Report for H12757

Locality:	Caribbean Sea
Sublocality:	Southern Approaches to St. Croix
State(s) or Region(s):	Virgin Islands

Start Date:	2015-03-27
End Date:	2015-03-31

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.
H12757_DR.pdf	1.83MB	The document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
H12757_DR.xml	2.8KB	Descriptive Report in XML format. May be opened using a web browser or text viewer.
NOAA/NOS ISO metadata record
H12757 View / Download H12757.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

Bathymetric Attributed Grid (BAG) Data
Survey products may use different units, datums or projections than the associated survey. Please consult product-specific metadata for additional details.
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.
H12757_MB_16m_MLLW_1of2.bag	400.2KB
H12757_MB_32m_MLLW_2of2.bag	4.04MB
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.
H12757		XYZ format.

Images

GeoImagePDF
H12757_GeoImage.pdf	17.41MB	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.
H12757_MBAB_12m_R352_100kHz_1of1.tif	17.88MB	NOAA/NOS TIFF multibeam acoustic backscatter mosaic survey image.

Project Documents

Data Acquisition and Processing Report in PDF format
M-I907-NF-15_DAPR.pdf	1.62MB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.

Survey Metadata

Survey Summary

Locality

Sublocality

State or Region

Caribbean Sea

Southern Approaches to St. Croix

Virgin Islands

Start Date	End Date	Approval Date
2015-03-27	2015-03-31	2017-04-06

Project Number	Project Name	Purpose
M-I907-NF-15

Source of Original Data and License Information

License Information
These data were produced by NOAA and are in the public domain within the United States. 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 20	40000

Survey Tide Stations

COOPS Tide Station ID

Lime Tree Bay, Virgin Islands	9751401
San Juan, Puerto Rico	9755370
Christiansted Harbor, Saint Croix, Virgin Islands	9751364

Affected Products

ENCs

RNCs

US5PR13M US5PR10M

25644 25641 25640

Survey Equipment

Vessel(s)

Chief(s) of Party

NOAA Ship NANCY FOSTER

Timothy Battista, NOAA

Manufacturer	Model	Instrument Type
Kongsberg Maritime	EM 710	MBES

Source Data at NCEI

Data in Archive

Size (in GB)

Date Archived

Data Types Surveyed

Raw and Processed

25.36

2023-02-16 19:30:26.0

BATHYMETRY