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Report for H11490 Locality: Eastern Prince William Sound Sublocality: Bligh Island to Busby Island State(s) or Region(s): Alaska Start Date: 2005-09-08 End Date: 2005-10-03 These data are not to be used for navigation. For navigation please refer to NOS Nautical Charts. Download times vary depending on file size and data transfer rates. Download All Products for H11490
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Survey Products

Descriptive Report and Metadata Documents

NOAA/NOS Descriptive Report & Survey Metadata
Products listed in the project descriptive report (DR) may not reflect final products available through NCEI.
H11490.pdf	4.26MB	The document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
NOAA/NOS ISO Metadata Record
H11490 View / Download H11490.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
H11490_MB_VR_MLLW_1of2.bag	136.05MB	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.
H11490_VB_4m_MLLW_2of2.bag	1.79MB
H11490_MB_VR_MLLW_1of2.bag	136.05MB
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.
H11490		XYZ format.

Bottom Samples and Tide Documents

NOAA/NOS Tide Note in PDF Format
H11490.tn.pdf	354.2KB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
NOAA/NOS Tide Zone in PDF format
H11490.tz.pdf	0.89MB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.

Project Documents

Project Sketch in JPEG format
OPR-P132-RA-05(H11490).jpg	232.1KB	Project sketch image with highlighted survey area.
Data Acquisition and Processing Report in PDF format
OPR-P132-RA-05.pdf	134.2KB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.

Survey Metadata

Survey Summary

Locality Sublocality State or Region Eastern Prince William Sound Bligh Island to Busby Island Alaska

Start Date End Date Approval Date 2005-09-08 2005-10-03 2010-02-24

Project Number Project Name Purpose OPR-P132-RA-05 Prince William Sound, 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 6 10000

Survey Tide Stations COOPS Tide Station ID Columbia Glacier, Alaska 9454460 Valdez, Alaska 9454240

Affected Products

ENCs RNCs US5AK23M US5AK11M US4AK24M 531 500 50 16708 16707 16700 16013

Junction Surveys H11492 H11368 H11366 H11351

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 RAINIER SeaArk Skiff 2127 Guy T. Noll

Manufacturer Model Instrument Type Teledyne RESON SeaBat 8125 MBES Seabird-Seacat SBE 19 CTD Profiler Conductivity Temperature and Depth Seabird-Seacat SBE 19 Plus CTD Profiler Conductivity Temperature and Depth Satellite DGPS Satellite GPS Seabeam Elac 1180 MBES Trimble DSM212L DGPS Receiver Satellite DGPS Reson SeaBat 8101 MBES Knudsen 320M Single Beam Echo Sounder 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 41.163 2011-08-03 BATHYMETRY