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Report for H12396 Locality: Atlantic Ocean Sublocality: 6 NM East of Hog Island State(s) or Region(s): Virginia Start Date: 2012-08-14 End Date: 2012-09-29 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 H12396
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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.
H12396_DR.pdf	3.38MB	The document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
H12396_DR.xml	56.7KB	Descriptive Report in XML format. May be opened using a web browser or text viewer.
NOAA/NOS ISO metadata record
H12396 View / Download H12396.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.
H12396_MB_50cm_MLLW_2of4.bag	9.93MB
H12396_MB_50cm_MLLW_1of4.bag	332.9KB
H12396_MB_2m_MLLW_4of4.bag	286.51MB
H12396_MB_50cm_MLLW_3of4.bag	334.5KB
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. 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.
H12396		XYZ format.

Images

GeoImagePDF
H12396_GeoImage.pdf	22.82MB	NOAA/NOS Layered GeoSpatial Image PDF File. Created by NOS to include chart and survey layers in a georeferenced pdf format.
NOAA/NOS sidescan sonar mosaic in TIFF format
H12396_SSSAB_1m_500kHz_2of2.tiff	76.26MB	NOAA/NOS TIFF sidescan sonar mosaic survey image. The mosaic may be viewed with a standard image viewer.
H12396_SSSAB_1m_500kHz_1of2.tiff	76.43MB	NOAA/NOS TIFF sidescan sonar mosaic survey image. The mosaic may be viewed with a standard image viewer.

Bottom Samples and Tide Documents

Bottom Sample Data
NOAA/NOS bottom sample listing in IMLGS (pre-1989)
Link to H12396 in IMLGS (pre-1989 samples)		Search NOAA/NOS seabed samples submitted to IMLGS through NMNH (pre-1989). Modern survey bottom samples are not currently viewable on a map service.
NOAA/NOS bottom sample document in PDF or ASC format
H12396_BottomSamples.ascii	0.8KB	NOAA/NOS bottom sample document in PDF or ASC format.
NOAA/NOS Tide Note in PDF Format
H12396_tn.pdf	19.5KB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.

Project Documents

Project Sketch in JPEG format
H12396_ProjectSketch.jpg	120.1KB	Project sketch image with highlighted survey area.
Data Acquisition and Processing Report in PDF format
OPR-D302-KR-12_DAPR_rev1.pdf	1.16MB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.

Survey Metadata

Survey Summary

Locality Sublocality State or Region Atlantic Ocean 6 NM East of Hog Island Virginia

Start Date End Date Approval Date 2012-08-14 2012-09-29 2013-02-22

Project Number Project Name Purpose OPR-D302-KR-12

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 40000

Survey Tide Stations COOPS Tide Station ID Duck, North Carolina 8651370

Affected Products

ENCs RNCs US4VA70M US4VA12M 12210

Survey Equipment

Vessel(s) Chief(s) of Party Gary R. Davis

Manufacturer Model Instrument Type RESON SeaBat 7125 SV MBES

Source Data at NCEI

Data in Archive Size (in GB) Date Archived Data Types Surveyed Raw and Processed 439.129 2014-07-02 14:57:26.0 BACKSCATTER, BATHYMETRY