U.S. Geological Survey
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
2011
Enhanced Grayscale GeoTIFF Image of the 1-m Sidescan-Sonar Data From National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Survey H11446 of the Sea Floor North of Orient Point, New York (H11446_SSS1M_GEO.TIF, Geographic, WGS84)
1.0
remote-sensing image
Open-File Report
2010-1100
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20101100
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1100/data/sidescan/geo/h11446_sss1m_geo.zip
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1100/html/catalog.html
K.Y. McMullen
L.J. Poppe
W.W. Danforth
D.S. Blackwood
J.D. Schaer
M.R. Guberski
D.A. Wood
E.F. Doran
2011
Surficial Geology of the Sea Floor in Long Island Sound Offshore of Orient Point, New York
1.0
Open-File Report
2010-1100
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
CD-ROM
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1100/
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is producing detailed geologic maps of the coastal sea floor. Imagery, originally collected by NOAA for charting purposes, provides a fundamental framework for research and management activities along this part of Long Island Sound, shows the composition and terrain of the seabed, and provides information on sediment transport and benthic habitat. Interpretive data layers were derived from the multibeam echo-sounder data and sidescan-sonar data collected north of Orient Point, New York. During April 2010, bottom photographs and surficial sediment data were acquired as part of a USGS ground-truth reconnaissance survey. For more information on the ground-truth survey see http://quashnet.er.usgs.gov/data/2010/10010/.
To release a GeoTIFF of the 1-m, 455-kHz sidescan-sonar data generated during NOAA survey H11446 in Long Island Sound, north of Orient Point, in a geographic, WGS84 coordinate system.
20080922
20081021
ground condition
None planned
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-72.225050
41.176661
41.132569
USGS Metadata Identifier
USGS:c7d7f250-9918-437e-b338-ad95780c777d
None
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Sidescan Sonar
Coastal and Marine Geology Program
CMGP
WHCMSC
Klein 5000
NOAA Survey H11446
H11446
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA
GeoTIFF
Open-File Report 2010-1100
OFR 2010-1100
sidescan-sonar mosaic
grayscale image
backscatter
enhanced
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
CT DEP
ISO 19115 Topic Category
geoscientificInformation
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
oceans
USGS Thesaurus
sea-floor acoustic reflectivity
image mosaics
sidescan sonar
marine geophysics
geospatial datasets
None
New York
Long Island
U.S. East Coast
United States
North America
Atlantic Ocean
Long Island Sound
Orient Point
None
Public domain data are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as the originators of this information.
U.S. Geological Survey
Katherine McMullen
Field and Laboratory Technician
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2277
508-457-2310
kmcmullen@usgs.gov
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1100/data/sidescan/geo/h11446_sss1m_geo.gif
Thumbnail image showing the sidescan sonar imagery produced from data collected during NOAA survey H11446 in a geographic coordinate system
GIF
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.6.1500
CDR P. Tod Schattgen
2008
H11446
1.0
Descriptive Report
H11446
Atlantic Hydrographic Branch, Norfolk, VA
National Ocean Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1100/pdf/H11446_DR.pdf
L.J. Poppe
R.S. Lewis
R.P. Signell
H.J. Knebel
M. Persaud
J.F. Denny
K.F. Parolski
M.L. DiGiacomo-Cohen
1999
Sidescan sonar image, surficial geologic interpretation, and bathymetry of the Long Island Sound sea floor off Roanoke Point, New York
1.0
Investigations Series Map
I-2692
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
2 sheets, scale 1:15,000 and 1:20,000
L.J. Poppe
K.Y. McMullen
S.D. Ackerman
D.S. Blackwood
B.J. Irwin
J.D. Schaer
P.G. Lewit
E.F. Doran
2010
Sea-Floor Geology and Character Offshore of Rocky Point, New York
1.0
Open-File Report
2010-1007
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
DVD
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1007/
K.Y. McMullen
L.J. Poppe
W.W. Danforth
D.S. Blackwood
J.D. Schaer
A.J. Ostapenko
K.A. Glomb
E.F. Doran
2010
Surficial Geology of the Sea Floor in Long Island Sound Offshore of Plum Island, New York
1.0
Open-File Report
2010-1005
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
CD-ROM
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1005/
No additional checks for consistency were performed on this data.
All collected data were processed and used to produce this dataset.
Navigation was by differential GPS. CARIS SIPS was used to account for antenna offset corrections to position.
The source information was incomplete and had to be modified to meet the standard. Assumed to be NOAA.
unknown
The source information was incomplete and had to be modified to meet the standard.
DVD-ROM
20080922
20081021
ground condition
Information unavailable from original metadata.
Original sidescan-sonar data acquired with Klein 5000 echosounders during NOAA survey H11446 aboard a launch deployed from the NOAA ship Thomas Jefferson.
The sidescan-sonar data were acquired with Klein 5000 sidescan-sonar system hull mounted to a 29' aluminum launch deployed from the NOAA ship Thomas Jefferson. The system was set to sweep 100 m to either side of the launch tracks. The system has a vertical beam angle of 40 degrees and transmits at 455 kHz. The data were acquired in XTF (extended Triton data format), recorded digitally through an ISIS data acquisition system, and processed using CARIS SIPS (Sidescan Image Processing) software for quality control, and to produce a composite sidescan-sonar image at 1-m horizontal resolution. As part of this process, the sidescan-sonar data were demultiplexed and filtered to remove speckle noise and to correct for slant-range distortions. Image 'shine through', to account for areas of overlap, and auto-contrast adjustment were applied. Contrast enhancement based on the dynamic range of the data was applied to the mosaic and it was then projected into UTM Zone 18, NAD83 to produce the final enhanced image.
2008
H11446_SSS100_1mRes_Mosaic_GeoTif.tif
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jasper Schaer
Field Operations Officer
mailing address
439 W. York Street
Norfolk
VA
23510
USA
757-441-6726
jasper.schaer@noaa.gov
World file of GeoTIFF was created using GeoTiff Examine then GeoTIFF image was converted to 8-bit grayscale from 8-bit RGB and the grayscale was inverted such that high backscatter is white and low backscatter is black. Data values were set from 0-254 and white background was set as 255. Used Photoshop CS2.
H11446_SSS100_1mRes_Mosaic_GeoTif.tif
2010
H11446_SSS100_1mRes_Mosaic_GeoTif.tfw
H11446_SSS100_1mRes_Mosaic_GeoTif_inv.tif
Katherine McMullen
U.S. Geological Survey
Field and Laboratory Technician
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
508-548-8700 x2277
508-457-2310
kmcmullen@usgs.gov
Copied world file from H11446_SSS100_1mRes_Mosaic_GeoTif.tif and renamed as H11446_SSS100_1mRes_Mosaic_GeoTif_inv.tfw. Used GeoTiff Examine to add the georeferencing information to the header making H11446_SSS100_1mRes_Mosaic_GeoTif_inv.tif. a GeoTIFF.
H11446_SSS100_1mRes_Mosaic_GeoTif.tfw
H11446_SSS100_1mRes_Mosaic_GeoTif_inv.tfw
2010
H11446_SSS100_1mRes_Mosaic_GeoTif_inv.tif
Katherine McMullen
U.S. Geological Survey
Field and Laboratory Technician
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
508-548-8700 x2277
508-457-2310
kmcmullen@usgs.gov
ArcToolbox Project Raster Tool was used to project to Geographic WGS84 in ArcGIS 9.2. Used the following parameters: input: H11446_SSS100_1mRes_Mosaic_GeoTif_inv.tif output: H11445_SSS_1m_geo.tif, output coordinate system: WGS84, transformation 1, bilinear resampling, output cell size default.
H11446_SSS100_1mRes_Mosaic_GeoTif_inv.tif
2010
h11446_sss_1m_geo.tif
Katherine McMullen
U.S. Geological Survey
Field and Laboratory Technician
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
508-548-8700 x2277
(508) 457-2310
kmcmullen@usgs.gov
In ArcMap 9.2, exported TIFF using Data--Export Data from right clicking on TIFF name. Selected options use renderer and square, TIFF format, and default cell size.
h11446_sss_1m_geo.tif
2010
h11446_sss_1m_geo1.tif
Katherine McMullen
U.S. Geological Survey
Field and Laboratory Technician
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
(508) 548-8700 x2277
(508) 457-2310
kmcmullen@usgs.gov
Created world file using GeoTiffExamine.
h11446_sss_1m_geo1.tif
2010
h11446_sss_1m_geo1.tfw
Katherine McMullen
U.S. Geological Survey
Field and Laboratory Technician
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
(508) 548-8700 x2277
(508) 547-2310
kmcmullen@usgs.gov
Used Photoshop CS2 to convert black border created by projecting image to white and filled background with Paint Bucket tool. Set data values range from 0-254 and background, nodata area as 255.
h11446_sss_1m_geo1.tif
2010
h11446_sss_1m_geo1.tif
Katherine McMullen
U.S. Geologial Survey
Field and Laboratory Technician
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
(508) 548-8700 x2277
(508) 457-2310
kmcmullen@usgs.gov
Used GeoTifExamine to add the georeferencing information to the TIFF header, making the image a GeoTIFF. Renamed TIFF and associated files in ArcCatalog 9.2.
h11446_sss_1m_geo1.tif
h11446_sss_1m_geo1.tfw
2010
h11446_sss1m_geo.tif
h11446_sss1m_geo.tfw
Katherine McMullen
U.S. Geological Survey
Field and Laboratory Technician
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
(508) 548-8700 x2277
(508) 457-2310
kmcmullen@usgs.gov
Used Define Projection Tool in ArcGIS 9.2 to define projection as Geographic WGS84, so ArcGIS recognizes the projection.
h11446_sss1m_geo.tif
2010
h11446_sss1m_geo.aux
Katherine McMullen
U.S. Geological Survey
Field and Laboratory Technician
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
(508) 548-8700 x2277
(508) 457-2310
kmcmullen@usgs.gov
Edits to the metadata were made to fix any errors that MP v 2.9.32 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 source information was incomplete and had to be modified to meet the standard. 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.
20160317
U.S. Geological Survey
VeeAnn A. Cross
Marine Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543
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
Raster
Pixel
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0.000009
0.000009
Decimal degrees
D_WGS_1984
WGS_1984
6378137.000000
298.257224
A continuous-coverage sidescan sonar-image of NOAA survey H11446 in geographic. Data values in this grayscale image range from 0-254; a nodata value has been set to 255. There are a few places in the mosaic where sidescan coverage was not complete, and the data gaps do not have a value of 255.
U.S. Geological Survey
Larry Poppe
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2314
508-457-2310
lpoppe@usgs.gov
Downloadable Data
Neither the U.S. Government, the Department of the Interior, nor the USGS, nor the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), nor the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (CT DEP), 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, NOAA, or CT DEP 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.
TIFF
Information unavailable from original metadata.
GeoTIFF
The GeoTIFF image (h11446_sss1m_geo.tif), world file, and browse graphic.
zip archive
7.3
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1100/data/sidescan/geo/h11446_sss1m_geo.zip
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1100/data/sidescan/geo/
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1100/html/catalog.html
Data are downloadable via the World Wide Web (WWW).
CD-ROM
640
Mbytes
ISO9660
None
This image is available as a GeoTIFF image with an accompanying world file. To utilize this data, the user must have an image viewer, image processing or GIS software package capable of importing a GeoTIFF image. The user must have software capable of uncompressing archived zip files, such as WinZip or Pkware.
2011
20211116
U.S. Geological Survey
Katherine McMullen
Field and Laboratory Technician
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2277
508-457-2310
whsc_data_contact@usgs.gov
The metadata contact email address is a generic address in the event the metadata contact is no longer with the USGS or the email is otherwise invalid.
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998
local time
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