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Report for W00038 Locality: Approaches to Boston Sublocality: 6 Nautical Miles North of Provincetown State(s) or Region(s): Massachusetts Start Date: 1994-11-13 End Date: 2003-10-04 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 W00038
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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.
W00038.pdf	0.99MB	The document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
NOAA/NOS ISO metadata record
W00038 View / Download W00038.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.
W00038_MB_5m_MLLW_Combined.bag	99.23MB
W00038_MB_5m_MLLW_2of2.bag	121.45MB
W00038_MB_5m_MLLW_1of2.bag	121.45MB
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.
W00038		XYZ format.

Bottom Samples and Tide Documents

NOAA/NOS Tide Note in PDF Format
W00038.tn.pdf	194.3KB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
NOAA/NOS Tide Zone in PDF format
W00038.tz.pdf	26.6KB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.

Project Documents

Project Sketch in JPEG format
OPR-A397-TJ-03(W00038).jpg	202.3KB	Project sketch image with highlighted survey area.
Data Acquisition and Processing Report in PDF format
OPR-A397-TJ-03.pdf	54.8KB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
Horizontal and Vertical Control Report in PDF Format
OPR-A397-TJ-03_HVCR.pdf	26.6KB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.

Survey Metadata

Survey Summary

Locality Sublocality State or Region Approaches to Boston 6 Nautical Miles North of Provincetown Massachusetts

Start Date End Date Approval Date 1994-11-13 2003-10-04 2006-09-14

Project Number Project Name Purpose OPR-A397-TJ-03 Massachusetts Bay, Masssachusetts Update Nautical Chart(s) and Support Massachusetts Agencies and United States Geological Survey

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 19 20000

Survey Tide Stations COOPS Tide Station ID Portland, Maine 8418150 Fort Point, Maine 8414721 Boston, Massachusetts 8443970 Boston Light, Massachusetts 8444162

Affected Products

ENCs RNCs US4MA14M US4MA13M 5161 13267 13260 13246 13200 13009 13006 13003

Junction Surveys W00041 W00040 W00037

Survey Equipment

Vessel(s) Chief(s) of Party NOAA Ship THOMAS JEFFERSON Donald W. Haines

Manufacturer Model Instrument Type Seabird-Seacat SBE 19 CTD Profiler Conductivity Temperature and Depth Trimble DSM212L DGPS Receiver Satellite DGPS Simrad EM1002 MBES Applanix TSS POS/MV 320 GPS Receiver Satellite GPS

Source Data at NCEI

Data in Archive Size (in GB) Date Archived Data Types Surveyed Raw and Processed 0.284 2007-09-27 BATHYMETRY