Video transects of the sea floor on Stellwagen Bank during U.S. Geological Survey field activity 2015-017-FA, aboard the R/V Auk, May 18-19, 29, and June 3, 2015

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Page C. Valentine
Publication_Date: 2020
Title:
Video transects of the sea floor on Stellwagen Bank during U.S. Geological Survey field activity 2015-017-FA, aboard the R/V Auk, May 18-19, 29, and June 3, 2015
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital dataset (polyline)
Series_Information:
Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/P9BG490P
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher:
U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9BG490P
Online_Linkage: Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Page C. Valentine
Originator: VeeAnn A. Cross
Publication_Date: 2020
Title:
Sea-floor sediment samples, seabed imagery, and CTD instrument data collected on Stellwagen Bank in May and June, 2015, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2015-017-FA
Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:
Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/P9BG490P
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Other_Citation_Details:
Suggested citation: Valentine, P.C., and Cross, V.A., 2020, Sea-floor sediment samples, seabed imagery, and CTD instrument data collected on Stellwagen Bank in May and June, 2015, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2015-017-FA: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9BG490P .
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9BG490P
Online_Linkage:
Description:
Abstract:
This field activity is part of the effort to map geologic substrates of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts. The overall goal is to develop high-resolution (1:25,000) interpretive maps, based on multibeam sonar data and seabed sampling, showing surficial geology and seabed sediment dynamics. This cruise was conducted in collaboration with the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, and the data collected will aid research on the ecology of fish and invertebrate species that inhabit the region. The Sanctuary's research vessel, R/V Auk, visited 61 locations on Stellwagen Bank at which a customized Van Veen grab sampler (SEABOSS) equipped with a video camera and a CTD was deployed in drift mode to collect sediment for grain-size analysis, video imagery of the seabed, and measurements of water column properties.
Purpose:
These video tracklines indicate where imagery data of the sea floor were collected. This information will be used in making the seabed geologic map.
Supplemental_Information:
Additional information regarding the field activity can be obtained from https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2015-017-FA . The grain-size analyses of the sediment samples collected during this field activity is available in a separate publication (Valentine and Cross, 2019; link available from the cross-reference citation).
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20150518
Ending_Date: 20150603
Currentness_Reference:
Ground condition when data were collected. The UTC dates of data collection were May 18-19, 29, and June 3, 2015.
Status:
Progress: complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.459170
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.205440
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.419400
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.151250
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program
Theme_Keyword: CMHRP
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC
Theme_Keyword: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Theme_Keyword: NOAA
Theme_Keyword: SEABed Observation and Sampling System
Theme_Keyword: SEABOSS
Theme_Keyword: stations
Theme_Keyword: navigation
Theme_Keyword: video
Theme_Keyword: trackline
Theme_Keyword: polyline shapefile
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme_Keyword: location
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: videos
Theme_Keyword: navigational data
Theme_Keyword: marine geology
Theme_Keyword: videography
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) keywords
Theme_Keyword: video observation
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: North America
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: Massachusetts
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
Place_Keyword: Stellwagen Bank
Place_Keyword: Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Place_Keyword: SBNMS
Place_Keyword: Massachusetts Bay
Access_Constraints: None.
Use_Constraints: None.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Page C. Valentine
Contact_Position: Research 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 x2239
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pvalentine@usgs.gov
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Browse graphic showing the video drift lines.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: D.S. Blackwood
Originator: K.F. Parolski
Publication_Date: 2001
Title: Seabed observation and sampling system
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Sea Technology
Issue_Identification: v. 42, no. 2, p.39-43
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: P. Valentine
Originator: D. Blackwood
Originator: K. Parolski
Publication_Date: 2000
Title: Seabed observation and sampling system
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet
Issue_Identification: FS-142-00
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/fs14200
Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs142-00/
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Page C. Valentine
Originator: VeeAnn A. Cross
Publication_Date: 2019
Title:
Location and analyses of sediment samples collected on Stellwagen Bank off Boston, Massachusetts from November 5, 2013 to April 30, 2019 on U.S. Geological Survey field activities
Series_Information:
Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/P9FWFLPD
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Other_Citation_Details:
This publication includes the sediment sample analyses information associated with this field activity and 19 other field activities.
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9FWFLPD
Online_Linkage:
Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report:
Each record within the shapefile has the same information and was derived in the same manner.
Completeness_Report:
This represents the video trackline information for every video drift line obtained during this cruise. No video imagery was collected at station 4306 due to malfunctions of the video cameras.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
The location information for stations was acquired from a satellite navigation receiver (Furuno satellite compass SC-30 GPS receiver) with a horizontal accuracy of 10 m. Navigation data was recorded at two second intervals on May 29 and June 3, 2015. Navigation data were recorded at 11-second intervals or better on May 18-19, 2015 due to a problem with the GPS receiver. The navigation antenna is located 5.3 m forward of the SEABOSS deployment location. This offset was not accounted for in the navigation acquisition (navigation fixes represent antenna location). The SEABOSS may also drift away from the survey vessel when deployed to the sea floor.
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Seabed video imagery was collected using two battery-operated, high-definition (1920 x 1080 pixels) GoPro digital video cameras and a Subsea Video Systems digital camera mounted on the USGS SEABed Observation and Sampling System (SEABOSS). See the cross-references for additional description of the SEABOSS system (Blackwood and Parolski, 2001; Valentine and others, 2000). The Subsea camera had a live feed to the surface and was used only to observe obstacles, like gill nets and lobster gear, in order to avoid entanglement. In case of camera failure, the additional GoPro camera provided backup video.
As the SEABOSS drifted over the seabed, the GoPro cameras imaged the seabed at a rate of 60 frames per second from an altitude of ~1 meter. Lighting was provided by one battery-operated Keldan LED video light that provided a light flux of up to 9000 lumens at a correlated color temperature of 5000 Kelvins. Two parallel red lasers mounted 20 centimeters apart provided a scale in the video images.
Video imagery includes the launch and recovery of the SEABOSS, transit through the water column, and the drift over the seabed. The duration of individual video files ranges from 3.5 to 14.2 minutes. Video files are archived in .MP4 format and range in size from 0.8 to 3.1 gigabytes.
These video files are not available as part of this data release. Video files are archived at the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, 384 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543.
The position (latitude and longitude) and time of the start of the video drift was recorded from the navigation receiver by hand in the log book at the time of the deployment of the SEABOSS, when it reached the seabed, and when it left the seabed. Latitude and longitude positions recorded by hand in the log book were later adjusted to match the data recorded in the GPS navigation file based on time. Video was recorded during the descent through the water column (1-2 minutes) and during the drift over the seabed.
Process_Date: 2015
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Page C. Valentine
Contact_Position: Research 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 x2239
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pvalentine@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The original raw $GPGGA navigation was run through an AWK script (awkauk.gpgga2days_fixrnd, on a machine running Cygwin - www.cygwin.com) to reformat the latitudes and longitudes into decimal degrees and output the data into a comma-delimited text file with the following columns of information: latitude (decimal degrees out to five decimal places), longitude (decimal degrees out to five decimal places), hour, minute, second, Julian day, year. The script had to be modified because the raw navigation stored the time differently in the different files. AUK2015017_18may2015_UTC_nav_raw.csv has a colon delimiter between the hours, minutes and seconds. The other two files did not. The Julian day was determined by the original date in the filename of the navigation file as the GPGGA string does not contain any date information. The script made sure to round the latitude and longitude values to five decimal places in the same way that Excel would round the values. The AWK script also made sure that there were no duplicate records in terms of time, such as two navigation points recorded at 16:38:23. Depending on the boat drift rate, navigation fixes carried out to only five decimal places could have duplicate fixes. The individual navigation files were concatenated into a single file in order of acquisition. This process step and the remaining process steps were performed by the same person - VeeAnn A. Cross.
Process_Date: 2020
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:
Another AWK script (awkdrift_pullstartend) was run on the stations summary CSV file to extract the following columns of information: station, Julian day of video start, UTC time of video start, Julian day of video end, UTC time of video end, year.
Process_Date: 2020
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
A Python script (driftlog_gui_v5.py) run from Python IDLE version 2.7.14 on Windows 10 was used to extract all the navigation points from the navigation file based on the start and end time of the video drift. Ideally, there is a match of the same time (with a corresponding navigation fix) in the GPS file to the start and end video times recorded in the log book. However, if this situation does not exist, then the closest (in time) navigation record to the start and end time of the video transect is used, along with all the navigation points in between those two times. These extracted points were then combined into a polyline shapefile. The resulting shapefile has a polyline for every video drift. Based on the navigation system, the coordinate system of the dataset was set to geographic coordinates, WGS 84.
Process_Date: 2020
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 60
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution: 0.00001
Longitude_Resolution: 0.00001
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
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:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: 2015-017-FA_video_driftlines.shp
Entity_Type_Definition: polyline shapefile of video drift transects
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ID
Attribute_Definition: Unique identifier for each record in the polyline shapefile.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 60
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Survey
Attribute_Definition:
Name or number of cruise on which sample collected. The cruise identifier is in the format YYYY-XXX-FA where YYYY is the survey year, XXX is the survey number of that year, and FA is Field Activity.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Station
Attribute_Definition:
Sample or station name or number as assigned in the field by the Chief Scientist.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Character set. Although numeric, stations could have a decimal number indicating a reoccupation of a station.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Year
Attribute_Definition: Year the station was occupied.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 2015
Range_Domain_Maximum: 2015
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: JD
Attribute_Definition:
Julian day of the video drift based on the date in UTC time at the deployment of the SEABOSS. Julian day is the integer number representing the interval of time in days since January 1 of the year of collection.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 138
Range_Domain_Maximum: 154
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LineStart
Attribute_Definition:
Start time of the video drift when the SEABOSS reached the seabed as recorded in the log book, in UTC time in HH:MM:SS.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Number represented as a text field.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LineEnd
Attribute_Definition:
End time of the video drift when the SEABOSS left the seabed as recorded in the log book, in UTC time in HH:MM:SS.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Number represented as a text field.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: GPSStart
Attribute_Definition:
Time in the GPS navigation file that is closest to the start time of the video drift as recorded in the log book. UTC time in HH:MM:SS.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Number represented as a text field.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: GPSEnd
Attribute_Definition:
Time in the GPS navigation file that is closest to the end time of the video drift as recorded in the log book. UTC time in HH:MM:SS.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Number represented as a text field.
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Page C. Valentine
Contact_Position: Research 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 x2239
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pvalentine@usgs.gov
Resource_Description:
2015-017-FA_video_driftlines.zip contains the video drift lines shapefile (2015-017-FA_video_driftlines.shp and other files associated with a shapefile). The ZIP file also contains the browse graphic (2015-017-FA_video_driftlines_browse.jpg) and FGDC CSDGM metadata in TXT, XML, and HTML formats.
Distribution_Liability:
Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data for other purposes, nor on all computer systems, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. The USGS or the U.S. Government shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. 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: Shapefile
Format_Version_Number: ArcGIS 10.6.1
Format_Information_Content:
The ZIP file contains the video drift transects polyline shapefile, browse graphic, and FGDC CSDGM metadata.
Transfer_Size: 1
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information: Access_Instructions:
The first link is to download the data in a ZIP file. The second and third links are to the landing page of the data. The last two links go to the same place; one is the DOI designation of the publication.
Fees: none
Technical_Prerequisites:
The ZIP file contains data in Esri shapefile format. The user must software capable of uncompressing the ZIP file and reading the data format.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20200616
Metadata_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: 02556-1598
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

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