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Hill, Jenna, Thieler, Robert, Foster, David, Swift, Ann, and O'Brien, Thomas, 1997, Archive of Chirp Subbottom Data Collected During USGS Cruise DIAN 97032, Long Island, NY Inner Shelf -- Fire Island, New York, 25 September - 19 October, 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-152, U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA.
Planar coordinates are encoded using coordinate pair
Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 5
Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 5
Planar coordinates are specified in meters
The horizontal datum used is North American Datum of 1983.
The ellipsoid used is Geodetic Reference System 80.
The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.
The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298257.
USGS Seafloor Mapping Group
(508) 548-8700 (voice)
(508) 457-2310 (FAX)
bschwab@usgs.gov
This project will generate reconnaissance maps of the sea floor 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 surveys will provide an overall synthesis of the sea floor environment, including seabed texture and bed forms, Quaternary strata geometry, and anthropogenic impact (e.g., ocean dumping, trawling, channel dredging). The goal of this project is to survey the offshore area, the harbor, and the southern shore of Long Island, providing a regional synthesis to support a wide range of management decisions and a basis for further process-oriented investigations. The project is conducted cooperatively with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer (USACE).
Person who carried out this activity:
(508) 457-2271 (voice)
(508) 457-2310 (FAX)
dfoster@usgs.gov
Person who carried out this activity:
703-648-6533 (voice)
703-648-6252 (FAX)
pschweitzer@usgs.gov
The ship was navigated with differential GPS
The vertical position was local sea level; there was no correction to a datum
Data is complete with regard to surveyed area.
The data set was acquired during one cruise and collection platform, therefore is internally consistent.
Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?
- Access_Constraints:
- The U.S. Geological Survey must be referenced as the originator of this dataset in any future products or research derived from these data.
- Use_Constraints: none
(508) 548-8700 (voice)
(508) 457-2310 (FAX)
nsoderberg@usgs.gov
U.S. Geological Suvey Internal DVD-ROM Data Archive
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(508) 457-2271 (voice)
(508) 457-2310 (FAX)
dfoster@usgs.gov
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