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Report for H11479 Locality: Southwest Alaska Peninsula Sublocality: Cushing Bay and Sosbee Bay to Spitz Island State(s) or Region(s): Alaska Start Date: 2005-07-28 End Date: 2005-08-21 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 H11479
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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.
H11479.pdf	19.27MB	The document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
NOAA/NOS ISO metadata record
H11479 View / Download H11479.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.
Variable Resolution Bathymetric Attributed Grid
H11479_MB_VR_MLLW_1of2.bag	91.47MB	The Variable Resolution BAG format is a gridded, multi-dimensional, multi-resolution bathymetric data file (see Open Navigation Surface). Currently supported with open source GDAL. The BAGXYZ files are ascii representations of the BAG data in XYZ format, but do not include uncertainty.
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.
H11479_VB_4m_MLLW_2of2.bag	0.72MB
H11479_MB_VR_MLLW_1of2.bag	91.47MB
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.
H11479		XYZ format.

Images

NOAA/NOS multibeam acoustic backscatter mosaic in TIFF format
The multibeam acoustic backscatter mosaic is readable with various applications such as the free CARIS Easy View, or ESRI ArcGIS geospatial visualization software.
H11479_MBAB_1m_240kHz_1of1.tiff	71.00MB	NOAA/NOS TIFF multibeam acoustic backscatter mosaic survey image.

Bottom Samples and Tide Documents

NOAA/NOS Tide Note in PDF Format
H11479.tn.pdf	12.2KB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.

Project Documents

Project Sketch in JPEG format
OPR-P182-RA-05(H11479).jpg	97.1KB	Project sketch image with highlighted survey area.
Data Acquisition and Processing Report in PDF format
OPR-P182-RA-05.pdf	111.6KB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.

Survey Metadata

Survey Summary

Locality Sublocality State or Region Southwest Alaska Peninsula Cushing Bay and Sosbee Bay to Spitz Island Alaska

Start Date End Date Approval Date 2005-07-28 2005-08-21 2009-04-14

Project Number Project Name Purpose OPR-P182-RA-05 Southwest Alaska Peninsula,. Alaska Update Nautical Chart(s)

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 4 10000

Survey Tide Stations COOPS Tide Station ID Mitrofania Island, Alaska 9459016 Sand Point, Alaska 9459450

Affected Products

ENCs RNCs 530 500 50 16561 16556 16013 16011 16006

Junction Surveys H11265

Survey Equipment

Vessel(s) Chief(s) of Party RAINIER Jensen Launch 2121 RAINIER Jensen Launch 2126 RAINIER Jensen Launch 2125 RAINIER Jensen Launch 2124 RAINIER Munsen Launch 2122 RAINIER Jensen Launch 2123 Guy T. Noll

Manufacturer Model Instrument Type Teledyne RESON SeaBat 8125 MBES Seabird-Seacat SBE 19 CTD Profiler Conductivity Temperature and Depth Satellite DGPS Satellite GPS Seabeam Elac 1180 MBES Reson SeaBat 8101 MBES Knudsen 320M Single Beam Echo Sounder

Source Data at NCEI

Data in Archive Size (in GB) Date Archived Data Types Surveyed Raw and Processed 30.599 2009-09-16 SIDE SCAN, BATHYMETRY