Metadata:

Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Butman, Bradford
Originator: Noble, Marlene
Publication_Date: 2006
Title: CURRENT AND SEDIMENT TRANSPORT STUDIES ON GEORGES BANK
Online_Linkage: <https://stellwagen.er.usgs.gov/gb_sed.html>
Publication_Information:
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Other_Citation_Details:
This summary page is the interface to files containing oceanographic measurements made during this experimental program.
Description:
Abstract:
A collection of time-series oceanographic data was obtained from locations on Georges Bank and adjacent continental shelf between 1975 and 1984. Measurements available include current, temperature, pressure, light transmission (beam attenuation). The time-series is not continuous at any specific location.
Purpose:
A series of studies to assess environmental hazards to petroleum development in the Georges Bank and New England Shelf region of the U.S. continental slope spanned 9 years. These long-term observations of currents and near-bottom processes show the frequency and duration of near-bottom sediment transport events along the U.S. East Coast continental margin.
Supplemental_Information:
These data are stored as Network Common Data Format (NetCDF) files using conventions developed by NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) lab to be compatible with their Equatorial Pacific Information Collection (EPIC) convention.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 19750508
Ending_Date: 19841111
Currentness_Reference:
Observations reflect conditions at the time the measurements were collected.
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed, if additional measurements are collected
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.0
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -65.0
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 43.0
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.5
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Science Center
Theme_Keyword: WHSC
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC
Theme_Keyword: sediment transport
Theme_Keyword: marine sediments
Theme_Keyword: coastal oceanography
Theme_Keyword: near bottom observations
Theme_Keyword: coastal oceanography
Theme_Keyword: Beam Attenuation
Theme_Keyword: Current Direction (t)
Theme_Keyword: Current Speed
Theme_Keyword: Temperature (c)
Theme_Keyword: Vertical Velocity
Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 75004
Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 75015
Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 75020
Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 75031
Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 76006
Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 76008
Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 76031
Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 76049
Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 76050
Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 77009
Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 77032
Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 78001
Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 78010
Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 78031
Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 78035
Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 79004
Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 79021
Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 79035
Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 79037
Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 80001
Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 80009
Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 80030
Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 80034
Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 82011
Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 82015
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme_Keyword: oceans and coastal
Theme_Keyword: oceans and estuaries
Theme_Keyword: climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Theme_Keyword: environment
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS
Theme_Keyword:
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > ATTENUATION/TRANSMISSION
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > TURBIDITY
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > WATER PRESSURE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > SEDIMENT TRANSPORT
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > SEDIMENTATION
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > SEDIMENT TRANSPORT
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > TURBIDITY
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD INSTRUMENT
Theme_Keyword: CURRENT METERS
Theme_Keyword: PRESSURE GAUGES
Theme_Keyword: PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS
Theme_Keyword: THERMISTORS
Theme_Keyword: THERMOMETERS
Theme_Keyword: TRANSMISSOMETERS
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DATA SET LANGUAGE
Theme_Keyword: DODS > DISTRIBUTED OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA SYSTEM
Theme_Keyword:
OPENDAP > OPEN-SOURCE PROJECT FOR A NETWORK DATA ACCESS PROTOCOL
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD
Place_Keyword: OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > U.S. EASTERN SEABOARD
Place_Keyword:
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > MASSACHUSETTS
Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > MAINE
Place_Keyword: OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GEORGES BANK
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Place_Keyword: Georges Bank
Place_Keyword: Continental Shelf
Place_Keyword: Conentinental Slope
Place_Keyword: Wilmington Canyon
Place_Keyword: Lydonia Canyon
Place_Keyword: Nantucked Shoals
Place_Keyword: New Jersey Shelf
Access_Constraints: none
Use_Constraints:
Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey as the originator of the dataset.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Ellyn T. Montgomery
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Oceanographer
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x 2356
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: emontgomery@usgs.gov
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Ellyn T. Montgomery
Originator: Marinna A. Martini
Originator: Frances L. Lightsom
Originator: Bradford Butman
Publication_Date: 2008
Title:
Documentation of the U.S. Geological Survey Oceanographic Time-Series Measurement Database
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: point measurements- oceanographic time-series data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2007-1194
Online_Linkage: <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1194/>
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Unidata
Publication_Date: 2008
Title: NetCDF Project web pages
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Boulder, CO
Publisher: Unidata, University Center for Atmospheric Research
Online_Linkage: <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/>
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: James Gallagher
Publication_Date: 2008
Title: Open-source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Narragansett, RI
Publisher: OPeNDAP
Online_Linkage: <http://opendap.org>
Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report:
This is time-series data, so topological consistency tests were not performed.
Completeness_Report:
Files in the dataset have passed the QA/QC steps and thus are considered good. Sensors may fail mid-deployment, in which case the data for one sensor covers less time than another from the same deployment.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
The accuracy of the positions associated with the measurements is to within 185-463 meters, based on Loran-C navigation. These values are based on < http://www.uscg.mil/history/stations/LORAN/docs/LoranCUsersHandbook.pdf> (see Chapter III). The horizontal datum coordinate system of the data is geographic with an assumed horizontal datum of NAD27, based on the data collection dates.
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
In this dataset, sensor depths are computed as water depth minus instrument height. The instrument heights on tripods are measured to 1 cm accuracy prior to deployment. The source or the water depth logged at the deployment location is not always documented, but typically it is based on the shipboard echosounder. Each water depth is a local measurement good to 1-5 meters, not adjusted to any datum. For moored instruments, the depths are only accurate to about 10% of the water depth, since mooring motions may cause substantial offsets during a deployment.
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Different data processing procedures are used for each instrument and are described in OFR2007-1194. All data were processed within a month of platform recovery, with the version of the software available at the time of processing.
Process_Date: unknown
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
DOI/USGS/CMG/WHSC > Woods Hole Science Center, Coastal and Marine Geology, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior
Contact_Person: Ellyn T. Montgomery
Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2356
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: emontgomery@usgs.gov
Distribution_Liability:
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: netCDF
Format_Version_Number: 3.6.1
Format_Specification: Unidata Network Common Data Format
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name: <https://stellwagen.er.usgs.gov/gb_sed.html>
Network_Resource_Name:
<https://stellwagen.er.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/nph-dods/DATAFILES/GB_SED/>
Access_Instructions:
Data may be downloaded via the website or may be accessed via OPeNDAP.
Fees: none
Technical_Prerequisites:
NetCDF viewing software or an OPeNDAP client is required to view the data files.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20090116
Metadata_Review_Date: 20090116
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Ellyn T. Montgomery
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2356
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: emontgomery@usgs.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
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