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Report for H13993

Report for H13993

Locality: Northern Massachusetts Bay
Sublocality: Northern Massachusetts Bay
State(s) or Region(s): Massachusetts

Start Date: 2024-08-13
End Date: 2024-09-16


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For navigation please refer to NOS Nautical Charts.


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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.
H13993_DR.pdf 1.17MB The document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
H13993_DR.xml 55.8KB Descriptive Report in XML format.
May be opened using a web browser or text viewer.
NOAA/NOS ISO metadata record
H13993 View / Download H13993.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.
H13993_MB_1m_MLLW_2of6.bag 24.76MB
H13993_MB_4m_MLLW_6of6.bag 44.69MB
H13993_MB_50cm_MLLW_1of6.bag 26.60MB
H13993_MB_2m_MLLW_4of6.bag 63.28MB
H13993_MB_1m_MLLW_3of6.bag 6.34MB
H13993_MB_4m_MLLW_5of6.bag 1.30MB

Images

GeoImagePDF
H13993_GeoImage.pdf 8.75MB 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.
H13993_MBAB_2m_200kHz_1of2.tif 26.16MB NOAA/NOS TIFF multibeam acoustic backscatter mosaic survey image.
H13993_MBAB_2m_400kHz_2of2.tif 24.32MB NOAA/NOS TIFF multibeam acoustic backscatter mosaic survey image.

Project Documents

Data Acquisition and Processing Report in PDF format
OPR-A325-KR-24_DAPR.pdf 48.21MB This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
Horizontal and Vertical Control Report in PDF Format
OPR-A325-KR-24_HVCR.pdf 2.14MB This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.

Survey Metadata

Survey Summary

Locality Sublocality State or Region
Northern Massachusetts Bay Northern Massachusetts Bay
Massachusetts
Start Date End Date Approval Date
2024-08-13 2024-09-16 2025-06-19
Project Number Project Name Purpose
OPR-A325-KR-24

Source of Original Data and License Information

License Information
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Reference System Information

Vertical Datum Horizontal Datum Projection Scale
Mean Lower Low Water North American Datum 1983 (2011) Projected UTM 19 5000

Affected Products

ENCs RNCs
US5BOSDG US5BOSDF US4MA1TL US4MA1TK US4MA1SK US4MA1SJ US4MA1SI US4MA1RI US4MA1RH US4MA1HD
Junction Surveys
H13996 H13992 H13991

Survey Equipment

Vessel(s) Vessel Image Vessel Image Vessel Image Chief(s) of Party
RV West Cove II
MV Northstar Challenger
RV South Cove
John R. Bean
Manufacturer Model Instrument Type
AML Oceanographic AML-3 LGR Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth Sensor
Teledyne RESON SeaBat T50-R MBES
AML Oceanographic Micro SV-Xchange Sound Speed System
AML Oceanographic MVP30-350 Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth Sensor
Velodyne LiDAR VLP-16 Lidar System
Trimble NetR9 Positioning System
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 239.114 2025-10-16 10:05:28.0 BACKSCATTER, BATHYMETRY