Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Schwab, Bill
Publication_Date: 2000
Title:
Archive of Datasonics SIS-1000 Chirp Subbottom Data Collected During USGS Cruise DIAN 96040 Long Island, NY Inner Shelf -- Fire Island, NY, 4-24 September, 1996
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Other_Citation_Details: none
Online_Linkage: none
Description:
Abstract:
This CD-ROM contains digital high resolution seismic reflection data collected during the USGS DIAN 96040 cruise. The coverage is the nearshore of Long Island, NY in the vicinity of Fire Island. The seismic-reflection data are stored as SEG-Y standard format that can be read and manipulated by most seismic-processing software. Much of the information specific to the data are contained in the headers of the SEG-Y format files. The file system format is ISO 9660 which can be read with DOS, Unix, and MAC operating systems with the appropriate CD-ROM driver software installed.
Purpose:
In 1995, the USGS Woods Hole Field Center, in Cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, began a program designed to map the seafloor offshore of the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area; the most heavily populated, and one of the most impacted coastal regions of the United States. The ultimate goal of this program is to provide an overall synthesis of the sea floor environment, including surficial sediment texture, subsurface geometry, and anthropogenic impact (e.g. ocean dumping, trawling, channel dredging), through the use and analysis of sidescan-sonar and subbottom mapping techniques. This regional synthesis will support a wide range of management decisions and will provide a basis for further process-oriented investigations.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 19960904
Beginning_Time: 000000
Ending_Date: 19960924
Ending_Time: 000000
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: In work
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -73.51
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -72.95
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.70
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.51
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: seismic reflection
Theme_Keyword: SEG-Y
Theme_Keyword: Chirp
Theme_Keyword: Datasonics SIS 1000
Theme_Keyword: ISO 9660 CD-ROM
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
Place_Keyword: New York
Place_Keyword: NY
Place_Keyword: Long Island inner shelf
Place_Keyword: Fire Island
Access_Constraints: for U.S. Geological Survey use only
Use_Constraints: for U.S. Geological Survey use only
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Schwab, Bill
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Seafloor Mapping Group, Woods Hole Field Center
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address:
U.S. Geological Survey Woods Hole Field Center 384 Woods Hole Road Quissett Campus
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bschwab@usgs.gov
Data_Set_Credit: Seafloor Mapping Group
Native_Data_Set_Environment: SEG-Y
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:
Attribute_Accuracy_Value:
Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation:
Logical_Consistency_Report:
The SEG-Y files were plotted onboard ship using SIOSEIS seismic processing software
Completeness_Report: archive of SEG-Y format seismic data
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: The ship was navigated with differential GPS
Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 5-10 meters
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation: DGPS is assumed to be accurate within 5-10 meters
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
The vertical position was local sea level and there was no correction to a datum
Quantitative_Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Value:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation:
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The subbottom data were recorded on the ISIS data acquisition system in QMIPS format. Chirp subbottom channel extracted from raw QMIPS format sonar files and converted to 16-bit Int. SEG-Y format using the program QMIPSTOSEGY. The fish depth was recorded in two-way time (ms) in the delay field (byte 109) of the SEG-Y trace header.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
Process_Date: 199705
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation:
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Foster, David S.
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Seafloor Mapping Project
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address:
U.S. Geological Survey Woods Hole Field Center 384 Woods Hole Road Quissett Campus
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dfoster@usgs.gov
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Indirect_Spatial_Reference:
Horizontal X and Y UTM coordinates for each shot location are located in the SEG-Y trace headers
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Grid_Coordinate_System:
Grid_Coordinate_System_Name:
Universal_Transverse_Mercator:
UTM_Zone_Number: 18
Transverse_Mercator:
Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: .9997
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -75
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0
False_Easting: 0
False_Northing: 0
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 5
Ordinate_Resolution: 5
Planar_Distance_Units: meters
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298257
Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Altitude_System_Definition:
Altitude_Datum_Name: assumed sea level
Altitude_Resolution: 1
Altitude_Distance_Units: two-way travel time
Altitude_Encoding_Method: Attribute values
Depth_System_Definition:
Depth_Datum_Name: local surface (sea level)
Depth_Resolution: 1
Depth_Distance_Units: meters
Depth_Encoding_Method: Attribute values
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
The data were acquired using a Datasonics SIS 1000 chirp subbottom and sidescan-sonar system. Subbottom data were logged digitally with the ISIS acquisition system. in QMIPS format. SEG-Y data were checked for quality with SIOSEIS seismic processing software and are archived on this CD-ROM. The SEG-Y format is described in detail by Barry and others (1975). The files are in standard 16-bit integer SEG-Y format. The SEG-Y
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
Barry, K.M., Cavers, D.A., and Kneale, C.W., 1975, Recommended standards for digital tape formats, in Digital Tape Standards; Society of Exploration Geophysicists ["Recommended standards for digital tape formats" reprinted from Geophysics, v. 32, p. 1073 - 1084; v. 37, p. 36-44; v. 40, p. 344 - 352.] p. 22 - 30.
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Soderberg, Nancy
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Data Library
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address:
U.S. Geological Survey Woods Hole Field Center 384 Woods Hole Road Quissett Campus
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: nsoderberg@usgs.gov
Resource_Description: U.S. Geological Suvey Internal CD-ROM Data Archive
Distribution_Liability:
This Compact Disc-Read Only Memory (CD-ROM) publication was prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, make any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed in this report, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference therein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. Any views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. Although all data published on this CD-ROM have been used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and related materials and/or the functioning of the software. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of this data, software, or related materials.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: ISO 9660 CD-ROM
Format_Version_Number: ISO 9660
Format_Specification:
Format_Information_Content: SEG-Y
File_Decompression_Technique: none
Transfer_Size: 650 MB
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: CD-ROM
Recording_Format: ISO 9660
Compatibility_Information: UNIX, DOS, MAC

Fees:
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20000721
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Foster, David
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Seafloor Mapping Group
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address:
U.S. Geological Survey Woods Hole Field Center 384 Woods Hole Road Quissett Campus
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dfoster@usgs.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: universal time
Metadata_Access_Constraints: none
Metadata_Use_Constraints: none

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