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Report for H12885

Report for H12885

Locality: Penobscot Bay
Sublocality: Spaulding Island to Mosquito Island
State(s) or Region(s): Maine

Start Date: 2016-07-11
End Date: 2016-09-29


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.
H12885_DR.pdf 42.99MB The document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
H12885_DR.xml 119.8KB Descriptive Report in XML format.
May be opened using a web browser or text viewer.
NOAA/NOS ISO metadata record
H12885 View / Download H12885.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.
H12885_MB_1m_MLLW_1of5.bag 223.60MB
H12885_LI_5m_MLLW_5of5.bag 6.69MB
H12885_MB_2m_MLLW_2of5.bag 81.85MB
H12885_MB_4m_MLLW_3of5.bag 8.26MB
H12885_MBLI_8m_MLLW_Combined.bag 12.17MB
H12885_MB_8m_MLLW_4of5.bag 342.3KB
Ellipsoid Referenced BAG Files
Ellipsoid referenced Bag files have a vertical datum that may differ materially from the charted datum. Please refer to the file level metadata to ensure proper display.
H12885_LI_5m_Ellipsoid_1of1.bag 6.67MB
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.
H12885 XYZ format.

Images

GeoImagePDF
H12885_GeoImage.pdf 36.22MB 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.
H12885_MBAB_4m_Westerly_400kHz_1of2.tiff 0.60MB NOAA/NOS TIFF multibeam acoustic backscatter mosaic survey image.
H12885_MBAB_4m_Westerly_400kHz_2of2.tiff 1.14MB 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 H12885 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
H12885_BottomSamples.ascii 1.4KB NOAA/NOS bottom sample document in PDF or ASC format.
NOAA/NOS Tide Note in PDF Format
H12885_tn.pdf 71.4KB This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
NOAA/NOS Tide Zone in PDF format
H12885_tz.pdf 257.7KB This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.

Project Documents

Project Sketch in JPEG format
H12885_ProjectSketch.jpg 1.51MB Project sketch image with highlighted survey area.
Data Acquisition and Processing Report in PDF format
OPR-A366-KR-16_DAPR.pdf 3.97MB This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.

Survey Metadata

Survey Summary

Locality Sublocality State or Region
Penobscot Bay Spaulding Island to Mosquito Island
Maine
Start Date End Date Approval Date
2016-07-11 2016-09-29 2017-02-08
Project Number Project Name Purpose
OPR-A366-KR-16

Source of Original Data

Link to Original Data Data Source

Reference System Information

Vertical Datum Horizontal Datum Projection Scale
Mean Lower Low Water Projected UTM 19 20000
Tide Note Tide Zones Survey Tide Stations COOPS Tide Station ID

Affected Products

ENCs RNCs
13303 13301
Junction Surveys

Survey Equipment

Vessel(s) Chief(s) of Party
Dean Moyles
Manufacturer Model Instrument Type
Reson SVP70 Sound Speed System
RIEGL VQ-820G Lidar System
Reson 7125 MBES

Source Data at NCEI

Data in Archive Size (in GB) Date Archived Data Types Surveyed
Raw and Processed 1384.835 2018-07-11 20:04:44.0
BACKSCATTER, BATHYMETRY