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Report for H12559 Locality: Coastal Virginia Sublocality: 7 NM East of Sand Shoal Inlet State(s) or Region(s): Virginia Start Date: 2013-07-14 End Date: 2013-10-06 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 H12559
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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.
H12559_DR.pdf	4.55MB	The document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
H12559_DR.xml	51.3KB	Descriptive Report in XML format. May be opened using a web browser or text viewer.
NOAA/NOS ISO metadata record
H12559 View / Download H12559.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.
H12559_MB_50cm_MLLW_3of4.bag	116.2KB
H12559_MB_50cm_MLLW_2of4.bag	316.8KB
H12559_MB_2m_MLLW_1of4.bag	52.53MB
H12559_MB_50cm_MLLW_4of4.bag	90.5KB
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. 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.
H12559		XYZ format.

Images

GeoImagePDF
H12559_GeoImage.pdf	17.84MB	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
H12559_SSSAB_1m_100kHz_2of2.tiff	82.59MB	NOAA/NOS TIFF sidescan sonar mosaic survey image. The mosaic may be viewed with a standard image viewer.
H12559_SSSAB_1m_100kHz_1of2.tiff	82.84MB	NOAA/NOS TIFF sidescan sonar mosaic survey image. The mosaic may be viewed with a standard image viewer.

Bottom Samples and Tide Documents

NOAA/NOS Tide Note in PDF Format
H12559_tn.pdf	114.1KB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.

Project Documents

Project Sketch in JPEG format
H12559_ProjectSketch.jpg	88.9KB	Project sketch image with highlighted survey area.
Data Acquisition and Processing Report in PDF format
OPR-D302-KR-13_DAPR.pdf	1.40MB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.

Survey Metadata

Survey Summary

Locality Sublocality State or Region Coastal Virginia 7 NM East of Sand Shoal Inlet Virginia

Start Date End Date Approval Date 2013-07-14 2013-10-06 2014-05-16

Project Number Project Name Purpose OPR-D302-KR-13

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 18 20000

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

Affected Products

ENCs RNCs US5VA14M US4VA12M 12224 12221

Junction Surveys H12396

Survey Equipment

Vessel(s) Chief(s) of Party M/V ATLANTIC SURVEYOR Gary R. Davis

Manufacturer Model Instrument Type ODIM Brooke Ocean MVP30 Conductivity Temperature and Depth Sensor Klein Marine Systems System 3000 SSS Teledyne RESON SeaBat 7125 SV MBES

Source Data at NCEI

Data in Archive Size (in GB) Date Archived Data Types Surveyed Raw and Processed 518.208 2015-08-27 16:49:41.0 BACKSCATTER, BATHYMETRY