Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Dr. Jesse McNinch Publication_Date: 2013 Title: 10 meter ESRI binary grid of nearshore bathymetry data collected at Duck, NC (vims_2002, UTM Zone 18N, WGS 84) Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2011-1015 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/10.3133/ofr20111015 Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1015/data/bathymetry/nearshore/vims_2002.zip Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1015/data_catalog.html Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: E.R. Thieler Originator: D.S. Foster Originator: D.M. Mallinson Originator: E.A. Himmelstoss Originator: J.E. McNinch Originator: J.H. List Originator: E.S. Hammar-Klose Publication_Date: 2013 Title: Quaternary Geophysical Framework of the Northeastern North Carolina Coastal System Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2011-1015 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1015/ Description: Abstract: The northeastern North Carolina coastal system, from False Cape, Virginia, to Cape Lookout, North Carolina, has been studied by a cooperative research program that mapped the Quaternary geologic framework of the estuaries, barrier islands, and inner continental shelf. This information provides a basis to understand the linkage between geologic framework, physical processes, and coastal evolution at time scales from storm events to millennia. The study area attracts significant tourism to its parks and beaches, contains a number of coastal communities, and supports a local fishing industry, all of which are impacted by coastal change. Knowledge derived from this research program can be used to mitigate hazards and facilitate effective management of this dynamic coastal system. This regional mapping project produced spatial datasets of high-resolution geophysical (bathymetry, backscatter intensity, and seismic reflection) and sedimentary (core and grab-sample) data. The high-resolution geophysical data were collected during numerous surveys within the back-barrier estuarine system, along the barrier island complex, in the nearshore, and along the inner continental shelf. Sediment cores were taken on the mainland and along the barrier islands, and both cores and grab samples were taken on the inner shelf. Data collection was a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and several other institutions including East Carolina University (ECU), the North Carolina Geological Survey, and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS). The high-resolution geophysical data of the inner continental shelf were collected during six separate surveys conducted between 1999 and 2004 (four USGS surveys north of Cape Hatteras: 1999-045-FA, 2001-005-FA, 2002-012-FA, 2002-013-FA, and two USGS surveys south of Cape Hatteras: 2003-003-FA and 2004-003-FA) and cover more than 2600 square kilometers of the inner shelf. Single-beam bathymetry data were collected north of Cape Hatteras in 1999 using a Furuno fathometer. Swath bathymetry data were collected on all other inner shelf surveys using a SEA, Ltd. SwathPLUS 234-kHz bathymetric sonar. Chirp seismic data as well as sidescan-sonar data were collected with a Teledyne Benthos (Datasonics) SIS-1000 north of Cape Hatteras along with boomer seismic reflection data (cruises 1999-045-FA, 2001-005-FA, 2002-012-FA and 2002-013-FA). An Edgetech 512i was used to collect chirp seismic data south of Cape Hatteras (cruises 2003-003-FA and 2004-003-FA) along with a Klein 3000 sidescan-sonar system. Sediment samples were collected with a Van Veen grab sampler during four of the USGS surveys (1999-045-FA, 2001-005-FA, 2002-013-FA, and 2004-003-FA). Additional sediment core data along the inner shelf are provided from previously published studies. A cooperative study, between the North Carolina Geological Survey and the Minerals Management Service (MMS cores), collected vibracores along the inner continental shelf offshore of Nags Head, Kill Devils Hills and Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in 1996. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers collected vibracores along the inner shelf offshore of Dare County in August 1995 (NDC cores) and July-August 1995 (SNL cores). These cores are curated by the North Carolina Geological Survey and were used as part of the ground validation process in this study. Nearshore geophysical and core data were collected by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. The nearshore is defined here as the region between the 10-m isobath and the shoreline. High-resolution bathymetry, backscatter intensity, and chirp seismic data were collected between June 2002 and May 2004. Vibracore samples were collected in May and July 2005. Shallow subsurface geophysical data were acquired along the Outer Banks barrier islands using a ground-penetrating radar (GPR) system. Data were collected by East Carolina University from 2002 to 2005. Rotasonic cores (OBX cores) from five drilling operations were collected from 2002 to 2006 by the North Carolina Geological Survey as part of the cooperative study with the USGS. These cores are distributed throughout the Outer Banks as well as the mainland. The USGS collected seismic data for the Quaternary section within the Albemarle-Pamlico estuarine system between 2001 and 2004 during six surveys (2001-013-FA, 2002-015-FA, 2003-005-FA, 2003-042-FA, 2004-005-FA, and 2004-006-FA). These surveys used Geopulse Boomer and Knudsen Engineering Limited (KEL) 320BR Chirp systems, except cruise 2003-042-FA, which used an Edgetech 424 Chirp and a boomer system. The study area includes Albemarle Sound and selected tributary estuaries such as the South, Pungo, Alligator, and Pasquotank Rivers; Pamlico Sound and trunk estuaries including the Neuse and Pamlico Rivers; and back-barrier sounds including Currituck, Croatan, Roanoke, Core, and Bogue. Purpose: The swath bathymetric data are used to define the regional seabed morphology within the nearshore study region. These data will augment the sidescan-sonar and chirp sub-bottom data collected in the nearshore study area. Using an interferometric swath system the data were interpolated between any gaps within the tracklines to generate a continuous bathymetric surface. Supplemental_Information: Acquisition System: Submetrix 2000 Series Interferometric System Frequency: 234 kHz Motion Sensor Information: TSS DM05 (motion); KVH Compass (heading only) Navigation: Real-Time Kinematic Global Positioning System (RTK-GPS) Raw Data Format: proprietary binary format *.sxr Survey Layout: The entire 2002 survey area (~40 km alongshore distance) was separated into eight 5 km blocks, Block 1 being the most northern area and Block 8, the farthest south. Approximately 12 lines were planned in each block: 10 shore-parallel and 2 shore-perpendicular. The line closest to shore was line 1 while line 10 was the furthest from shore (~W to E). The spacing between the 5 innermost and outermost lines was 100 m and 150 m respectively. The spacing between the shore-perpendicular lines was ~2.5 km. Not all lines were surveyed depending on time/weather/equipment constraints. The naming convention of the shore-parallel lines is the block# followed by an underscore which is then followed by the line number (blockx_linex). The naming of the shore-perpendicular lines varied, but generally started with the block #, underscore and the whether the line was in the north or south of the survey block (blockx_ntie, etc). Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20020531 Ending_Date: 20020614 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.752523 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.542500 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.196761 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 35.850716 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier Theme_Keyword: USGS:9fe8dfd2-3d74-415a-a1b0-7e5c9bd40090 Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: bathymetry Theme_Keyword: swath bathymetry Theme_Keyword: interferometry Theme_Keyword: seafloor morphology Theme_Keyword: gridded raster dataset Theme_Keyword: ESRI binary grid Theme_Keyword: Virginia Institute of Marine Science Theme_Keyword: VIMS Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: oceans Theme_Keyword: elevation Theme_Keyword: imageryBaseMapsEarthCover Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: bathymetry Theme_Keyword: sea-floor characteristics Theme_Keyword: interferometric sonar Theme_Keyword: marine geophysics Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: North Carolina Place_Keyword: United States Place_Keyword: Outer Banks Place_Keyword: East Coast Place_Keyword: Duck Place_Keyword: Oregon Inlet Place_Keyword: North America Place_Keyword: Nearshore Place_Keyword: Surf Zone Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: Not for navigation. Public domain data are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. The U.S. Geological Survey asks that Dr. Jesse McNinch from the Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences be referenced as the originator of this dataset in any future products or research. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Dr. Jesse McNinch Contact_Organization: (formerly) Virginia Institute of Marine Science (currently) US Army Corps of Engineers: Engineer Research and Development Center Field Research Facility Contact_Position: Director Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: USACE-CEERD-HC-F Address: Field Research Facility Address: 1261 Duck Road City: Kitty Hawk State_or_Province: NC Postal_Code: 27949-4472 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (252)261-6840 ext 243 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Jesse.Mcninch@usace.army.mil Data_Set_Credit: Pelican Group ~ McNinch Lab at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.1850 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Birkemeier, W.A. Originator: Mason, C. Publication_Date: 1984 Title: The CRAB: A unique nearshore surveying vehicle Series_Information: Series_Name: Journal of Surveying Engineering Issue_Identification: v.110, n.1, pp.1-7 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: This grid represents interpolated data; processed to account for gaps that occurred along-track and between adjacent lines. Completeness_Report: All quality survey line bathymetric data that were collected within nearshore survey area were incorporated in this grid. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: The Submetrix (2000 series) interferometric system mounted on the LARC (Lighter Amphibious Resupply Cargo, an Army amphibious vehicle) owned and operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Field Research Facility (FRF) at Duck, NC. The Submetrix was integrated with a motion sensor and real-time kinematic GPS (RTK-GPS) was used to map the bathymetry and acoustic backscatter of the seafloor across the surf zone. The amphibious vessel provided virtually unlimited access to the surf zone, from the 10-12 m isobath to the trough, reaching depths of less than 2 m during favorable weather conditions. Soundings were measured relative to mean low water (MLW) using the vertical control provided by RTK-GPS (±5 cm) and checked with the NOAA tide station located on the FRF pier. RTK-GPS also provided horizontal control on the order of 5 cm but the cumulative errors associated with vessel motion, speed of sound variations, and acoustic attenuation/noise placed our depth sounding precision conservatively at 15-20 cm in the horizontal. Vertical_Positional_Accuracy: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: A comparison of soundings collected by the Coastal Research Amphibious Buggy (CRAB) (Birkemeier and Mason, 1984) and the LARC-mounted interferometric system in a small area near the FRF pier resulted in an average vertical difference of less than 1 cm with a standard deviation of less than 7 cm. Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: Soundings were converted from NAVD88 to MLW during post-processing. Soundings were processed using proprietary software (SwathPlus) to address speed of sound, vessel offsets (e.g. roll, pitch), and tide corrections. Irregularly spaced grids were created using nearest neighbor interpolation algorithms (GridProc software); despiking and smoothing were completed using GridProc and PFM Fledermaus. Process_Date: unknown Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Dr. Jesse McNinch Contact_Organization: (formerly) Virginia Institute of Marine Science (currently) US Army Corps of Engineers: Engineer Research and Development Center Field Research Facility Contact_Position: Director Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: USACE-CEERD-HC-F Address: Field Research Facility Address: 1261 Duck Road City: Kitty Hawk State_or_Province: NC Postal_Code: 27949-4472 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (252)261-6840 ext 243 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Jesse.Mcninch@usace.army.mil Process_Step: Process_Description: The gridded file was exported from Fledermaus (v.6) to an ASCII raster file using DMagic. The exported file was then imported into an ArcGIS-compatible format using the ASCII to Raster utility in ArcToolbox (v9.1) under Conversion Tools > To Raster > ASCII to Raster. Process_Date: 20060622 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1015/data/bathymetry/nearshore/vims_2002.zip Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Emily Himmelstoss Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist 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 x2262 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ehimmelstoss@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: 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 link to the data catalog was fixed. In the case of the depth resolution, the value of 9999 was entered to indicate that the original metadata did not contain the required information. 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. Process_Date: 20160615 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: Raster Raster_Object_Information: Raster_Object_Type: Grid Cell Row_Count: 3826 Column_Count: 1867 Vertical_Count: 1 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Planar: Grid_Coordinate_System: Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator Universal_Transverse_Mercator: UTM_Zone_Number: 18 Transverse_Mercator: Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600 Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -75.000000 Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000 False_Easting: 500000.000000 False_Northing: 0.000000 Planar_Coordinate_Information: Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: row and column Coordinate_Representation: Abscissa_Resolution: 10.000000 Ordinate_Resolution: 10.000000 Planar_Distance_Units: meters Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984 Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224 Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition: Depth_System_Definition: Depth_Datum_Name: Mean low water defined from NOAA tide station at Duck, NC Depth_Resolution: 9999 Depth_Distance_Units: meters Depth_Encoding_Method: Implicit coordinate Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: E. Robert Thieler Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Research Geologist 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 x2350 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rthieler@usgs.gov Resource_Description: Downloadable Data Distribution_Liability: Neither the U.S. Government, the Department of the Interior, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences (VIMS), 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. 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: AIG Format_Version_Number: ArcGIS 9.1 Format_Information_Content: This WinZip (version 9.0) file contains the ESRI 32-bit floating point GRID format raster, accessory info files and associated metadata File_Decompression_Technique: Use WinZip or pkUnzip Transfer_Size: 1.5 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1015/data/bathymetry/nearshore/vims_2002.zip Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1015/data_catalog.html Access_Instructions: Data are downloadable via the World Wide Web. This grid was compressed from a folder that contains other grids. Therefore, the accessory "info" folder contains data applicable to each individual grid. If the grids are saved to the same folder structure as outlined in the data catalog, it is safe to overwrite the "info" file, when prompted. All "info" files are identical and contain the required information for each grid within this directory structure. Fees: None Technical_Prerequisites: These data are available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) GRID format. The user must have software capable of importing and processing the data file. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20220708 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Dr. Jesse McNinch Contact_Organization: (formerly) Virginia Institute of Marine Science (currently) US Army Corps of Engineers: Engineer Research and Development Center Field Research Facility Contact_Position: Director Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: USACE-CEERD-HC-F Address: Field Research Facility Address: 1261 Duck Road City: Kitty Hawk State_or_Province: NC Postal_Code: 27949-4472 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (252)261-6840 ext 243 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: whsc_data_contact@usgs.gov Contact_Instructions: 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. Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Time_Convention: local time