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Report for F00553 Locality: Portsmouth Sublocality: Portsmouth Harbor and Piscataqua River State(s) or Region(s): New Hampshire Start Date: 2008-05-21 End Date: 2008-05-29 These data are not to be used for navigation. For navigation please refer to NOS Nautical Charts. Downloads may take a long time, depending on file size and data transfer rates. Download All Products for F00553
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Survey Products

Descriptive Report and Metadata Documents

NOAA/NOS Descriptive Report
Products listed in the project descriptive report (DR) may not reflect final products available through NCEI.
F00553.pdf	20.20MB	The document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
NOAA/NOS ISO metadata record
F00553 View / Download F00553.xml		Usually presented as an XML document, which captures the basic characteristics of HSMDB metadata verified from H10000 (1982) to the present as well as F00200 (1965) to the present.

Bathymetry

Survey products may use different units, datums or projections than the associated survey. Please consult product-specific metadata for additional details.
Bathymetric Attributed Grid (BAG) Data
The BAG format is a gridded, multi-dimensional bathymetric data file (see Open Navigation Surface). Readable with various applications such as the free CARIS Easy View, ESRI ArcGIS or open source GDAL. The BAGXYZ files are ascii representations of the BAG data in XYZ format, but do not include uncertainty.
F00553_MB_2m_MLLW_2of2.bag	1.48MB
F00553_MB_50cm_MLLW_1of2.bag	30.50MB
NOAA/NOS Sounding Data
Download data from the Point Store database via NEXT (NCEI Extract System). Point soundings are from the survey Smooth Sheet or of similar density. Depths in meters. Horizontal datum is (converted to) NAD83 if possible. Vertical datum is (converted to) Mean Lower Low Water if possible. Please check the associated metadata to confirm the correct datums. The data file format is : SurveyID, Long, Lat, Depth.
F00553		XYZ format.

Images

NOAA/NOS sidescan sonar mosaic in TIFF format
F00553_SSSAB_50cm_445kHz_1of1.tif	431.46MB	NOAA/NOS TIFF sidescan sonar mosaic survey image. The mosaic may be viewed with a standard image viewer.
F00553_SSSAB_50cm_445kHz_1of1.tfw	72 Bytes	NOAA/NOS TIFF sidescan sonar mosaic file. This world file geospatially registers the corresponding TIFF image.

Bottom Samples and Tide Documents

NOAA/NOS Tide Note in PDF Format
F00553.tn.pdf	43.2KB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
NOAA/NOS Tide Zone in PDF format
F00553.tz.pdf	7.27MB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.

Project Documents

Project Sketch in JPEG format
OPR-A321-NRT5-08(F00553).jpg	307.3KB	Project sketch image with highlighted survey area.

Survey Metadata

Survey Summary

Locality Sublocality State or Region Portsmouth Portsmouth Harbor and Piscataqua River New Hampshire

Start Date End Date Approval Date 2008-05-21 2008-05-29 2009-04-30

Project Number Project Name Purpose OPR-A321-NRT5-08 Portsmouth, New Hampshire Update Nautical Chart(s) and Support United States Navy

Source of Original Data and License Information

License Information These data were produced by NOAA and are in the public domain within the United States. NOAA waives any potential copyright and related rights in these data worldwide through the Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication (CC0-1.0). View the license deed. View the legal code.

Reference System Information

Vertical Datum Horizontal Datum Projection Scale Mean Lower Low Water North American Datum 1983 Projected UTM 19 10000

Survey Tide Stations COOPS Tide Station ID Fort Point, Maine 8414721

Affected Products

ENCs RNCs US5NH02M US5NH01M 13286 13285 13283 13278 13260 13009 13006 13003

Junction Surveys H11014 H10763

Survey Equipment

Vessel(s) Chief(s) of Party NOAA SeaArk Launch S3002 Matthew Jaskowski

Manufacturer Model Instrument Type Teledyne Odom Hydrographic Echotrac CV200 SBES Trimble DSM212L DGPS Receiver Satellite DGPS Simrad EM3002 MBES Klein 3210 Sidescan Sonar - towfish Applanix TSS POS/MV 320 GPS Receiver Satellite GPS

Source Data at NCEI

Data in Archive Size (in GB) Date Archived Data Types Surveyed Raw and Processed 2.683 2009-06-08 SIDE SCAN, BATHYMETRY