Larry Poppe
2012
Locations of Sea-Floor Photographs Acquired During U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Cruise 2011-006-FA in Block Island Sound (2011_006_BISBOTPHOTOS.SHP, Geographic, WGS84)
1.0
vector digital data
Open-File Report
2012-1005
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20121005
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1005/data/botphotos/2011_006_bisbotphotos.zip
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1005/data/botphotos/2011_006_bisbotphotos.txt
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1005/data/botphotos/2011_006_bisbotphotos.xls
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1005/html/catalog.html
L.J. Poppe
W.W Danforth
K.Y. McMullen
M.A. Blankenship
K.A. Glomb
D.B. Wright
S.M. Smith
2012
Sea-Floor Character and Sedimentary Processes of Block Island Sound, Offshore Rhode Island
1.0
Open-File Report
2012-1005
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
1 DVD-ROM
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1005/
The USGS, in cooperation with NOAA, is producing detailed maps of the seafloor off southern New England. The current phase of this cooperative research program is directed toward analyzing how bathymetric relief relates to the distribution of sedimentary environments and benthic communities. As part of this program, digital terrain models (DTMs) from bathymetry collected as part of NOAA's hydrographic charting activities are converted into ESRI raster grids and imagery, verified with bottom sampling and photography, and used to produce interpretations of seabed geology and hydrodynamic processes. Although each of the 7 continuous-coverage, completed surveys individually provides important benthic environmental information, many applications require a geographically broader perspective. For example, the usefulness of individual surveys is limited for the planning and construction of cross-Sound infrastructure, such as cables and pipelines, or for the testing of regional circulation models. To address this need, we integrated the 7 contiguous multibeam bathymetric DTMs into one dataset that covers much of Block Island Sound. The new dataset is adjusted to mean lower low water, is provided in UTM Zone 19 NAD83 and geographic WGS84 projections, and is gridded to 4-m resolution. This resolution is adequate for seafloor-feature and process interpretation, but small enough to be queried and manipulated with standard GIS programs and to allow for future growth. Natural features visible in the grid include boulder lag deposits of submerged moraines, sand-wave fields, and scour depressions that reflect the strength of the oscillating tidal currents. Bedform asymmetry allows interpretations of net sediment transport. Together the merged data reveal a larger, more continuous perspective of bathymetric topography than previously available, providing a fundamental framework for research and resource management activities off this portion of the Rhode Island coast.Interpretations were derived from the multibeam echo-sounder data and the ground-truth data used to verify them.
For more information on the ground-truth surveys see http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/operations/ia/public_ds_info.php?fa=2011-006-FA
The purpose of this dataset is to release the locations and identifiers of 406 bottom photographs collected at 86 stations on bathymetric data of the sea floor in Block Island Sound, offshore southwestern Rhode Island. The photos were collected with a modified Van Veen grab sampler modified to carry still and video camera systems (small SEABOSS) during USGS survey 2011-006-FA, conducted June 2011.
20110614
20110621
ground condition
None planned
-71.850760
-71.388135
41.316065
41.121957
USGS Metadata Identifier
USGS:325de086-72c0-415f-8051-d6ce62c7176e
None
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
Coastal and Marine Geology Program
CMGP
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
WHCMSC
R/V RAFAEL
ESRI Shapefile
bottom photograph locations
photo locations
stations
sea floor
Field Activity Number 2011-006-FA
ground-truth
Open-File Report 2012-1005
point shapefile
OFR 2012-1005
SEABOSS
ISO 19115 Topic Category
location
oceans
geoscientificInformation
USGS Thesaurus
navigational data
underwater photography
geospatial datasets
None
Rhode Island
Block Island
Block Island Sound
Point Judith
North America
United States
Atlantic Ocean
Sandy Point
Block Island North Reef
Watch Hill Point
Dickins Point
Grace Point
Montauk Point
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 (USGS) as the source of this information.
Larry Poppe
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
(508) 548-8700 x2314
(508) 457-2310
lpoppe@usgs.gov
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1005/data/botphotos/2011_006_bisbotphotos.gif
Thumbnail image showing location and extent of bottom photo locations in Block Island Sound
GIF
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.6.1500
D. Blackwood
K. Parolski
2001
Seabed Observation and Sampling System
1.0
Sea Technology
v. 42, no. 2, p. 39-43
Poppe, L.J.
Ackerman, S.D.
Foster, D.S.
Blackwood, D.S.
Butman, B.
Moser, M.S.
Stewart, H.F.
2007
Sea-floor character and surface processes in the vicinity of Quicks Hole, Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts
1.0
Open-File Report
2006-1357
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
1 DVD-ROM
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1357/
Poppe, L.J.
Ackerman, S.D.
Foster, D.S.
Blackwood, D.S.
Williams, S.J.
Moser, M.S.
Stewart, H.F.
Glomb, K.A.
2007
Sea-floor character and sedimentary processes of Great Round Shoal Channel, offshore Massachusetts
1.0
Open-File Report
2007-1138
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
1 DVD-ROM
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1138/
Poppe, L.J.
McMullen, K.Y.
Foster, D.S.
Blackwood, D.S.
Williams, S.J.
Ackerman, S.D.
Barnum, S.R.
Brennan, R.T.
2008
Sea-floor character and sedimentary processes in the vicinity of Woods Hole, Massachusetts
1.0
Open-File Report
2008-1004
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1004/
Poppe, L.J.
McMullen, K.Y.
Ackerman, S.D.
Blackwood, D.S.
Irwin, B.J.
Schaer, J.D.
Forrest, M.R.
2011
Sea-floor geology and character of eastern Rhode Island Sound west of Gay Head, Massachusetts
1.0
GIS data report
Open-File Report
2011-1004
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
1 DVD-ROM
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1004/
Poppe, L.J.
McMullen, K.Y.
Foster, D.S.
Blackwood, D.S.
Williams, S.J.
Ackerman, S.D.
Moser, M.S.
Glomb, K.A.
2010
Geological interpretation of the sea floor offshore of Edgartown, Massachusetts
1.0
GIS data report
Open-File Report
2009-1001
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
1 DVD-ROM
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1001/
McMullen, K.Y.
Poppe, L.J.
Ackerman, S.D.
Blackwood, D.S.
Schaer, J.D.
Nadeau, M.A.
Wood, D.A.
2011
Surficial geology of the sea floor in central Rhode Island Sound southeast of Point Judith, Rhode Island
1.0
GIS data report
Open-File Report
2011-1005
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
1 DVD-ROM
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1005/
McMullen, K.Y.
Poppe, L.J.
Ackerman, S.D.
Worley, C.R.
Nadeau, M.A.
Van Hoy, M.V.
2012
Sea-floor geology in central Rhode Island Sound south of Sakonnet Point, Rhode Island
1.0
GIS data report
Open-File Report
2012-1004
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
1 DVD-ROM
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1004/
All attributes were checked in a consistent manner
No additional checks for topological consistency were performed on this data.
Locations of all 406 acceptable still photographs of the sea floor collected in Block Island Sound during R/V RAFAEL cruise 2011-006-FA were included in this dataset. Other photographs collected in Rhode Island Sound and Nantucket Sound during this cruise are not included. Unacceptable photographs not included were test shots on deck, water column pre-trips, and images where the bottom was totally obscured by turbidity.
Navigation was by differential GPS. Although GPS gave the ship's position rather than that of the SEABOSS, water depths were generally shallow and scope of the cable minimal. Therefore, SEABOSS offset from the antenna was assumed to be less than 5 m.
Information unavailable from original metadata.
unknown
Information unavailable from original metadata.
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.
Information unavailable from original metadata.
20110614
20110621
ground condition
Information unavailable from original metadata.
Information unavailable from original metadata.
Navigation and time recorded from the DGPS and in cruise logs were correlated with times in the EXIF headers of the photographs. This information was input into an Excel 2003 (.xls) file and exported to create an ASCII file of this information. Shapefiles were created in ArcView 3.3 from the ASCII comma-delimited files.
2011_006_bisbotphotos.xls
2011_006_bisbotphotos.txt
2011
2011_006_bisbotphotos.shp
Larry Poppe
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
(508) 548-8700 x2314
(508) 457-2310
lpoppe@usgs.gov
ArcGIS 9.2 was used to define the projection of the ESRI shapefile.
2011_006_bisbotphotos.shp
2011
2011_006_bisbotphotos.prj
Larry Poppe
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
508-548-8700 x2314
508-457-2310
lpoppe@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 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.
20151203
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
Vector
Entity point
406
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0.000001
Decimal degrees
D_WGS_1984
WGS_1984
6378137.000000
298.257224
2011_006_bisbotphotos
Shapefile Attribute Table
ESRI
FID
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Shape
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Coordinates defining the features.
STATION
Sequential identifier assigned to each sample site
USGS
Characters and numerics identifying sampling sites
PHOTO
Sequential identifier assigned to each photograph
USGS
Characters and numerics identifying photos
DATE
Month, day, and year when the photograph was taken
USGS
Character String: Months, days, and year as m/dd/yyyy
LATITUDE
Latitude coordinate of photo location, WGS84
USGS
41.121957
41.316065
Decimal degrees
0.000001
LONGITUDE
Longitude coordinate of photo location, WGS84
USGS
-71.850760
-71.388135
Decimal degrees
0.000001
DEVICE
Equipment used to collect the photograph
USGS
SMALL SEABOSS GRAB
USGS Small Seabed Observation and Sampling System (SEABOSS)
USGS
CRUISEID
Cruise identifier
USGS
2011-006-FA
Ship and field activity serial number assigned by Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center data archives
USGS
PROJECTID
Name of project for which the photographs were taken.
USGS
BLOCK ISLAND SOUND
Project name assigned by Woods Hole Science Center data archives
USGS
PRINCIPAL
Name of Chief scientist during the cruise
USGS
LPOPPE
Larry Poppe
USGS
Data layer attributes include date and position photograph was acquired, and station and photograph identifiers.
U.S. Geological Survey
Larry Poppe
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
(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 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 or NOAA 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.
SHP
ArcView 3.3
ESRI point shapefile
A zip file containing the geospatial data, metadata describing the data set, and a browse graphic showing the data layer coverage and extent.
zip archive
0.113
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1005/data/botphotos/2011_006_bisbotphotos.zip
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1005/html/catalog.html
Data are downloadable via the World Wide Web (WWW)
DVD-ROM
4.75
Gbytes
UDF
None
These data are available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) 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 data. A free data viewer, ArcExplorer, capable of displaying the data is available from ESRI at www.esri.com. The user must have software capable of uncompressing archived zip files, such as Winzip or Pkware.
2012
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 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 or NOAA 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.
ASCII
text
text file
First record contains field headings. Data fields are comma separated.
no compression applied
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http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1005/data/botphotos/2011_006_bisbotphotos.txt
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1005/html/catalog.html
Data are downloadable via the World Wide Web (WWW).
DVD-ROM
4.75
Gbytes
UDF
None
These data are available as a generic ASCII formatted text file. The user must have a software program capable of reading the comma-delimited data file.
Larry Poppe
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
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 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 or NOAA 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.
XLS
2003
Excel file
First record contains field headings.
no compression applied
0.113
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1005/data/botphotos/2011_006_bisbotphotos.xls
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1005/html/catalog.html
Data are downloadable via the World Wide Web (WWW).
DVD-ROM
4.75
Gbytes
UDF
none
These data are available as an Excel formatted (.xls) file. The user must have a software program capable of reading Excel files.
20211116
Larry Poppe
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
(508) 548-8700 x2314
(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
None
None