2021: data release DOI:10.5066/P9D94NZ3, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA.

    Online Links:

    This is part of the following larger work.

    Over, J., Sherwood, C., and Traykovski, P., 2022, Topographic and bathymetric data, structure from motion imagery, and ground control data collected at Head of the Meadow, Truro in February 2021, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2021-014-FA: data release DOI:10.5066/P9D94NZ3, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA.

    Online Links:

    Other_Citation_Details:
    Over, J.R., Sherwood, C.R., and Traykovski, P.A., 2022, Topographic and bathymetric data, structure from motion imagery, and ground control data collected at Head of the Meadow, Truro in February 2021, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2021-014-FA: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9D94NZ3
  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?
    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.08168203
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.07064024
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.05916553
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.04915806
  3. What does it look like?
    https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/field-activity-data/2021-014-FA/data/Topobathy/Topobathy/2021014FA_Truro_topobathy_browse.JPG (JPEG)
    Elevation-colored image of topobathy data collected onshore and offshore of Head of the Meadow Beach, Truro MA in February 2021.
  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?
    Calendar_Date: 04-Feb-2021
    Currentness_Reference:
    ground condition. Two days of surveying. Bathymetry collected on February 11 and topography collected on February 4.
  5. What is the general form of this data set?
    Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?
    1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?
      This is a Raster data set. It contains the following raster data types:
      • Dimensions 1101 x 901, type Pixel
    2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?
      Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator
      Universal_Transverse_Mercator:
      UTM_Zone_Number: 19
      Transverse_Mercator:
      Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600
      Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -69.000000
      Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000
      False_Easting: 500000.000000
      False_Northing: 0.000000
      Planar coordinates are encoded using row and column
      Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 1
      Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 1
      Planar coordinates are specified in meters
      The horizontal datum used is North American Datum of 1983 (National Spatial Reference System 2011).
      The ellipsoid used is GRS_1980.
      The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.000000.
      The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.257222101.
      Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
      Altitude_System_Definition:
      Altitude_Datum_Name: North American Vertical Datum of 1988
      Altitude_Resolution: 0.001
      Altitude_Distance_Units: meters
      Altitude_Encoding_Method:
      Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?
    2021014FA_Truro_topobathy_1m.tif
    A raster dataset (GeoTIFF format) with encoded elevation values of Head of the Meadow Beach in Truro, MA in February 2021. Pixel resolution is 1-m. (Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program)
    Value
    Surface elevation orthometric height (m) in UTM Zone 19N, NAVD88 using Geoid 2012B (Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center)
    Range of values
    Minimum:-11.081
    Maximum:30.017
    Units:meters
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
    There are no text attributes associated with a binary GeoTIFF image. GeoTIFF pixels represent elevation in meters in reference to NAVD88.
    Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: USGS Field Activity 2021-014-FA

Who produced the data set?

  1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)
    • U.S. Geological Survey
  2. Who also contributed to the data set?
  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?
    Jin-Si Over
    U.S. Geological Survey
    U.S. Geological Survey 384 Woods Hole Rd.
    Woods Hole, MA

    508-548-8700 x2269 (voice)
    jover@usgs.gov

Why was the data set created?

Elevation dataset for use by the public, researchers, and others to observe ground conditions and temporal change of the bluffs, dunes, beach, and nearshore of Head of the Meadow Beach in view of the CoastCam setup.

How was the data set created?

  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?
  2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?
    Date: Feb-2021 (process 1 of 2)
    The 2021014FA_Truro_DSM_25cm.tif and 2021014FA_Truro_bathymetry_1m.tif (available from the larger work citation) were merged and interpolated over a 1 m grid in MATLAB v. 2020b with the following steps. 1. The data (x,y,z) from the DSM and Bathy grids were combined with the interpolation method regularizedata3d (bicubic interpolation) using a smoothness coefficient of 0.001 (appropriate for data with low noise where the input points nearly coincide with the output surface) by Jamal (2020). 2. The combined grid was then masked using 'roipoly' which returned the mask as a binary image, setting pixels inside the region of interest (ROI) polygon to 1 and pixels outside the ROI to 0. The boundary was determined by specifying the polygon vertices as the regularizedata3D outputs (x,y,z) from the previous step and prevented extrapolation beyond the tracklines of the Bathy and DSM extent. 3. The final merged GeoTIFF was created using the GRIDobj tool in the TopoToolbox (Schwanghart and Scherler, 2014) which used the interpolated grid from Step 1 and the mask from step 2 to create the final output. The GeoTIFF was output in NAD83(2011)/UTM Zone 19N horizontal coordinate system and in the vertical datum NAVD88 (m). Schwanghart, W., Scherler, D. (2014): TopoToolbox 2 ‚ MATLAB-based software for topographic analysis and modeling in Earth surface sciences. Earth Surface Dynamics, 2, 1-7. [DOI: 10.5194/esurf-2-1-2014] Jamal (2020). RegularizeData3D (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/46223-regularizedata3d), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved September 23, 2020. Person who carried out this activity:
    Peter Traykovski
    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
    Associate Scientist
    226 Woods Hole Rd, MS #12
    Woods Hole, MA

    508-289-2638 (voice)
    ptraykovski@whoi.edu
    Date: 11-Apr-2022 (process 2 of 2)
    Update the publication date to 'go live' date. Modified browse graphic name to be the URL to the browse graphic. This work done on 20220307. Added PID to metadata (20220411). Any edits to the metadata also include an update to the metadata date. Person who carried out this activity:
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Attn: VeeAnn A. Cross
    Marine Geologist
    384 Woods Hole Rd.
    Woods Hole, MA
    USA

    (508) 548-8700 x2251 (voice)
    (508) 457-2310 (FAX)
    vatnipp@usgs.gov
  3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?
    Over, Jin-Si R., Sherwood, Chris R., Traykovski, Peter A., Brosnahan, Sandra M., Martini, Marinna A., and Marsjanik, Eric, 2021, Topographic and bathymetric data, sediment samples, and imagery collected at Head of the Meadow Beach, Truro in March 2020, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2020-015-FA: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA.

    Online Links:

    Other_Citation_Details:
    This publication is the original/first survey data of Head of the Meadow beach from 2020.

How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?

  1. How well have the observations been checked?
    The GNSS used on the SSV and to collect the imagery used to model the topography has theoretical vertical and horizontal accuracies of 2-5 cm, but horizontal accruacy is generally less accurate. See the bathymetry and imagery datasets and metadata in the larger work citation for more details.
  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?
    Navigation information was acquired from a GNSS receiver (EMLID Reach M2) in PPK mode with a Multi-band GNSS antenna that has an estimated horizontal accuracy of 2-5 m. See larger citation imagery, DSM, and bathymetry metadata for more information.
  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?
    The location information was acquired from a GNSS receiver (EMLID Reach M2) in PPK mode with a Multi-band GNSS antenna and hot shoe adapter with an estimated vertical accuracy of 2-5 cm. See larger citation imagery, DSM, and bathymetry metadata for more information.
  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?
    This product represents the full extent of the topography and bathymetry available in the larger work citation. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details.
  5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?
    This file represents the merged and interpolated 1-meter pixel resolution single beam echo-sounder bathymetry data and digital surface model (DSM) created from imagery collected by Peter Traykovski of WHOI. These data are post-processed kinematic (PPK) orthometric heights collected using a GNSS receiver (EMLID Reach M2) corrected to a base station (JAVA Triumph) onshore in GEOID 12B NAVD88 (m).

How can someone get a copy of the data set?

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?
Access_Constraints None
Use_Constraints Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at 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. The USGS or the U.S. Government shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. Not for navigational use. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information.
  1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)
    Jin-Si Over
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Geographer
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Woods Hole, MA

    508-548-8700 x2269 (voice)
    jover@usgs.gov
  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set? File 2021014FA_Truro_topobathy_1m.tif containing a 32-bit floating point GeoTIFF grid.
  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?
    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 U.S. Geological Survey 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.
  4. How can I download or order the data?
  5. What hardware or software do I need in order to use the data set?
    To utilize this file, the user must have an image viewer, image processing, or GIS software package capable of importing a GeoTIFF image. Free spatial data viewers or proprietary software such as ArcGIS Earth or Google Earth Pro are capable of displaying the data. See: http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis-earth, or https://www.google.com/earth/desktop/.

Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:
Last modified: 11-Apr-2022
Metadata author:
Jin-Si Over
U.S. Geological Survey
Geographer
U.S. Geological Survey
Woods Hole, MA

508-548-8700 x2269 (voice)
jover@usgs.gov
Metadata standard:
Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)
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