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Report for H12960 Locality: Approaches to Savannah Sublocality: Approaches to Savannah State(s) or Region(s): South Carolina Start Date: 2016-11-07 End Date: 2016-11-17 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 H12960
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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.
H12960_DR.pdf	5.02MB	The document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
H12960_DR.xml	38.0KB	Descriptive Report in XML format. May be opened using a web browser or text viewer.
NOAA/NOS ISO metadata record
H12960 View / Download H12960.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.
H12960_MB_50cm_MLLW_1of1.bag	1061.36MB
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.
H12960_MB_50cm_Ellipsoid_1of1.bag	1015.54MB
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.
H12960		XYZ format.

Images

GeoImagePDF
H12960_GeoImage.pdf	79.91MB	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
H12960_SSSAB_1m_455kHz_2of2.tiff	206.94MB	NOAA/NOS TIFF sidescan sonar mosaic survey image. The mosaic may be viewed with a standard image viewer.
H12960_SSSAB_1m_455kHz_1of2.tiff	215.75MB	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
H12960_tn.pdf	254.9KB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
NOAA/NOS Tide Zone in PDF format
H12960_tz.pdf	138.1KB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.

Project Documents

Project Sketch in JPEG format
H12960_ProjectSketch.jpg	183.0KB	Project sketch image with highlighted survey area.
Data Acquisition and Processing Report in PDF format
OPR-G329-TJ-16_DAPR.pdf	28.38MB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.

Survey Metadata

Survey Summary

Locality Sublocality State or Region Approaches to Savannah Approaches to Savannah South Carolina

Start Date End Date Approval Date 2016-11-07 2016-11-17 2017-02-21

Project Number Project Name Purpose OPR-G329-TJ-16

Source of Original Data

Link to Original Data Data Source

Reference System Information

Vertical Datum Horizontal Datum Projection Scale Mean Lower Low Water World Geodetic System (WGS) 1984 Projected UTM 17 20000

Tide Note Tide Zones Survey Tide Stations COOPS Tide Station ID

Affected Products

ENCs RNCs US5GA20M 11513 11505

Junction Surveys

Survey Equipment

Vessel(s) Chief(s) of Party NOAA Ship THOMAS JEFFERSON Christiaan van Westendorp, CDR/NOAA

Manufacturer Model Instrument Type Klein Marine Systems System 5000 V2 SSS Kongsberg Maritime EM 2040 MBES Applanix POS MV 320 v5 Positioning and Attitude System

Source Data at NCEI

Data in Archive Size (in GB) Date Archived Data Types Surveyed Raw and Processed 1928.042 2018-05-23 18:41:17.0 BACKSCATTER, BATHYMETRY