Report for H12446

Locality:	Chirikof Island and Vicinity
Sublocality:	Southwest Anchorage
State(s) or Region(s):	Alaska

Start Date:	2012-06-20
End Date:	2012-07-23

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.
H12446.pdf	11.41MB	The document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
H12446_DR.xml	52.4KB	Descriptive Report in XML format. May be opened using a web browser or text viewer.
NOAA/NOS ISO metadata record
H12446 View / Download H12446.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

Variable Resolution Bathymetric Attributed Grid
Survey products may use different units, datums or projections than the associated survey. Please consult product-specific metadata for additional details.
H12446_MB_VR_MLLW.bag	55.05MB	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.
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.
H12446		XYZ format.

Images

GeoImagePDF
H12446_GeoImage.pdf	18.11MB	NOAA/NOS Layered GeoSpatial Image PDF File. Created by NOS to include chart and survey layers in a georeferenced pdf format.
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.
H12446_MBAB_5m_2801_400khz_1of2.tiff	511.2KB	NOAA/NOS TIFF multibeam acoustic backscatter mosaic survey image.
H12446_MBAB_3m_2802_400kHz_2of2.tiff	186.6KB	NOAA/NOS TIFF multibeam acoustic backscatter mosaic survey image.

Bottom Samples and Tide Documents

Bottom Sample Data
NOAA/NOS bottom sample listing in IMLGS (pre-1989)
Link to H12446 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
H12446_BottomSamples.ascii	497 Bytes	NOAA/NOS bottom sample document in PDF or ASC format.
NOAA/NOS Tide Note in PDF Format
H12446.tn.pdf	57.0KB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
NOAA/NOS Tide Zone in PDF format
H12446.tz.pdf	188.9KB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.

Project Documents

Project Sketch in JPEG format
OPR-P133-RA-12(H12446).jpg	147.8KB	Project sketch image with highlighted survey area.
Data Acquisition and Processing Report in PDF format
OPR-P133-RA-12_DAPR.pdf	28.36MB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.

Survey Metadata

Survey Summary

Locality

Sublocality

State or Region

Chirikof Island and Vicinity

Southwest Anchorage

Alaska

Start Date	End Date	Approval Date
2012-06-20	2012-07-23	2013-01-29

Project Number	Project Name	Purpose
OPR-P133-RA-12	Chirikof Island and Vicinity, AK	Update Nautical Chart(s)

Source of Original Data and License Information

License Information
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Reference System Information

Vertical Datum	Horizontal Datum	Projection	Scale
Mean Lower Low Water	North American Datum 1983	Projected UTM 5	25000

Survey Tide Stations

COOPS Tide Station ID

Sand Point, Alaska

9459450

Affected Products

ENCs

RNCs

US4AK5XM US4AK5KM

531 530 500 50 16580 16013

Junction Surveys

H12449 H12448 H12447 H11544 H11541

Survey Equipment

Vessel(s)

Chief(s) of Party

RAINIER Jensen Launch 2803

RAINIER Jensen Launch 2802

RAINIER Jensen Launch 2801

Richard T. Brennan

Manufacturer	Model	Instrument Type
Seabird-Seacat	SBE 19 Plus CTD Profiler	Conductivity Temperature and Depth
Reson	SVP 70 Velocimeter	Sound Velocity Probe
Teledyne RESON	SeaBat 7125	MBES
Furuno	GR-80 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

60.307

2013-07-09

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BATHYMETRY