Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: David S. Foster Publication_Date: 2014 Title: Hillshaded-relief image produced from lead-line and single-beam sonar soundings, swath interferometric, multibeam, and lidar datasets (bb_navd88_hs_10m, Esri grid, UTM Zone 19N, WGS 84) Edition: 1 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2014-1220 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/ofr20141220 Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1220/GIS_catalog/SourceData/bb_navd88hs_10m.zip Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: David S. Foster Originator: Wayne E. Baldwin Originator: Walter A. Barnhardt Originator: William C. Schwab Originator: Seth D. Ackerman Originator: Brian D. Andrews Originator: Elizabeth A. Pendleton Publication_Date: 2014 Title: Shallow Geology, Sea-Floor Texture, Physiographic Zones of Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts Edition: 1.1 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2014-1220 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20141220 Description: Abstract: Geologic, sediment texture, and physiographic zone maps characterize the sea floor of Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. These maps were derived from interpretations of seismic-reflection profiles, high-resolution bathymetry, acoustic-backscatter intensity, bottom photographs, and surficial sediment samples. The interpretation of the seismic stratigraphy and mapping of glacial and Holocene marine units provided a foundation on which the surficial maps were created. This mapping is a result of a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey and the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management to characterize the surface and subsurface geologic framework offshore of Massachusetts. Purpose: This hillshaded relief image was created as a single continuous surface of the shoreline and sea floor for Buzzards Bay. These data in both this final form and at the input resolutions helped define the sediment texture and distribution maps presented as interpretive data layers in USGS OFR 2014-1220 Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 1934 Ending_Date: 20110831 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.132099 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.592494 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.769097 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.366862 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier Theme_Keyword: USGS:7616b71d-f246-4d1f-89ff-0ae91e530a22 Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program Theme_Keyword: CMGP Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC Theme_Keyword: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Theme_Keyword: CZM Theme_Keyword: SEA Ltd Swathplus interferometric sonar Theme_Keyword: bathymetry Theme_Keyword: topography Theme_Keyword: elevation Theme_Keyword: Esri grid Theme_Keyword: lidar Theme_Keyword: multibeam bathymetry Theme_Keyword: seamless surface Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1357 Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1004 Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1184 Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-1002 Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-1091 Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013-1020 Theme_Keyword: Hydrographic Survey H11319 Theme_Keyword: RESON SeaBat 8125 Theme_Keyword: RESON SeaBat 8101 Theme_Keyword: Hydrographic Survey H11077 Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: oceans Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: sea-floor characteristics Theme_Keyword: marine geophysics Theme_Keyword: computational methods Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets Theme_Keyword: multibeam sonar Theme_Keyword: interferometric sonar Theme_Keyword: lidar Theme_Keyword: single-beam echo sounder Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: Buzzards Bay Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean Place_Keyword: Westport Place_Keyword: Dartmouth Place_Keyword: New Bedford Place_Keyword: Fairhaven Place_Keyword: Mattapoisett Place_Keyword: Marion Place_Keyword: Wareham Place_Keyword: Bourne Place_Keyword: Falmouth Place_Keyword: Woods Hole Place_Keyword: Elizabeth Islands Place_Keyword: Naushon Island Place_Keyword: Gosnold Place_Keyword: Cuttyhunk Island Place_Keyword: Penikese Island Stratum: Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Stratum_Keyword: Sea floor Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: Not to be used for navigation. 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: David S. Foster Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: U.S. Geological Survey Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2271 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dfoster@usgs.gov Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1220/GIS_catalog/SourceData/bb_navd88_hs_browse.png Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Topographic and Bathymetric hillshade image Browse_Graphic_File_Type: PNG Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.1850 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Publication_Date: 2013 Title: Geologic Mapping of the Seafloor Offshore of Massachusetts Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Other_Citation_Details: Geologic mapping of the Massachusetts inner continental shelf is a cooperative effort that was initiated in 2003 by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM). The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA-NOS) is also an important partner and contributes hydrographic data that are integrated into the maps. The overall goal of this cooperative is to determine the geologic framework of the sea floor inside the 3-mile limit of State waters, using high-resolution geophysical techniques, sediment sampling, and sea-floor photography. These topographic and bathymetric source data related to the composite topographic and bathymetric grid are cited in detail in the source citation section of this metadata file. Online_Linkage: http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/coastal_mass/ Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: This hillshaded-relief image was created from several smaller bathymetry and lidar datasets that were processed and published in various formats and datums (see Source Information for the individual input data). NOAA single-beam sonar soundings were merged with the swath bathymetry. Each acoustic bathymetric source dataset was imported into CARIS BASE Editor were they were combined into a single 10-m per pixel DEM with priority generally given to the higher resolution and more recently collected dataset for overlapping areas. The entire grid was converted to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88) using VDATUM (version 3.2). The output of VDATUM was imported back into CARIS BASE Editor and was combined with the lidar data that was already referenced to the NAVD 88 vertical datum. The final output bathymetric DEM is comprised of the best available bathymetric data for Buzzards Bay at the time of this publication. Completeness_Report: This image includes lead-line soundings, single-beam sonar, swath interferometric, multibeam, and lidar data collected during several surveys in Buzzards Bay. The input grids can be downloaded by visiting the publications listed in the Source Information. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: The horizontal accuracy of the source multibeam bathymetry (DGPS) is reported at +/- 3 meters. The horizontal accuracy of the swath bathymetry (DGPS and/or RTK-GPS) is conservatively estimated to be +/- 10m. The lidar data was collected to meet the +/- 3-m accuracy specification. This composite topographic and bathymetric grid is assumed to be horizontally accurate to within 20-meters, as additional errors could have been introduced during resampling, vertical and horizontal reprojections, and mosaicking.Horizontal accuracy for lead-line and single-beam sonar soundings are not documented. See NOAA survey descriptive reports for individual survey positioning methods. Vertical_Positional_Accuracy: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: The vertical accuracy for NOAA lead-line and singl-beam sonar soundings are not documented. NOAA survey methods and processing of sounding data are in descriptive reports. All XYZ sounding data downloaded from NGDC are in tenths of meters. The vertical accuracy of the source multibeam bathymetry (RESON SeaBat 8101) is reported at +/- 30 to 50-cm. The vertical accuracy of the swath bathymetry is estimated to be +/- 0.1 to 0.6-m. The lidar data wer collected to meet the +/- 30-cm accuracy specification. This composite topographic and bathymetric grid is assumed to be vertically accurate to within 1-m, as additional errors could have been introduced during resampling, vertical and horizontal reprojections, and mosaicking. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Poppe, L.J. Originator: Ackerman, S.D. Originator: Foster, D.S. Originator: Blackwood, D.S. Originator: Butman, B. Originator: Moser, M.S. Originator: Stewart, H.F. Publication_Date: 2007 Title: Sea-floor character and surface processes in the vicinity of Quicks Hole, Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2006-1357 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1357/ Type_of_Source_Media: online Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20040101 Ending_Date: 20050601 Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Poppe and others, 2007 Source_Contribution: This publication provides the source multibeam bathymetry for the Quicks Hole area of Buzzards Bay. Two 29-foot launches deployed from the NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson were used to acquire bathymetric and backscatter data during 2004. The multibeam bathymetric data were collected with hull-mounted 455-kHz RESON 8125 and 240-kHz RESON 8101 systems. The sidescan sonar data were acquired with a hull-mounted Klein 5250 system operating at 100 kHz. Sediment samples and bottom photos were collected aboard the R/V Rafael with a modified Van Veen grab sampler and SEABOSS, respectively. Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Pendleton, E.A. Originator: Twichell, D.C. Originator: Foster, D.S. Originator: Worley, C.R Originator: Irwin, B.J. Originator: Danforth, W.W. Publication_Date: 2012 Title: High-resolution geophysical data from the sea floor surrounding the Western Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2011-1184 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1184/ Type_of_Source_Media: online Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20100909 Ending_Date: 20100918 Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Pendleton and others, 2012 Source_Contribution: This report provided source swath bathymetry for the area of Buzzards Bay surrounding the western Elizabeth Islands. Surveying was conducted aboard the RV Rafael in September 2010. Interferometric-sonar, sidescan-sonar, and chirp seismic-reflection systems were deployed simultaneously during the cruise. Bathymetric sounding data were collected with an SEA SWATHplus 234-kilohertz (kHz) interferometric sonar system. Sidescan-sonar (acoustic-backscatter) data were acquired with a Klein 3000 dual-frequency (100 and 500 kHz) sidescan-sonar system. Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Turecek, A.M. Originator: Danforth, W.W. Originator: Baldwin, W.E. Originator: Barnhardt, W.A. Publication_Date: 2012 Title: High-resolution geophysical data collected within Red Brook Harbor, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, in 2009 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2010-1091 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1091/ Type_of_Source_Media: online Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20090928 Ending_Date: 20091117 Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Turecek and others, 2012 Source_Contribution: This report provided the source swath bathymetry data for Buzzards Bay in the area of Red Brook Harbor. Surveying was conducted aboard the R/V Rafael. Bathymetric data were collected with an SEA SWATHplus 234-kilohertz (kHz) interferometric sonar system. Acoustic backscatter, a measure of the intensity of returns from an insonified area of the sea floor, was recorded by the SEA SWATHplus interferometric sonar system. Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Ackerman, S.D. Originator: Andrews, B.D. Originator: Foster, D.S. Originator: Baldwin, W.E. Originator: Schwab, W.C. Publication_Date: 2013 Title: High-Resolution Geophysical Data from the Inner Continental Shelf: Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2012-1002 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1002/ Type_of_Source_Media: online Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20040330 Ending_Date: 20110517 Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Ackerman and others, 2013 Source_Contribution: This report provided the source swath and multibeam bathymetry for Buzzards Bay. The mapping was conducted during research cruises aboard the NOAA Ship RUDE (2004), the Megan T. Miller (2009 and 2010) and the Scarlett Isabella (2011). The NOAA Ship RUDE acquired bathymetric soundings in 2004 using a RESON SeaBat 8125 455-kHz multibeam-echosounder system. All other surveys used the following systems: bathymetric data were acquired in the Buzzards Bay survey area using a Systems Engineering and Assessment, Ltd. (SEA) SWATHplus-M 234-kilohertz (kHz) interferometric sonar system; acoustic backscatter data were collected with a Klein 3000 dual-frequency sidescan-sonar (132 and 445 kHz). Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Pendleton, E.A. Originator: Andrews, B.D. Originator: Danforth, W.W. Originator: Foster, D.S. Publication_Date: 2014 Title: High-resolution geophysical data collected aboard the U.S. Geological Survey research vessel Rafael to supplement existing datasets from Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2013-1020 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1020/ Type_of_Source_Media: online Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20100713 Ending_Date: 20110831 Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Pendleton and others, 2014 Source_Contribution: This report provided the source swath bathymetry for Buzzards Bay in the area of Naushon Island. These areas were surveyed with the RV Rafael in 2011. Swath bathymetry data were collected with an SEA SWATHplus 234-kilohertz (kHz) interferometric sonar system. Sidescan-sonar (acoustic-backscatter) data were acquired with a Klein 3000 dual-frequency (100 and 500 kHz) sidescan-sonar system. Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Poppe, L.J. Originator: McMullen, K.Y. Originator: Foster, D.S. Originator: Blackwood, D.S. Originator: Williams, S.J. Originator: Ackerman, S.D. Originator: Barnum, S.R. Originator: Brennan, R.T. Publication_Date: 2008 Title: Sea-floor character and sedimentary processes in the vicinity of Woods Hole, Massachusetts Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: Open File Report Issue_Identification: 2008-1004 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1004/ Type_of_Source_Media: online Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20010101 Ending_Date: 20071119 Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Poppe and others, 2008 Source_Contribution: This publication provides the source multibeam bathymetry for Woods Hole. Two 29-foot launches deployed from the NOAA Ship Whiting were used to acquire bathymetric and backscatter data during 2001. The bathymetric data were collected with a hull-mounted 240-kHz RESON 8101 shallow-water system aboard launch 1005. The sidescan-sonar data were acquired with a hull-mounted Klein T-5000 system operating at 455 kHz aboard launch 1014. Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Originator: Joint Airborne LiDAR Bathymetry Center of Expertise Publication_Date: 2008 Title: Massachusetts LiDAR Grid Data in Coastal Areas Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: digital raster data Publication_Information: Publication_Place: San Diego, CA Publisher: Fugro Pelagos, Inc Type_of_Source_Media: raster digital data Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 2005 Ending_Date: 2007 Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Lidar Source_Contribution: The source lidar data for the very nearshore (< -5 m) region. Lidar (Light Detection and Ranging) data were acquired with a SHOALS-1000T (for hydrographic & topographic data) using the Joint Airborne Joint Airborne LiDAR Bathymetry Center of Expertise (JALBTCX) lidar plane. These data were provided by the USACOE to the USGS and the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, who requested the USACOE to collect these data. These data are now publically available in LAS lidar format via NOAA's Digital Coast website: (http://csc.noaa.gov/htdata/lidar1_z/geoid12a/data/116/) Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: NOAA National Geophysical Data Center Publication_Date: unknown Title: NOS Hydrographic Survey Data Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data Online_Linkage: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/bathymetry/relief.html Type_of_Source_Media: online Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 1934 Ending_Date: 1994 Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NOAA Single Beam Soundings Source_Contribution: These data include NOAA lead-line and single-beam sonar soundings, which were used to cover areas where no swath bathymetry or lidar data exist. Process_Step: Process_Description: Collected the source datasets: NOAA data from NOS hydrographic surveys in the 1900s (lead-line and single-beam soundings) were downloaded from the NGDC website individually (http://maps.ngdc.noaa.gov/viewers/bathymetry/) in XYZ ASCII format; these data were in Geographic NAD83 horizontal datum and referenced to Mean Lower Low Water vertical datum. Data from NOAA NOS Hydrographic surveys conducted since 2000 were received directly from NGDC via personal communication and transfer of the CARIS HIPS/SIP HDCS directory (fully processed hydrographic survey data) by hard drive or FTP server. The 2000 era data used were in either XYZ or CARIS BASE surface format; these data were in UTM Zone 19N horizontal datum and referenced to Mean Lower Low Water vertical datum. The following NOAA NOS survey data were used: 1930s - H05622, H05628, H05630, H06445; 1950s - H06742, H08170; 1970s - H09615, H09628, H09644, H09645, H09646, H09647, H09661, H09668, H09669, H09712, H09724; 1990s - F00378, F00406, H10434, H10458, H10461, H10496, H10511, H10520, H10530, H10575; 2000s - H11076 (we received XYZ directly from NGDC), H11077 (we received XYZ directly from NGDC), H11318 (covered by USGS 2009/2010 data), H11319 (incorporated into USGS 2009/2010 data). Gridded data from surveys H11076 and H11077 can be downloaded in Esri grid format as listed in the Source Citations (NOAA Single-Beam Soundings). Process_Date: 2013 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: U.S. Geological Survey Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-5488700 x2331 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: USGS data from recent swath bathymetry surveys used the in-house CARIS HDCS data (final BASE surfaces that were exported to Esri format grids for the following projects/publications): Buzzards Bay OFR 2012-1002 (USGS Field Activities 2009-002-FA, 2010-004-FA, 2011-004-FA, NOAA Hydrographic Survey H11319); Red Brook Harbor OFR 2010-1091 (USGS Field Activity 2009-018-FA); Western Elizabeth Islands OFR 2011-1184 (USGS Field Activity 2010-003-FA); Elizabeth Islands OFR 2013-1020 (USGS Field Activity 2011-003). These data may be downloaded in Esri grid format as listed in the Source Citations (Poppe and others, 2007;Poppe and others, 2008; Pendleton and others, 2012; Turecek and others, 2012; Ackerman and others, 2013; Pendleton and others, 2014). These data are in UTM Zone 19N horizontal datum and referenced to Mean Lower Low Water vertical datum. US Army Corp of Engineerslidar data used the topobathy 32-bit GeoTIFFs that were received directly from USACOE; these data (Tiles 01, 02, 03 from 2005-2007 survey) are also available in LAS Lidar format via NOAA Digital Coast at (http://csc.noaa.gov/htdata/lidar1_z/geoid12a/data/116/) Process_Date: 2013 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: U.S. Geological Survey Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2331 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Created CARIS Point Cloud CSAR files for all of the XYZ datasets using CARIS BASE Editor v4.0.5. Process_Date: 2013 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 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: CARIS CSAR format surfaces were created for each of the individual point cloud dataset of the NOAA survey data: 1. Point cloud CSAR files were brought into CARIS BASE Editor 2. Create TIN from point cloud file 3. TIN Edge Removal process was run using the default parameters, usually twice. In few cases a "coverage hole" was manually digitized to ensure that the TIN did not extend across land/islands/shoals that were not mapped (these features were digitized off a NOAA nautical chart). 4. Interpolate Surface from TIN (results in a ***_surface.csar file for each point cloud dataset) 5. Point cloud files and surface files were grouped by decade in BASE Editor for ease of data management. 6. The "Data End Date" property for each survey surface was populated with the final survey day for each hydrographic survey on the basis of information from the NOAA Descriptive Reports. Process_Date: 2013 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 Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-457-2331 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Combined all the data sources in CARIS BASE Editor (Tools -> Surfaces -> Combine...) 1. (General). Choose all the surfaces to include, set output CSAR filename (D:\BuzzardsBay\Bathy_working\output_csar\BB_Combine_ALL_2Aug2013.csar) 2. (Options). Choose Horizontal Coordinate system - UTM - WGS84 Zone 19N (Key UTM-19N), Resolution = 10m, Name of primary z layer = "depth" 3. (Extent). Zoom out to the full extent of the input datasets and use the cross-hair to set the output extent 4. (Conflicts). Imported the conflict file rule_NewestPriority.crfx which was created in this dialogue previously and defines the rule to use as "Where the attribute EndDate is greatest" meaning that priority goes to the dataset with the more recent Data End Date value in the case of overlapping data. Process_Date: 2013 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 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: Exported the combined CSAR grid to XYZ file (BB_Combine_ALL_22Aug2013.xyz.txt) Process_Date: 2013 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 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: Using VDatum - NOAA's Vertical Datum Transformation 3.2, converted from MLLW to NAVD88 vertical datum (BB_Combine_ALL_22Aug2013Nodata.xyz.txt) Process_Date: 2013 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 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: In CARIS BASE Editor v4.0.5: Created a CSAR from the new XYZ grid with NAVD88 heights (BB_Combine_ALL_22Aug2013Nodata.xyz.csar) Process_Date: 2013 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 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: In Global Mapper v14.2.5: Converted ACOE LiDAR 32-bit GeoTIFFs to gridded XYZ, then exported XYZ file (LIDAR_XYZ_fromGlobalMapper.xyz) Process_Date: 2013 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 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: In CARIS BASE Editor v4.0.5: imported LiDAR XYZ file to create CSAR grid (LIDAR_XYZ_fromGlobalMapper.csar) then combined the bathy data (BB_Combine_ALL_22Aug2013Nodata.xyz.csar) with the LIDAR data (LIDAR_XYZ_fromGlobalMapper.csar), the LIDAR data took precedence, to create a combined CSAR surface BB_Combine_FINAL_28Aug2013.csar), then exported the combined bathy and bathy LiDAR grid to an Esri ASCII grid (BB_Combine_wLIDAR_28Aug2013.asc). The original LiDAR GeoTIFFs were in Geographic NAD83 horizontal datum and NAVD88 vertical datum. They were reprojected and transformed to UTM Zone 19N horizontal datum during the import to CARIS BASE Editor CSAR format. Process_Date: 2013 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 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: In ArcMap 10.1: Using ArcToolbox - conversion tools - to Raster - ASCII to Raster: input BB_Combine_wLIDAR_28Aug2013.asc, output D:\BuzzardsBay\Bathy_working\FINAL_GRID\temp, float Using ArcToolbox - Spatial Analyst Tools - Extraction - Extract by Mask: Clipped the grid "temp" by the shapefile BuzzBay_WaterOnly_shape.shp, output temp_clip Using ArcToolbox - Spatial Analyst Tools - Extraction - Extract by Attributes: Clipped the grid to "value < 0", output D:\BuzzardsBay\Bathy_working\FINAL_GRID\BB_NAVD88_10m Process_Date: 2013 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 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: Using 3D Analyst, a hillshade was created using Surface Analysis - Hillshade. The azimuth was 315, the altitude was 45, and the z-factor was 2. The hillshade grid was converted to a TIFF by right-clicking on the grid in the table of contents and choosing "export data" and TIFF image format. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: \GIS_catalog\SourceData\bathy\bb_navd88_10m Process_Date: 2014 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: David S. Foster 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 x2271 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dfoster@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.). Empty fields were deleted. Links to the data were fixed. 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: 20160512 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: Pixel Row_Count: 4373 Column_Count: 4407 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: 19 Transverse_Mercator: Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600 Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -69.000000 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 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: NODATA is represented by white (255). There are no attributes associated with a TIFF image Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: U.S. Geological Survey Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: David S. Foster 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 x2271 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dfoster@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 U.S. Geological Survey 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: GeoTIFF Format_Version_Number: ArcMAP 9.3.1 Format_Specification: GeoTIFF Format_Information_Content: WinZip V. 14.5 file contains a hillshaded image of the bathymetry from Buzzards Bay, MA and the associated metadata File_Decompression_Technique: WinZip or pkUnzip Transfer_Size: 24.6 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1220/GIS_catalog/SourceData/bb_navd88hs_10m.zip Network_Resource_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1220/ofr2014-1220-data_catalog.html Network_Resource_Name: http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20141220 Access_Instructions: Data can be downloaded via the World Wide Web (WWW) Fees: None Technical_Prerequisites: The image contained in the zip file is available as a GeoTIFF with a world file. To utilize this data, the user must have an image viewer, or an image processing or GIS software package capable of importing a TIFF image. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20240318 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: David S. Foster 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 x2271 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 Metadata_Access_Constraints: None Metadata_Use_Constraints: None