H11077_SSS100_GEO.TIF: 0.5-m Stretched Grayscale Image of the Sidescan-Sonar Data From National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Survey H11077 of the Sea Floor in the Vicinity of Woods Hole, Massachusetts (Geographic)

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Originator: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Publication_Date: 2008
Title:
H11077_SSS100_GEO.TIF: 0.5-m Stretched Grayscale Image of the Sidescan-Sonar Data From National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Survey H11077 of the Sea Floor in the Vicinity of Woods Hole, Massachusetts (Geographic)
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: remote-sensing image
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2008-1004
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Other_Citation_Details: Also available on DVD-ROM
Online_Linkage:
<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1004/data/sidescan/geo/h11077_sss100_geo.zip>
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1004/data/sidescan/geo/>
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1004/html/catalog.html>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: L.J. Poppe
Originator: K.Y. McMullen
Originator: D.S. Foster
Originator: D.S. Blackwood
Originator: S.J. Williams
Originator: S.D. Ackerman
Originator: S.R. Barnum
Originator: R.T. Brennan
Publication_Date: 2008
Title:
Sea-Floor Character and Sedimentary Processes in the Vicinity of Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2008-1004
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Other_Citation_Details: 1 DVD-ROM
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1004/>
Description:
Abstract:
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (MA CZM), is producing detailed geologic maps of the coastal sea floor. Imagery, originally collected by NOAA for charting purposes, provides a fundamental framework for research and management activities along this part of the Massachusetts coastline, shows the composition and terrain of the seabed, and provides information on sediment transport and benthic habitat. Interpretive data layers were derived from multibeam echo-sounder and sidescan-sonar data collected in the vicinity of Woods Hole, a passage between the Elizabeth Islands and Cape Cod, Massachusetts. In November 2007, bottom photographs, seismic-reflection profiles, and surficial sediment data were acquired as part of a ground-truth reconnaissance survey.
Purpose:
To release a GeoTIFF of the 455-kHz sidescan-sonar data generated during NOAA survey H11077 in the vicinity of Woods Hole, in a geographic coordinate system.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20010905
Ending_Date: 20010909
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate:
East_Bounding_Coordinate:
North_Bounding_Coordinate:
South_Bounding_Coordinate:
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Science Center
Theme_Keyword: Sidescan Sonar
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: WHSC
Theme_Keyword: Klein T-5000
Theme_Keyword: NOAA Survey H11077
Theme_Keyword: H11077
Theme_Keyword: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Theme_Keyword: NOAA
Theme_Keyword: GeoTIFF
Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report 2008-1004
Theme_Keyword: OFR 2008-1004
Theme_Keyword: sidescan-sonar mosaic
Theme_Keyword: grayscale image
Theme_Keyword: backscatter
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: oceans and estuaries
Theme_Keyword: oceans and coastal
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Theme_Keyword: imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Place_Keyword: Massachusetts
Place_Keyword: Woods Hole
Place_Keyword: Cape Cod
Place_Keyword: U.S. East Coast
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: North America
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
Place_Keyword: Great harbor
Place_Keyword: Little Harbor
Place_Keyword: Vineyard Sound
Place_Keyword: Barnstable County
Place_Keyword: Penzance Point
Place_Keyword: Nonamesset Island
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
Public domain data are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as the originators of this information.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Larry Poppe
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
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2314
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name:
<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1004/data/sidescan/geo/h11077_sss100_geo.gif>
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
Thumbnail image showing the sidescan sonar imagery produced from data collected during NOAA survey H11077 in a geographic coordinate system
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.2.1350
Data_Quality_Information:
Completeness_Report:
All collected data were processed and used to produce this dataset.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Navigation was by differential GPS
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Type_of_Source_Media: DVD-ROM
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20010905
Ending_Date: 20010909
Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Source_Contribution:
Original sidescan-sonar data acquired with Klein T-5000 echosounders during NOAA survey H11077 aboard a launch deployed from the NOAA ship Whiting.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The sidescan-sonar data were acquired with a Klein T5000 sidescan-sonar system hull mounted to a 29' aluminum launch deployed from the NOAA ship Whiting. The system was set to sweep 100 m to either side of the launch tracks. The system emits port and starboard 50°-wide beams tilted down 20° from horizontal, and transmits at 455 kHz. The data were acquired in XTF (extended Triton data format), recorded digitally through an ISIS data acquisition system, and processed using CARIS SIPS (Sidescan Image Processing) software for quality control, and to produce a composite sidescan-sonar image at 0.5-m horizontal resolution. As part of this process, the sidescan-sonar data were demultiplexed and filtered to remove speckle noise and to correct for slant-range distortions. Image 'shine through', to account for areas of overlap, and auto-contrast adjustment were applied. Tonal artifacts caused by inaccurate across-track normalization present on the sidescan-sonar imagery are minor. Contrast enhancement based on the dynamic range of the data was applied to the mosaic and it was then projected into UTM Zone 19 to produce the final enhanced image.
Process_Date: Unknown
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h11077_272_sss_100_0.5m_utm19nad83.tif
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Contact_Person: Rick Brennan
Contact_Position: Field Operations Officer
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 1315 East West Highway
City: Silver Spring
State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 20910
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-713-2653 x152
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: richard.t.brennan@noaa.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The image was imported into Adobe Photoshop CS2 in order to apply a linear stretch (i.e., increase the dynamic range of the data) and to invert the grayscale to make strong reflections light tones and weak reflections returns darker tones.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: h11077_272_sss_100_0.5m_utm19nad83.tif
Process_Date: 2008
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h11077_sss100_utm19_en.tif
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Kate McMullen
Contact_Position: Field and Laboratory Technician
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2277
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The UTM sidescan-sonar image was projected from UTM Zone 19 NAD83 to geographic WGS 84 using transformation 1 in ArcGIS 9.2 with the ArcToolbox Project Raster Tool.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: h11077_sss100_utm19_en.tif
Process_Date: 2008
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h11077_sss100_geo1.tif
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Kate McMullen
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Field and Laboratory Technician
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2277
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Within ArcMap 9.2, the Data-Export option (Use Renderer box checked; cell size set to default; TIFF format specified) was used to convert the 16-bit TIFF to an 8-bit TIFF image.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: h11077_sss100_geo1.tif
Process_Date: 2008
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h11077_sss100_geo2.tif
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Kate McMullen
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Field and Laboratory Technician
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 x2277
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description: GeoTiffExamine was used to create a world file (.tfw).
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: h11077_sss100_geo2.tif
Process_Date: 2008
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h11077_sss100_geo2.tfw
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Kate McMullen
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Field and Laboratory Technician
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 x2277
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
PhotoShop CS was used to convert the black border to white with the Paint Bucket tool and to correct tonal artifacts caused by improper cross-track normalization.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: h11077_sss100_geo2.tif
Process_Date: 2008
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h11077_sss100_geo.tif
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Kate McMullen
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Field and Laboratory Technician
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 x2277
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov
Process_Step:
Process_Description: The world file was renamed to match the name of the GeoTIFF.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: h11077_sss100_geo2.tfw
Process_Date: 2008
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: h11077_sss100_geo.tfw
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Kate McMullen
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Field and Laboratory Technician
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: USA
Country: 02543-1598
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2277
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kmcmullen@usgs.gov
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Row_Count: 5162
Column_Count: 6227
Vertical_Count: 1
Spatial_Reference_Information:
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Longitude_Resolution: 0.000001
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
Planar:
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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Overview_Description:
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Larry Poppe
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2314
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov
Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
Distribution_Liability:
This dataset has been approved for release and publication by the USGS. Although it has been subjected to rigorous review and is substantially complete, the USGS reserves the right to revise the data pursuant to further analysis and review. Furthermore, it is released on condition that 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.

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: TIFF
Format_Specification: GeoTIFF
Format_Information_Content:
The GeoTIFF image (h11077_sss100_geo_.tif), world file, and browse graphic.
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Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
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<http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1004/data/sidescan/geo/h11077_sss100_geo.zip>
Network_Resource_Name: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1004/data/sidescan/geo/>
Network_Resource_Name: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1004/html/catalog.html>
Access_Instructions: Data are downloadable via the World Wide Web (WWW).
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: DVD-ROM
Recording_Capacity:
Recording_Density: 4.75
Recording_Density_Units: Gbytes
Recording_Format: UDF
Fees: None
Technical_Prerequisites:
This image is available as a GeoTIFF image with an accompanying world file. To utilize this data, the user must have an image viewer, image processing or GIS software package capable of importing a GeoTIFF image.
Available_Time_Period:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2007
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Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2314
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lpoppe@usgs.gov
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Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Access_Constraints: None
Metadata_Use_Constraints: None
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