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Report for H12655 Locality: Approaches to Mobile Bay Sublocality: 2NM South of Fort Gaines State(s) or Region(s): Alabama Start Date: 2014-07-29 End Date: 2014-10-10 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 H12655
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Survey Products

Descriptive Report and Metadata Documents

NOAA/NOS Descriptive Reports and Metadata Documents
Products listed in these reports may not reflect final products available through NCEI.
H12655_DR.pdf	13.32MB	The document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
H12655_DR.xml	66.4KB	Descriptive Report in XML format. May be opened using a web browser or text viewer.
NOAA/NOS ISO metadata record
H12655 View / Download H12655.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.
H12655_MB_50cm_MLLW_11of12.bag	35.50MB
H12655_MB_50cm_MLLW_9of12.bag	418.3KB
H12655_MB_50cm_MLLW_5of12.bag	95.8KB
H12655_MB_50cm_MLLW_1of12.bag	49.38MB
H12655_MB_2m_MLLW_12of12.bag	33.40MB
H12655_MB_50cm_MLLW_10of12.bag	1.44MB
H12655_MB_50cm_MLLW_4of12.bag	28.03MB
H12655_MB_50cm_MLLW_8of12.bag	229.45MB
H12655_MB_50cm_MLLW_7of12.bag	130.6KB
H12655_MB_50cm_MLLW_3of12.bag	32.86MB
H12655_MB_50cm_MLLW_6of12.bag	22.09MB
H12655_MB_50cm_MLLW_2of12.bag	93.6KB
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.
H12655		XYZ format.

Images

GeoImagePDF
H12655_GeoImage.pdf	25.85MB	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
H12655_SSSAB_1m_500kHz_1of2.tiff	26.16MB	NOAA/NOS TIFF sidescan sonar mosaic survey image. The mosaic may be viewed with a standard image viewer.
H12655_SSSAB_1m_500kHz_2of2.tiff	25.81MB	NOAA/NOS TIFF sidescan sonar mosaic survey image. The mosaic may be viewed with a standard image viewer.
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.
H12655_MBAB_2m_OysterBay_240kHz_2of2.tiff	12.04MB	NOAA/NOS TIFF multibeam acoustic backscatter mosaic survey image.
H12655_MBAB_1m_AtlanticSurveyor_400kHz_1of2.tiff	12.38MB	NOAA/NOS TIFF multibeam acoustic backscatter mosaic survey image.

Bottom Samples and Tide Documents

NOAA/NOS bottom sample document in PDF or ASC format
H12655_BottomSamples.ascii	1.9KB	NOAA/NOS bottom sample document in PDF or ASC format.
NOAA/NOS Tide Note in PDF Format
H12655_tn.pdf	20.2KB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.

Project Documents

Project Sketch in JPEG format
H12655_ProjectSketch.jpg	101.7KB	Project sketch image with highlighted survey area.
Data Acquisition and Processing Report in PDF format
OPR-J312-KR-14_DAPR.pdf	0.94MB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.

Survey Metadata

Survey Summary

Locality Sublocality State or Region Approaches to Mobile Bay 2NM South of Fort Gaines Alabama

Start Date End Date Approval Date 2014-07-29 2014-10-10 2015-02-11

Project Number Project Name Purpose OPR-J312-KR-14

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 16 20000

Survey Tide Stations COOPS Tide Station ID Daulphin Island, Alabama 8735180

Affected Products

ENCs RNCs US5AL13M 11377

Survey Equipment

Vessel(s) Chief(s) of Party R/V Oyster Bay Deborah M. Smith

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 312.496 2016-03-17 08:50:33.0 BACKSCATTER, SIDE SCAN, BATHYMETRY