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Report for F00568 Locality: Central Puget Sound Sublocality: Elliot Bay West Anchorage State(s) or Region(s): Washington Start Date: 2009-04-03 End Date: 2009-04-15 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 F00568
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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.
F00568.pdf	2.95MB	The document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
NOAA/NOS ISO metadata record
F00568 View / Download F00568.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.
F00568_MB_4m_MLLW_4of4.bag	0.56MB
F00568_MB_2m_MLLW_3of4.bag	3.47MB
F00568_MB_50cm_MLLW_1of4.bag	2.65MB
F00568_MB_1m_MLLW_2of4.bag	1.89MB
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.
F00568		XYZ format.

Images

NOAA/NOS sidescan sonar mosaic in TIFF format
F00568_SSSAB_1m_455kHz_1of1.tiff	4.90MB	NOAA/NOS TIFF sidescan sonar mosaic survey image. The mosaic may be viewed with a standard image viewer.

Bottom Samples and Tide Documents

NOAA/NOS Tide Note in PDF Format
F00568.tn.pdf	42.3KB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
NOAA/NOS Tide Zone in PDF format
F00568.tz.pdf	301.2KB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.

Project Documents

Project Sketch in JPEG format
OPR-N395-RA-09(F00568).jpg	101.3KB	Project sketch image with highlighted survey area.
Data Acquisition and Processing Report in PDF format
OPR-N395-RA-09_DAPR.pdf	0.76MB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.

Survey Metadata

Survey Summary

Locality Sublocality State or Region Central Puget Sound Elliot Bay West Anchorage Washington

Start Date End Date Approval Date 2009-04-03 2009-04-15 2010-10-25

Project Number Project Name Purpose OPR-N395-RA-09 Central Puget Sound, Washington Update Nautical Chart(s) and Support Puget Sound Pilots Association

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 10 5000

Survey Tide Stations COOPS Tide Station ID Tacoma, Washington 9446484 Seattle, Puget Sound, Washington 9447130 Port Townsend, Washington 9444900

Affected Products

ENCs RNCs US5WA15M 530 501 50 18474 18450 18449 18448 18445 18441 18440 18007 18003

Junction Surveys H11025

Survey Equipment

Vessel(s) Chief(s) of Party RAINIER Jensen Launch 2126 RAINIER Jensen Launch 2125 RAINIER Jensen Launch 2124 Donald W. Haines

Manufacturer Model Instrument Type Klein Marine Systems System 3000 SSS Seabird-Seacat SBE 19 Plus CTD Profiler Conductivity Temperature and Depth Teledyne RESON SeaBat 7125 MBES Applanix TSS POS/MV 320 DGPS Receiver Satellite DGPS 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 4.468 2012-05-17 SIDE SCAN, BATHYMETRY