Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Butman, Bradford Originator: Noble, Marlene Publication_Date: 2006 Title: CURRENT AND SEDIMENT TRANSPORT STUDIES ON GEORGES BANK 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: This summary page is the interface to files containing oceanographic measurements made during this experimental program. Online_Linkage: http://stellwagen.er.usgs.gov/gb_sed.html Description: Abstract: A collection of time-series oceanographic data was obtained from locations on Georges Bank and adjacent continental shelf between 1975 and 1984. Measurements available include current, temperature, pressure, light transmission (beam attenuation). The time series is not continuous at any specific location. Purpose: A series of studies to assess environmental hazards to petroleum development in the Georges Bank and New England Shelf region of the U.S. continental slope spanned 9 years. These long-term observations of currents and near-bottom processes show the frequency and duration of near-bottom sediment transport events along the U.S. East Coast continental margin. Supplemental_Information: These data are stored as Network Common Data Format (NetCDF) files using conventions developed by NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) lab to be compatible with their Equatorial Pacific Information Collection (EPIC) convention. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 19750508 Ending_Date: 19841111 Currentness_Reference: Observations reflect conditions at the time the measurements were collected. Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed, if additional measurements are collected Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.0 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -65.0 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 43.0 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.5 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier Theme_Keyword: USGS:c4e98cda-514c-4234-a0e0-0822fd2453d0 Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Science Center Theme_Keyword: WHSC Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program Theme_Keyword: CMGP Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC Theme_Keyword: sediment transport Theme_Keyword: marine sediments Theme_Keyword: coastal oceanography Theme_Keyword: near bottom observations Theme_Keyword: coastal oceanography Theme_Keyword: Beam Attenuation Theme_Keyword: Current Direction (t) Theme_Keyword: Current Speed Theme_Keyword: Temperature (c) Theme_Keyword: Vertical Velocity Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 75004 Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 75015 Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 75020 Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 75031 Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 76006 Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 76008 Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 76031 Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 76049 Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 76050 Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 77009 Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 77032 Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 78001 Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 78010 Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 78031 Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 78035 Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 79004 Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 79021 Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 79035 Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 79037 Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 80001 Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 80009 Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 80030 Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 80034 Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 82011 Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 82015 Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation Theme_Keyword: oceans Theme_Keyword: climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere Theme_Keyword: environment Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > ATTENUATION/TRANSMISSION Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > TURBIDITY Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > WATER PRESSURE Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > SEDIMENT TRANSPORT Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > SEDIMENTATION Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > SEDIMENT TRANSPORT Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > TURBIDITY Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD INSTRUMENT Theme_Keyword: CURRENT METERS Theme_Keyword: PRESSURE GAUGES Theme_Keyword: PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS Theme_Keyword: THERMISTORS Theme_Keyword: THERMOMETERS Theme_Keyword: TRANSMISSOMETERS Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DATA SET LANGUAGE Theme_Keyword: DODS > DISTRIBUTED OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA SYSTEM Theme_Keyword: OPENDAP > OPEN-SOURCE PROJECT FOR A NETWORK DATA ACCESS PROTOCOL Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: navigational data Theme_Keyword: marine geophysics Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD Place_Keyword: OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > U.S. EASTERN SEABOARD Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > MASSACHUSETTS Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > MAINE Place_Keyword: OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GEORGES BANK Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Place_Keyword: Georges Bank Place_Keyword: Continental Shelf Place_Keyword: Conentinental Slope Place_Keyword: Wilmington Canyon Place_Keyword: Lydonia Canyon Place_Keyword: Nantucked Shoals Place_Keyword: New Jersey shelf Access_Constraints: none Use_Constraints: Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey as the originator of the dataset. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Ellyn T. Montgomery Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Oceanographer Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address Address: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x 2356 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: emontgomery@usgs.gov Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Ellyn T. Montgomery Originator: Marinna A. Martini Originator: Frances L. Lightsom Originator: Bradford Butman Publication_Date: 2008 Title: Documentation of the U.S. Geological Survey Oceanographic Time-Series Measurement Database Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: point measurements- oceanographic time-series data Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2007-1194 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr20071194 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Unidata Publication_Date: 2008 Title: NetCDF Project web pages Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Boulder, CO Publisher: Unidata, University Center for Atmospheric Research Online_Linkage: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/ Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: James Gallagher Publication_Date: 2008 Title: Open-source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Narragansett, RI Publisher: OPeNDAP Online_Linkage: http://opendap.org Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: This is time-series data, so topological consistency tests were not performed. Completeness_Report: Files in the dataset have passed the QA/QC steps and thus are considered good. Sensors may fail mid-deployment, in which case the data for one sensor covers less time than another from the same deployment. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: The accuracy of the positions associated with the measurements is to within 185-463 meters, based on Loran-C navigation. The original metadata had a link to Chapter III at www.navcen.uscg.gov/loran/handbook/h-book.htm. That link is no longer valid. Try http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=loranReference. The horizontal datum coordinate system of the data is geographic with an assumed horizontal datum of NAD27, based on the data collection dates. Vertical_Positional_Accuracy: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: In this dataset, sensor depths are computed as water depth minus instrument height. The instrument heights on tripods are measured to 1 cm accuracy prior to deployment. The source or the water depth logged at the deployment location is not always documented, but typically it is based on the shipboard echosounder. Each water depth is a local measurement good to 1-5 meters, not adjusted to any datum. For moored instruments, the depths are only accurate to about 10% of the water depth, since mooring motions may cause substantial offsets during a deployment. Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: Different data processing procedures are used for each instrument and are described in OFR2007-1194 (link in the cross references). All data were processed within a month of platform recovery, with the version of the software available at the time of processing. Process_Date: unknown 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.). Fixed the online link to a cross-reference. Removed an invalid link from network resource name. 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: 20160712 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: 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 Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Ellyn T. Montgomery Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address Address: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2356 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: emontgomery@usgs.gov 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 USGS 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: netCDF Format_Version_Number: 3.6.1 Format_Specification: Unidata Network Common Data Format Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://stellwagen.er.usgs.gov/gb_sed.html Access_Instructions: Data may be downloaded via the website or may be accessed via OPeNDAP. Fees: none Technical_Prerequisites: NetCDF viewing software or an OPeNDAP client is required to view the data files. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20220707 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Ellyn T. Montgomery Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address Address: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2356 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