U.S. Geological Survey
2010
Sidescan-sonar trackline navigation collected by the U.S. Geological Survey within the St. Clair River between Michigan and Ontario, Canada, 2008 (ESRI VECTOR SHAPEFILE, 08016_KLEIN_TRK.SHP)
1.0
vector digital data
Open-File Report
2010-1035
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20101035
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1035/html/gis.html
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1035/gis_catalog/tracklines/klein_trk.zip
Jane F. Denny
David S. Foster
Charles R. Worley
Barry J. Irwin
2010
Geophysical data collected from the St. Clair River between Michigan and Ontario, Canada, 2008-016-FA
1.0
online
Open-File Report
2010-1035
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1035/
In 2008, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC), in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducted a geophysical and sampling survey of the riverbed of the Upper St. Clair River between Port Huron, MI, and Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. The objectives were to define the Quaternary geologic framework of the St. Clair River to evaluate the relationship between morphologic change of the riverbed and underlying stratigraphy. This report presents the geophysical and sample data collected from the St. Clair River, May 29-June 6, 2008 as part of the International Upper Great Lakes Study, a 5-year project funded by the International Joint Commission of the United States and Canada to examine whether physical changes in the St. Clair River are affecting water levels within the upper Great Lakes, to assess regulation plans for outflows from Lake Superior, and to examine the potential effect of climate change on the Great Lakes water levels ( http://www.iugls.org). This document makes available the data that were used in a separate report, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1137, which detailed the interpretations of the Quaternary geologic framework of the region. This report includes a description of the suite of high-resolution acoustic and sediment-sampling systems that were used to map the morphology, surficial sediment distribution, and underlying geology of the Upper St. Clair River during USGS field activity 2008-016-FA . Video and photographs of the riverbed were also collected and are included in this data release. Future analyses will be focused on substrate erosion and its effects on river-channel morphology and geometry. Ultimately, the International Upper Great Lakes Study will attempt to determine where physical changes in the St. Clair River affect water flow and, subsequently, water levels in the Upper Great Lakes.
This data set contains trackline navigation for approximately 58 km of sidescan-sonar data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey during cruise 08016 within the St. Clair River between Michigan and Ontario, Canada, 2008
20080529
20080530
ground condition
None planned
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42.956257
USGS Metadata Identifier
USGS:1d5826bb-4362-4e1c-8267-b93a240d9dcc
None
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
WHCMSC
Coastal and Marine Geology Program
CMGP
sonar
backscatter
Klein system 3000 sidescan sonar
trackline navigation
WHCMSC field activity serial number 08016
ESRI Vector Shapefile
USGS R/V Rafael
ISO 19115 Topic Category
geoscientificInformation
inlandWaters
USGS Thesaurus
navigational data
geophysics
geospatial datasets
None
North America
United States
Michigan
Great Lakes
Upper Great Lakes
Lake Huron
St. Clair River
Upper St. Clair River
Canada
Ontario
None
Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey as the originator of the dataset.
Jane Denny
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
508-548-8700 x2311
508-457-2310
jdenny@usgs.gov
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1035/gis_catalog/tracklines/klein_trk_sm.jpg
Thumbnail image of trackline navigation for sidescan-sonar system
JPEG
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.6.1500
David S. Foster
Jane F. Denny
2009
Quaternary Geologic Framework of the St. Clair River between Michigan and Ontario, Canada
1.0
on-line document
Open-File Report
2009-1137
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1137/
William W. Danforth
1997
XSonar/ShowImage: A complete system for rapid sidescan-sonar processing and display
document
Open-File Report
97-686
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr97686
Danforth, W.W.
O'Brien, T.F.
Schwab, W.C.
1991
USGS image processing system: near real-time mosaicking of high-resolution sidescan-sonar data
document
Sea Technology
January 1991
Arlington, VA
Sea Technology
Attributes relay information about the object ID (i.e. vector polyline), date of data collection, type of sonar system used to acquire data, the frequency of the sonar system, swath width of the sonar system, USGS unique cruise identification, and the length of tracklines (km). Attributes were checked for consistency and for accuracy of descriptive information.
All sidescan-sonar data were collected during USGS cruise 08016 using a Klein system 3000 sidescan-sonar system. Quality control was conducted during processing of the data. Any spurious data or artifacts were removed or minimized. Sidescan-sonar data were collected during Julian Days 150 - 151 (Lines 1 - 35).
All sidescan-sonar navigation data were used to generate the trackline shapefile.
Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) navigation data were acquired with a Communications Systems International (CSI), Inc. LGBX Pro receiver and sent directly to the sidescan-sonar acquisition software, L3-Klein Associates, SonarPro. The LGBX Pro received DGPS positions from a DGPS antenna located on the port, aft roof of the R/V Rafael cabin. The sonar system was deployed off the port side of the RV Rafael and towed less than 5 m astern. Horizontal and vertical offsets between the sonar tow-fish and the DGPS antenna were stored within SonarPro®, allowing for tow-fish position to be calculated dynamically during acquisition. DGPS accuracy is 1 to 3 meters, depending on the distance from a US Coast Guard coastal repeater station (<http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/>). DGPS accuracy is 1 to 3 meters, depending on the distance from a US Coast Guard coastal repeater station (<http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/>).
U.S. Geological Survey
unknown
Information unavailable from original metadata
disc
20080529
20080531
ground condition
Information unavailable from original metadata
Sidescan-sonar data were acquired with L3-Klein Associates, Inc., System 3000 dual-frequency sonar operating at 132 and 445 kHz (http://www.l-3klein.com/). Sonar data were collected at 0.033-s sampling rate, yielding a 50-m range, or 100-m swath width. L3-Klein SonarPro® acquisition software was used to log the data digitally and store them in eXtended Triton format (XTF) (http://www.tritonimaginginc.com/site/). The sonar system was deployed off the port side of the RV Rafael and towed less than 5 m astern. Horizontal and vertical offsets between the sonar tow-fish and the DGPS antenna were stored within SonarPro®, allowing for tow-fish position to be calculated dynamically during acquisition. A total of approximately 58 km of sidescan-sonar data were collected. Sidescan-sonar data were collected during Julian Day 150 - 151 (lines 1 - 35).
Navigation data were extracted at 1 minute intervals from the raw sidescan sonar data (XTF format) during the 'demultiplex' phase of data processing within XSonar/ShowImage sidescan-sonar processing software (Danforth and others, 1991; Danforth, 1997) and stored in ASCII files. Software: XSonar/ShowImage (no version)
2008
Jane Denny
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
(508) 548-8700x2311
5084572310
jdenny@usgs.gov
A c-shell script was used to reformat the output from degrees decimal minutes to decimal degrees. Proj (version 4.6.1) and AWK (GNU 3.1.5) were used to convert decimal degrees to eastings and northings (based on UTM Zone 17 N, WGS84) and to reformat the output as a comma delimited ASCII file including headers listing field names (Easting, Northing, Line Number, Julian Day, Longitude, Latitude).
2008
Jane Denny
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
(508) 548-8700x2311
5084572310
jdenny@usgs.gov
The ASCII file (*.csv) was imported into ESRI ArcMap 9.2 using Tools - Add XY Data and converted to an event theme. The event theme was then saved to a point shapefile and the projection was defined as UTM, Zone 17N, meters, WGS84. The point shapefile was visually inspected for spurious data points and deleted.
2008
U.S. Geological Survey
Jane Denny
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
508 548-8700 x 2311
508 457-2310
jdenny@usgs.gov
The point shapefile containing 1-minute navigation was used as an input for a VACExtras (version 1.8), a VB collection of tools developed by VeeAnn Cross (USGS-WHSC), that converts point data to a new polyline (vector) shapefile, based on the order of records contained within one attribute field. The line number field was used to define the point order and as the unique line identifier.
2008
Jane Denny
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
508 548-8700 x 2311
508-457-2310
jdenny@usgs.gov
The length of each line segment was calculated and included in a new attribute field using XTools Pro for ArcGIS desktop (version 6.2.0), specifying UTM Zone 17 N, WGS84 - kilometers. Year, System, Swath and Cruise_ID fields were added to the attribute table within ArcMap 9.2.
The vector shapefile was then reprojected to the Geographic Coordinate System, WGS84 using Arc Toolbox, Data Management Tools, Projections and Transformations, Feature, Project.
Arc Toolbox, Data Management Tools, Projections and Transformations, Project was then used to project the shapefile from UTM, Zone 17 N, meters, WGS84 to Geographic Coordinate system, WGS84.
2009
Jane Denny
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
508 548-8700 x 2311
508 457-2310
jdenny@usgs.gov
Edits to the metadata were made to fix any errors that MP v 2.9.36 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 link to the data in the Identification_Information section had to be fixed. The link to the data in the Distribution_Information section had to be fixed. Attempted to modify http to https where appropriate. Reordered the links in the identification section to have a landing page link as the first link. Online link was added to a cross-reference. The source information was incomplete and had to be modified to meet the standard. The distribution format name was modified in an attempt to be more consistent with other metadata files of the same data format. 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.
20171018
U.S. Geological Survey
VeeAnn A. Cross
Marine Geologist
Mailing and Physical
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2251
508-457-2310
vatnipp@usgs.gov
USGS Thesaurus keywords added to the keyword section.
20180720
U.S. Geological Survey
VeeAnn A. Cross
Marine Geologist
Mailing and Physical
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2251
508-457-2310
vatnipp@usgs.gov
Crossref DOI link was added as the first link in the metadata.
20191118
U.S. Geological Survey
VeeAnn A. Cross
Marine Geologist
Mailing and Physical
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2251
508-457-2310
vatnipp@usgs.gov
Added keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword.
20200908
U.S. Geological Survey
VeeAnn A. Cross
Marine Geologist
Mailing and Physical
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2251
508-457-2310
vatnipp@usgs.gov
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08016_klein_trk
ESRI vector shapefile
ESRI
FID
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Shape
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Coordinates defining the features.
Line
Line and file number for corresponding sidescan-sonar files. This information is used during data acquisition, processing and archival.
U.S. Geological Survey
L3-Klein Associates naming convention for collected sonar lines of data. The format is: L1F1, where L=line, 1= Number, F=File, 1=File number, _080708= YYMMDD, and 120000=HHMMSS
JD
Julian Day during which sonar data were collected, where day 1 is equal to January 1, 2008
U.S. Geological Survey
150
151
Julian Day (Year 2008)
Length
length of line segment in UTM, Zone 17N, WGS84, kilometers
U.S. Geological Survey
0.117234
6.822692
kilometers
System
Sidescan-sonar system used for data acquisition
U.S. Geological Survey
Text field
Frequency
Frequency of sidescan-sonar data acqusition system
U.S. Geological Survey
Text field
Swath
Swath width used during sidescan-sonar data acqusition (meters).
U.S. Geological Survey
100 meter
swath width of sidescan-sonar system used during data acquisition
U.S. Geological Survey
Cruise_ID
Unique USGS cruise identification
U.S. Geological Survey
08016
USGS Cruise Identification Number, where the first two digits represent calendar year and the last three digits represent cruise number
U.S. Geological Survey
Jane Denny
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
508-548-8700 x2311
508-457-2311
jdenny@gmail.com
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Shapefile
ArcGIS 9.2
WinZip (version 9.0) file containing sidescan-sonar trackline navigation data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey within the St. Clair River between Michigan and Ontario, Canada, 2008
Use WinZip or pkUnzip
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https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1035/gis_catalog/tracklines/klein_trk.zip
Data can be downloaded via the World Wide Web (WWW)
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This zip file contains data available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) vector shapefile format. The user must have ArcGIS or ArcView 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. 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.
20240318
U.S. Geological Survey
Jane F. Denny
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
508-548-8700 x2311
508-457-2310
whsc_data_contact@usgs.gov
The metadata contact email address is a generic address in the event the person is no longer with USGS. (updated on 20240318)
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998
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