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Report for H11968

Report for H11968

Locality: Pacific Ocean - Northern California
Sublocality: Fort Bragg to Little River
State(s) or Region(s): California

Start Date: 2009-08-16
End Date: 2009-10-22


These data are not to be used for navigation.
For navigation please refer to NOS Nautical Charts.


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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.
H11968.pdf 9.62MB The document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
NOAA/NOS ISO metadata record
H11968 View / Download H11968.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
H11968_MB_VR_MLLW_1of1.bag 93.36MB 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.
ASCII Grid Data
A regular grid of measurements.
H11968_5m_xyz.txt.gz 19.07MB YXZ format.
H11968_5mall_xyz.txt.gz 30.53MB YXZ format.
H11968_2m_xyz.txt.gz 69.26MB YXZ format.
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.
H11968 XYZ format.

Images

NOAA/NOS TIFF survey image
H11968_5m_GS.tif.gz 1.59MB NOAA/NOS TIFF survey image.
Data over the entire survey area is represented in full color.
H11968_5m_10clr.tif.gz 3.19MB NOAA/NOS TIFF survey image.
Data over the entire survey area is represented in full color.
H11968_2m_10clr.tif.gz 19.92MB NOAA/NOS TIFF survey image.
Data over the entire survey area is represented in full color.
H11968_5mall_10clr.tif.gz 5.93MB NOAA/NOS TIFF survey image.
Data over the entire survey area is represented in full color.
H11968_5mall_GS.tif.gz 2.73MB NOAA/NOS TIFF survey image.
Data over the entire survey area is represented in full color.
H11968_2m_GS.tif.gz 8.70MB NOAA/NOS TIFF survey image.
Data over the entire survey area is represented in full color.
H11968_5m_GS.tfw.gz 62 Bytes NOAA/NOS TIFF survey image world file.
This world file geospatially registers the corresponding TIFF image.
H11968_2m_GS.tfw.gz 62 Bytes NOAA/NOS TIFF survey image world file.
This world file geospatially registers the corresponding TIFF image.
H11968_5mall_10clr.tfw.gz 101 Bytes NOAA/NOS TIFF survey image world file.
This world file geospatially registers the corresponding TIFF image.
H11968_5mall_GS.tfw.gz 65 Bytes NOAA/NOS TIFF survey image world file.
This world file geospatially registers the corresponding TIFF image.
H11968_5m_10clr.tfw.gz 98 Bytes NOAA/NOS TIFF survey image world file.
This world file geospatially registers the corresponding TIFF image.
H11968_2m_10clr.tfw.gz 97 Bytes NOAA/NOS TIFF survey image world file.
This world file geospatially registers the corresponding TIFF image.
NOAA/NOS Fledermaus 3D survey visualization file
H11968_5m_xyz.sd.gz 12.69MB NOAA/NOS Fledermaus 3D visualization file
A viewer is required to display Fledermaus SD format files.
A free iView4D viewer is available from IVS 4D.
H11968_2m_xyz.sd.gz 48.01MB NOAA/NOS Fledermaus 3D visualization file
A viewer is required to display Fledermaus SD format files.
A free iView4D viewer is available from IVS 4D.
H11968_5mall_xyz.sd.gz 17.20MB NOAA/NOS Fledermaus 3D visualization file
A viewer is required to display Fledermaus SD format files.
A free iView4D viewer is available from IVS 4D.
NOAA/NOS sidescan sonar mosaic in TIFF format
Sheet_AX_05m_Composite_SSS.tif.gz 468.43MB NOAA/NOS TIFF sidescan sonar mosaic survey image.
The mosaic may be viewed with a standard image viewer.
Sheet_AX_05m_Composite_SSS.tfw.gz 96 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
H11968.tn.pdf 55.8KB This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.

Project Documents

Project Sketch in JPEG format
M-L906-KR-08(H11968).jpg 235.2KB Project sketch image with highlighted survey area.
Data Acquisition and Processing Report in PDF format
M-L906-KR-08_DAPR_Part2.pdf 1.73MB This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
M-L906-KR-08_DAPR_Amend-4.pdf 1.64MB This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
M-L906-KR-08_DAPR_Amend-3.pdf 1.73MB This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
M-L906-KR-08_DAPR_Amend-2.pdf 0.73MB This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
M-L906-KR-08_DAPR_Amend-1.pdf 1.58MB This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.

Survey Metadata

Survey Summary

Locality Sublocality State or Region
Pacific Ocean - Northern California Fort Bragg to Little River
California
Start Date End Date Approval Date
2009-08-16 2009-10-22 2011-02-18
Project Number Project Name Purpose
M-L906-KR-08 California Coastal Mapping Program, California Update Nautical Chart(s)

Source of Original Data and License Information

License Information
These data were produced under contract with NOAA and any potential copyright was assigned to NOAA. 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 20000
Survey Tide Stations COOPS Tide Station ID
Point Reyes, California 9415020
North Spit, Humboldt Bay, California 9418767
Arena Cove, California 9416841

Affected Products

ENCs RNCs
US5CA92M US3CA15M US3CA14M US2WC12M US1WC01M
530 501 50 18645 18640 18628 18626 18623 18622 18620 18010 18007
Junction Surveys
H11969 H11967

Survey Equipment

Vessel(s) Vessel Image Vessel Image Vessel Image Chief(s) of Party
F/V PACIFIC STAR
PACIFIC STAR Bristol Bay Launch D2
PACIFIC STAR Bristol Bay Launch R2
Dean Moyles
Manufacturer Model Instrument Type
Teledyne RESON SeaBat 8125 MBES
Brooke Ocean Technology Moving Vessel Profiler-30 Moving Vessel Profiler
Reson SeaBat 8111 MBES
Teledyne RESON SeaBat 7125 MBES
CSI MBX-3 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 248.101 2011-07-14
SIDE SCAN, BATHYMETRY