Sheepscot Bay, ME (N080) Bathymetric Digital Elevation Model (30 meter resolution) Derived From Source Hydrographic Survey Soundings Collected by NOAA
Bathymetry for Sheepscot Bay was derived from nineteen surveys containing 173,929
soundings. One survey was omitted before tinning the data. The average separation
between the soundings was 25 meters. The nineteen surveys used dated from 1941 to
1943. The total range of soundings data was 2.0 meters to -81.4 meters at mean low
water. Mean high water values of 2.7 or 2.8 meters were assigned to the shoreline.
Seventeen points were found that were not consistent with the surrounding data. These
were removed prior to tinning. DEM grid values outside the shoreline (on land) were
assigned null values (-32676). Sheepscot Bay has five 7.5 minute DEMs and a single
one degree DEM. The 1 degree DEMs were generated from the higher resolution 7.5 minute
DEMs which covered the estuary. A Digital Elevation Model (DEM) contains a series
of elevations ordered from south to north with the order of the columns from west
to east. The DEM is formatted as one ASCII header record (A- record), followed by
a series of profile records (B- records) each of which include a short B-record header
followed by a series of ASCII integer elevations (typically in units of 1 centimeter)
per each profile. The last physical record of the DEM is an accuracy record (C-record).
The 7.5-minute DEM (30- by 30-m data spacing) is cast on the Universal Transverse
Mercator (UTM) projection. It provides coverage in 7.5- by 7.5-minute blocks. Each
product provides the same coverage as a standard USGS 7.5-minute quadrangle but the
DEM contains over edge data. Coverage is available for many estuaries of the contiguous
United States but is not complete.
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Distributor | DEM Information NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information dem.info@noaa.gov |
Dataset Point of Contact | DEM Information NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information dem.info@noaa.gov |
Time Period | 1941-01-01 to 1943-01-01 |
Spatial Reference System | urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::586626919 |
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates |
West:-69.77884
East:-69.587573
South:43.777204
North:43.924457
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Edition | First |
Data Presentation Form | mapDigital |
Dataset Progress Status | Complete - production of the data has been completed |
Data Update Frequency | Irregular |
Supplemental Information |
The datum for these bathymetric DEMs is not the same as that used by the United States
Geological Survey (USGS) for land based DEMs which results in a discontinuity if the
two datasets are merged together. Moreover, the shoreline for the USGS DEMs is indeterminate
and not the same as that used for the Bathymetric DEMs. Because of these differences,
extreme care should be used in merging NOAA and USGS DEM data. 7.5-minute DEMs have
rows and columns which vary in length and are staggered. The UTM bounding coordinates
form a quadrilateral (no two sides are parallel to each other), rather than a rectangle.
The user will need to pad out the uneven rows and columns with blanks or flagged data
values, if a rectangle is required for the user's application. Some software vendors
have incorporated this function into their software for input of standard formatted
USGS DEMs. The data within the bathymetry file is floating point. When using the data
within a GIS care must be taken to ensure that the data are being read as floating
point and not integer data.
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Purpose | Bathymetric DEM's can be used as layers in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for earth science analysis. DEM's can also serve as tools for volumetric analysis, for site location of structures, or for drainage basin delineation. The source soundings are collected by the NOS Office of Coast Survey (OCS). |
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Theme keywords | Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
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Place keywords | None
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Data Resolution keywords | Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Horizontal Data Resolution Keywords
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Use Constraints | No constraint information available |
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Last Modified: 2018-06-12
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