Dr. Jesse McNinch
2013
4 meter ESRI binary grid of nearshore bathymetry data collected south of Oregon Inlet (vims_2005, UTM Zone18N, WGS 84)
raster digital data
Open-File Report
2011-1015
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20111015
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1015/data/bathymetry/nearshore/vims_2005.zip
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1015/data_catalog.html
E.R. Thieler
D.S. Foster
D.M. Mallinson
E.A. Himmelstoss
J.E. McNinch
J.H. List
E.S. Hammar-Klose
2013
Quaternary Geophysical Framework of the Northeastern North Carolina Coastal System
1
Open-File Report
2011-1015
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1015/
The northeastern North Carolina coastal system, from False Cape, Virginia, to Cape Lookout, North Carolina, has been studied by a cooperative research program that mapped the Quaternary geologic framework of the estuaries, barrier islands, and inner continental shelf. This information provides a basis to understand the linkage between geologic framework, physical processes, and coastal evolution at time scales from storm events to millennia. The study area attracts significant tourism to its parks and beaches, contains a number of coastal communities, and supports a local fishing industry, all of which are impacted by coastal change. Knowledge derived from this research program can be used to mitigate hazards and facilitate effective management of this dynamic coastal system.
This regional mapping project produced spatial datasets of high-resolution geophysical (bathymetry, backscatter intensity, and seismic reflection) and sedimentary (core and grab-sample) data. The high-resolution geophysical data were collected during numerous surveys within the back-barrier estuarine system, along the barrier island complex, in the nearshore, and along the inner continental shelf. Sediment cores were taken on the mainland and along the barrier islands, and both cores and grab samples were taken on the inner shelf. Data collection was a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and several other institutions including East Carolina University (ECU), the North Carolina Geological Survey, and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS).
The high-resolution geophysical data of the inner continental shelf were collected during six separate surveys conducted between 1999 and 2004 (four USGS surveys north of Cape Hatteras: 1999-045-FA, 2001-005-FA, 2002-012-FA, 2002-013-FA, and two USGS surveys south of Cape Hatteras: 2003-003-FA and 2004-003-FA) and cover more than 2600 square kilometers of the inner shelf. Single-beam bathymetry data were collected north of Cape Hatteras in 1999 using a Furuno fathometer. Swath bathymetry data were collected on all other inner shelf surveys using a SEA, Ltd. SwathPLUS 234-kHz bathymetric sonar. Chirp seismic data as well as sidescan-sonar data were collected with a Teledyne Benthos (Datasonics) SIS-1000 north of Cape Hatteras along with boomer seismic reflection data (cruises 1999-045-FA, 2001-005-FA, 2002-012-FA and 2002-013-FA). An Edgetech 512i was used to collect chirp seismic data south of Cape Hatteras (cruises 2003-003-FA and 2004-003-FA) along with a Klein 3000 sidescan-sonar system. Sediment samples were collected with a Van Veen grab sampler during four of the USGS surveys (1999-045-FA, 2001-005-FA, 2002-013-FA, and 2004-003-FA). Additional sediment core data along the inner shelf are provided from previously published studies.
A cooperative study, between the North Carolina Geological Survey and the Minerals Management Service (MMS cores), collected vibracores along the inner continental shelf offshore of Nags Head, Kill Devils Hills and Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in 1996. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers collected vibracores along the inner shelf offshore of Dare County in August 1995 (NDC cores) and July-August 1995 (SNL cores). These cores are curated by the North Carolina Geological Survey and were used as part of the ground validation process in this study.
Nearshore geophysical and core data were collected by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. The nearshore is defined here as the region between the 10-m isobath and the shoreline. High-resolution bathymetry, backscatter intensity, and chirp seismic data were collected between June 2002 and May 2004. Vibracore samples were collected in May and July 2005.
Shallow subsurface geophysical data were acquired along the Outer Banks barrier islands using a ground-penetrating radar (GPR) system. Data were collected by East Carolina University from 2002 to 2005. Rotasonic cores (OBX cores) from five drilling operations were collected from 2002 to 2006 by the North Carolina Geological Survey as part of the cooperative study with the USGS. These cores are distributed throughout the Outer Banks as well as the mainland.
The USGS collected seismic data for the Quaternary section within the Albemarle-Pamlico estuarine system between 2001 and 2004 during six surveys (2001-013-FA, 2002-015-FA, 2003-005-FA, 2003-042-FA, 2004-005-FA, and 2004-006-FA). These surveys used Geopulse Boomer and Knudsen Engineering Limited (KEL) 320BR Chirp systems, except cruise 2003-042-FA, which used an Edgetech 424 Chirp and a boomer system. The study area includes Albemarle Sound and selected tributary estuaries such as the South, Pungo, Alligator, and Pasquotank Rivers; Pamlico Sound and trunk estuaries including the Neuse and Pamlico Rivers; and back-barrier sounds including Currituck, Croatan, Roanoke, Core, and Bogue.
The swath bathymetric data are used to define the regional seabed morphology within the nearshore study region. These data will augment the sidescan-sonar and chirp sub-bottom collected in the nearshore study area.
Acquisition System: Swath Plus
Frequency: 234 kHz
Motion Sensor Information (and heading): IXSEA Octans
Raw Data Format: proprietary binary format *.sxr
Survey Layout: The entire survey area was separated into five 10 km shore parallel blocks.
Vessel: RV Pelican
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20050708
ground condition
None planned
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USGS Metadata Identifier
USGS:b2231e78-b13c-41e0-ab77-0cab27a5f60c
None
bathymetry
swath bathymetry
seafloor morphology
interferometry
gridded raster dataset
ESRI binary grid
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
VIMS
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
elevation
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
geoscientificInformation
USGS Thesaurus
bathymetry
sea-floor characteristics
interferometric sonar
marine geophysics
geospatial datasets
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North Carolina
United States
Outer Banks
East Coast
Duck
Oregon Inlet
North America
Nearshore
Surf Zone
None
Not for navigation. Public domain data are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. The U.S. Geological Survey asks that Dr. Jesse McNinch from the Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences be referenced as the originator of this dataset in any future products or research.
Dr. Jesse McNinch
(formerly) Virginia Institute of Marine Science (currently) US Army Corps of Engineers: Engineer Research and Development Center Field Research Facility
Director
mailing address
USACE-CEERD-HC-F
Field Research Facility
1261 Duck Road
Kitty Hawk
NC
27949-4472
USA
(252)261-6840 ext 243
Jesse.Mcninch@usace.army.mil
Pelican Group ~ McNinch Lab at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.1850
Birkemeier, W.A.
Mason, C.
1984
The CRAB: A unique nearshore surveying vehicle
Journal of Surveying Engineering
v.110, n.1, pp.1-7
Reston, VA
American Society of Civil Engineers
This grid represents the collected swath bathymetric data and does not interpolate for gaps that occur between adjacent lines.
All quality survey line bathymetric data that were collected within nearshore survey area were incorporated in this grid.
The Submetrix (2000 series) interferometric system mounted on the LARC (Lighter Amphibious Resupply Cargo, an Army amphibious vehicle) owned and operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Field Research Facility (FRF) at Duck, NC. The Submetrix was integrated with a motion sensor and real-time kinematic GPS (RTK-GPS) was used to map the bathymetry and acoustic backscatter of the seafloor across the surf zone. The amphibious vessel provided virtually unlimited access to the surf zone, from the 1012 m isobath to the trough, reaching depths of less than 2 m during favorable weather conditions. Soundings were measured relative to mean low water (MLW) using the vertical control provided by RTK-GPS (±5 cm) and checked with the NOAA tide station located on the FRF pier. RTK-GPS also provided horizontal control on the order of 5 cm but the cumulative errors associated with vessel motion, speed of sound variations, and acoustic attenuation/noise placed our depth sounding precision conservatively at 1520 cm in the horizontal.
A comparison of soundings collected by the Coastal Research Amphibious Buggy (CRAB) (Birkemeier and Mason, 1984) and the LARC-mounted interferometric system in a small area near the FRF pier resulted in an average vertical difference of less than 1 cm with a standard deviation of less than 7 cm.
Soundings were converted from NAVD88 to MLW during post-processing. Soundings were processed using proprietary software (SwathPlus) to address speed of sound, vessel offsets (e.g. roll, pitch), and tide corrections. Irregularly spaced grids were created using nearest neighbor interpolation algorithms (GridProc software); despiking and smoothing were completed using GridProc and PFM Fledermaus.
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Dr. Jesse McNinch
(formerly) Virginia Institute of Marine Science (currently) US Army Corps of Engineers: Engineer Research and Development Center Field Research Facility
Director
mailing address
USACE-CEERD-HC-F
Field Research Facility
1261 Duck Road
Kitty Hawk
NC
27949-4472
USA
(252)261-6840 ext 243
Jesse.Mcninch@usace.army.mil
The gridded file was exported from Fledermaus (v.6) to an ASCII raster file using DMagic. The exported file was then imported into an ArcGIS-compatible format using the ASCII to Raster utility in ArcToolbox (v9.1) under Conversion Tools > To Raster > ASCII to Raster.
20060622
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1015/data/bathymetry/nearshore/vims_2005.zip
Emily Himmelstoss
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
508-548-8700 x2262
508-457-2310
ehimmelstoss@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 link to the data catalog was fixed. In the case of the depth resolution, the value of 9999 was entered to indicate that the original metadata did not contain the required information. The distribution format name was modified in an attempt to be more consistent with other metadata files of the same data format. The metadata date (but not the metadata creator) was edited to reflect the date of these changes. The metadata available from a harvester may supersede metadata bundled within a download file. Compare the metadata dates to determine which metadata file is most recent.
20160615
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
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Explicit depth coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
U.S. Geological Survey
E. Robert Thieler
Research Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
508-548-8700 x2350
508-457-2310
rthieler@usgs.gov
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http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1015/data_catalog.html
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20220708
Dr. Jesse McNinch
(formerly) Virginia Institute of Marine Science (currently) US Army Corps of Engineers: Engineer Research and Development Center Field Research Facility
Director
mailing address
USACE-CEERD-HC-F
Field Research Facility
1261 Duck Road
Kitty Hawk
NC
27949-4472
USA
(252)261-6840 ext 243
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.
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