Survey lines along which SEABed Observation and Sampling System (SEABOSS) data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey within the Northern Cape Cod Bay survey area (CCB_SeabossTrackline Esri shapefile, Geographic, WGS84).

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 2010
Title:

Survey lines along which SEABed Observation and Sampling System (SEABOSS) data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey within the Northern Cape Cod Bay survey area (CCB_SeabossTrackline Esri shapefile, Geographic, WGS84).

Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2010-1006

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place:

Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20101006
Online_Linkage:

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1006/GIS/shapefile/CCB_SeabossTrackline.zip

Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1006/html/appendix1.html
Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Brian D. Andrews
Originator: Seth D. Ackerman
Originator: Wayne E. Baldwin
Originator: Walter A. Barnhardt
Publication_Date: 2010
Title:

Geophysical and Sampling Data from the Inner Continental Shelf: Northern Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts.

Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2010-1006

Publication_Information:

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

Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1006/

Description:

Abstract:

These data were collected under a cooperative agreement with the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC). Initiated in 2003, the primary objective of this program is to develop regional geologic framework information for the management of coastal and marine resources. Accurate data and maps of sea-floor geology are important first steps toward protecting fish habitat, delineating marine resources, and assessing environmental changes due to natural or human impacts. The project is focused on the inshore waters of coastal Massachusetts, primarily in water depths of 3-30 meters deep. Data collected for the mapping cooperative have been released in a series of USGS Open-File Reports (http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/coastal_mass/html/current_map.html). The data collected in the study area located in Northern Cape Cod Bay Massachusetts includes high-resolution geophysics (bathymetry, backscatter intensity, and seismic reflection), and ground validation (sediment samples, video tracklines, and bottom photographs). The data were collected during five separate surveys conducted between 2006 and 2008 and cover 480 square kilometers of the inner continental shelf. More information about the individual USGS surveys conducted as part of the northern Cape Cod Bay project can be found on the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Field Activity webpage: 06012: http://quashnet.er.usgs.gov/data/2006/06012/ 07001: http://quashnet.er.usgs.gov/data/2007/07001/ 07002: http://quashnet.er.usgs.gov/data/2007/07002/ 07003: http://quashnet.er.usgs.gov/data/2007/07003/ 08002: http://quashnet.er.usgs.gov/data/2008/08002/

Purpose:

The purpose of this dataset is to record the trackline navigation along which bottom video was recorded and using the the large SEABed Observation and Sampling System (SEABOSS) during USGS survey 07003, conducted September 7-11, 2007 aboard the R/V Connecticut offshore Massachusetts in the Northern Cape Cod Bay survey area. This data set was collected to ground-truth (verify) the acoustic data sets that were acquired during USGS geophysical surveys 06012 (2006), 07001 (2007), 07002 (2007), and 08002 (2008). High-resolution digital photographs of the seafloor were also taken during the video drift (see shapefile CCB_BottomPhotos.shp).

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20070907
Ending_Date: 20070911

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.632917
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.189835
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.086826
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.936435

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:7b7ac249-6269-455e-bd26-97a1dd8068f8

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 Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: R/V Connecticut
Theme_Keyword: ESRI polyline shapefile
Theme_Keyword: ground-truth
Theme_Keyword: bottom video
Theme_Keyword: seabed video
Theme_Keyword: video
Theme_Keyword: photographs
Theme_Keyword: stations
Theme_Keyword: seafloor
Theme_Keyword: marine geology
Theme_Keyword: sediments
Theme_Keyword: field activity serial number 07003
Theme_Keyword: field activity number 2007-003-FA
Theme_Keyword: Van Veen grab sampler
Theme_Keyword: SEABOSS sampler

Theme:

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

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: navigational data
Theme_Keyword: underwater photography
Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: North America
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
Place_Keyword: Massachusetts
Place_Keyword: Massachusetts Bay
Place_Keyword: Cape Cod Bay
Place_Keyword: Duxbury
Place_Keyword: Provincetown

Stratum:

Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Stratum_Keyword: Seafloor
Stratum_Keyword: Seabed
Stratum_Keyword: sea floor

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Temporal_Keyword: 2007

Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:

Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information.

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:

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1006/GIS/browse_jpg/CCB_SeabossTrackline.jpg

Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Thumbnail image of video tracklines
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.2 (Build 3790) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.1850

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: D. Blackwood
Originator: K. Parolski
Publication_Date: 2001
Title: Seabed observation and sampling system
Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Sea Technology
Issue_Identification: v. 42, no. 2, p. 39-43

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Walter A. Barnhardt
Originator: Brian D. Andrews
Originator: Bradford Butman
Publication_Date: 2006
Title:

High-Resolution Mapping of the Inner Continental Shelf: Nahant to Gloucester, Massachusetts

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2005-1293

Publication_Information:

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

Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1293/

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Seth D. Ackerman
Originator: Bradford Butman
Originator: Walter A. Barnhardt
Originator: William W. Danforth
Originator: James M. Crocker
Publication_Date: 2006
Title:

High-Resolution Geologic Mapping of the Inner Continental Shelf: Boston Harbor and Approaches, Massachusetts

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2006-1008

Publication_Information:

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

Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1008/

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Walter A. Barnhardt
Originator: Brian D. Andrews
Originator: Seth D. Ackerman
Originator: Wayne E. Baldwin
Originator: Christopher J. Hein
Publication_Date: 2009
Title:

High-Resolution Geological Mapping of the Inner Continental Shelf: Cape Ann to Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2007-1373

Publication_Information:

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

Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1373/

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Walter A. Barnhardt
Originator: Seth D. Ackerman
Originator: Brian D. Andrews
Originator: Wayne E. Baldwin
Publication_Date: 2010
Title:

Geophysical and Sampling Data from the Inner Continental Shelf: Duxbury to Hull, Massachusetts

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2009-1072

Publication_Information:

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

Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1072/

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Trackline data from all SEABOSS transects in the Northern Cape Cod Bay survey area are included in this shapefile. Gaps in sequential SEABOSS station numbers may exist.

Completeness_Report:

A total of 184 sampling sites were occupied during survey 07003 covering both the Duxbury to Hull and Cape Cod Bay survey areas. Only the 109 sampling sites within Cape Cod Bay survey area are included in this spatial dataset. The SEABOSS video tracklines that are not included in this report are from sites north of Brant Rock, Massachusetts and have been published in a previous data release (Barnhardt and other 2010) focused on the Duxbury to Hull survey area. The length of the trackline represents the distance along the drift that the bottom was in view on the monitor aboard the ship. Video may not have been recorded at each station or for the full duration of the SEABOSS drift. The tracklines do not represent video of the water column during deployment or retrieval. Stations represented by SEABOSS tracklines 41-60 and 71-76 were rapid deployment sites where no video was collected. Only bottom photographs and sediment samples (when possible) were collected at these sites.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Navigation for survey 07003 used differential Global Positioning System (GPS). The recorded position of each node along the SEABOSS trackline is actually the position of the GPS antenna on the survey vessel, not the SEABOSS sampler. The SEABOSS was deployed approximately 5 meters astern of the GPS antenna off the ship's J-frame on the starboard side. No layback or offset was applied to the recorded position. In addition to the 5 meter offset the SEABOSS may drift away from the survey vessel when deployed to the seafloor. Based on the various sources for horizontal offsets, a conservative estimate the horizontal accuracy of the SEABOSS trackline is 20-30 meters.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Publication_Date: unknown
Title: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Other_Citation_Details:

The orignal metadata only had source information time period of content. In order to pass the metadata harvester, the rest of the required source information fields were populated.

Type_of_Source_Media: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20070907
Ending_Date: 20070911

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Information unavailable from original metadata.
Source_Contribution: Information unavailable from original metadata.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Target stations were occupied aboard the R/V Connecticut (USGS survey 07003) with the large SEABOSS (Blackwood and Parolski, 2001) that was equipped with a Van Veen grab sampler, a digital still camera, and a video camera. One-hundred nine sites are within the Northern Cape Cod Bay survey area. Bottom video was recorded directly to DVD-video disc.

Process_Date: 200709
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: DVD seafloor videos
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geologists
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2315
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) navigation was logged through a Microsoft HyperTerminal (version 5.1) session on a Dell Latitude D820 laptop computer running Windows XP, SP2. Log files were saved for each sampling watch then reformatted into log files by Julian Day (e.g. nav_sda.251) during post-processing. The AWK script HT_doGPGGA.awk was modified accordingly for each Julian Day and run (using GNU AWK version 3.1.6) on each Julian Day file creating a comma separated value (CSV) ASCII text file to parse for the GPGGA navigation string and reformatted the file for input to the Python ground-truth toolset. The individual Julian Day navigation files were concatenated into a single navigation file for the entire sampling survey (07003_allnav_gpgga_formatted.csv).

	cat gpgga_out* > 07003_allnav_gpgga_formatted.csv

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:

HyperTerminal generated navigation files (090807_day_watch.txt, 090907_night_watch.txt, etc.)

Process_Date: 200901
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: GPGGA parsed navigation files (gpgga_out.25[0-4])
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: GPGGA parsed navigation file (07003_allnav_gpgga_formatted.csv)
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

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
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2315
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Parsed and reformatted the manually kept Microsoft Excel 2003 survey log CONN07003_sedcruise.xls for SEABOSS station number, date, and the start and end time (in UTC) of each SEABOSS drift.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Survey Log - CONN07003_sedcruise.xls
Process_Date: 20091130
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: drifttime_07003_CCBay.csv
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

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
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2315
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Create ESRI polyline shapefile joining the SEABOSS drift time log with the navigation based on matching date and time fields using ArcGIS 9.3 ArcToolbox tool "USGS GTC Tools v2008 - Drift_nav - Vee2008" (which uses the Python script "Script1_startend_9_2008proj.py (v.Oct 1, 2008) and Python version 2.5; inputs: drift file - drifttime_07003_CCBay.csv outfile - TEMP_drifttime_07003_CCBay.shp template- template_geo.shp navfile - 07003_allnav_gpgga_formatted.csv). The Python script reads the start and end times from the drift log file (drifttime_07003_CCBay.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.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: 07003_allnav_gpgga_formatted.csv
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: drifttime_07003_CCBay.csv
Process_Date: 20091214
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: TEMP_drifttime_07003_CCBay.shp
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

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
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2315
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

XTools Pro (version 5.3.0) for ArcGIS desktop was used to reorganize, delete unnecessary fields and add new fields to the point shapefile's attribute table (Table Operations - Table Restructure). Table attributes for the survey ID ("SURVEYID'), device used to collect the data ('DEVICEID'), survey vessel name ('VEHICLEID') and were added and populated using the table editor in ArcMap (version 9.3). 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'), start time ('STARTTIME'), end time ('ENDTIME'), and SEABOSS station number ('LINENAME') were already populated.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: TEMP_drifttime_07003_CCBay.shp
Process_Date: 20091218
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: CCB_SeabossTrackline.shp
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

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
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2315
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Export tracklines in Cape Cod Bay survey area: Manually selected the 109 tracklines that are within the northern Cape Cod Bay survey area using ArcMap (ver 9.3) "Select Tool" and saved as a separate shapefile.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: TEM_drifttime_07003_CCBay.shp
Process_Date: 20100107
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: CCB_SeabossTrackline.shp
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:

Edits to the metadata were made to fix any errors that MP v 2.9.30 flagged. This is necessary to enable the metadata to be successfully harvested for various data catalogs. In some cases, this meant adding text "Information unavailable" or "Information unavailable from original metadata" for those required fields that were left blank. Other minor edits were probably performed (title, publisher, publication place, etc.). The orignal metadata only had source information time period of content. In order to pass the metadata harvester, the rest of the required source information fields were populated. The metadata date (but not the metadata creator) was edited to reflect the date of these changes. The metadata available from a harvester may supersede metadata bundled within a download file. Compare the metadata dates to determine which metadata file is most recent.

Process_Date: 20151120
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
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@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 added as the first link in the metadata.
Process_Date: 20191118
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: 109

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: CCB_SeabossTrackline
Entity_Type_Definition: SEABOSS Trackline
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: JULDAY
Attribute_Definition: Julian day photograph was acquired based on UTC time.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 4

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Length
Attribute_Definition:

Length of SEABOSS video trackline in meters (UTM Zone 19N, WGS84)

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1.57
Range_Domain_Maximum: 579.34
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.01

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LINENAME
Attribute_Definition:

This indicates the SEABOSS station number or SEABOSS trackline along which digital still photos and continuous bottom video were acquired.

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 4

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STARTTIME
Attribute_Definition: Start time of the SEABOSS video drift in UTC (hh:mm:ss)
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 8

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ENDTIME
Attribute_Definition: End time of the SEABOSS video drift in UTC (hh:mm:ss)
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 8

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SURVEYID
Attribute_Definition: WHCMSC field activity number
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 10

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DEVICEID
Attribute_Definition: Sampling device used to collect bottom video
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 25

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: VEHICLEID
Attribute_Definition: Survey vessel name
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 25

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Brian Andrews
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Science Center

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: Downloadable Data
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: SHP
Format_Version_Number: ArcGIS 9.3
Format_Specification: ESRI polyline shapefile
Format_Information_Content: location of SEABOSS tracklines
File_Decompression_Technique: WinZip
Transfer_Size: 0.27

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1006/GIS/shapefile/CCB_SeabossTrackline.zip

Access_Instructions: Data can be downloaded via the World Wide Web (WWW)

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: DVD-ROM
Recording_Capacity:

Recording_Density: 4.75
Recording_Density_Units: Gbytes

Recording_Format: UDF

Fees: none

Technical_Prerequisites:

This zip file contains data available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) shapefile format. The user must have software capable of uncompressing the WinZip file and displaying the shapefile. In lieu of ArcView or ArcGIS, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing the data. A free data viewer, ArcExplorer, capable of displaying the data is available from ESRI at www.esri.com.

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

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