Fisheries Water Column Sonar Data 1990 - Present
NMFS Office of Science and Technology
Data Set
(DS)
| ID: 20873
| Published / External
Created: 2013-11-08
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Last Modified: 2024-10-03
Parent: NMFS Water Column Sonar Database
Project (PRJ) | ID: 20872
Project (PRJ) | ID: 20872
ID: 20873
Data Set (DS)
* Discovery• First Pass
» Metadata Rubric
Item Identification
| * » Title | Fisheries Water Column Sonar Data 1990 - Present |
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| Short Name | NMFS Water Column Sonar Database |
| * Status | In Work |
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| • Publication Date | Unknown |
| * » Abstract |
Water column sonar data are an important component of fishery independent surveys, habitat studies and other research. NMFS water column sonar data are archived here. |
| * Purpose |
Provide a searchable inventory of NMFS water column sonar data archived at the National Centers for Environmental Information. |
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Keywords
Theme Keywords
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| None | multi beam sonar |
| None | split beam sonar |
| None | water column backscatter |
Temporal Keywords
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| None | 1990 to present |
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| None | global ocean coverage |
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| • » Location Description |
Sent directly to archiving location. |
Data Set Information
| * Data Set Scope Code | Data Set |
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| • Data Set Type | Files |
| • Maintenance Frequency | Continually |
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| » Data Presentation Form | Table (digital) |
| • Entity Attribute Overview |
Water column sonar data are collected by active acoustic (or sonar) technology and contain acoustic scattering information from the near-surface to the seafloor. Scientists use these data to assess physical and biological characteristics of the ocean, including the spatial distribution of plankton, fish, methane seeps, and underwater oil plumes. |
| Entity Attribute Detail Citation |
http://maps.ngdc.noaa.gov/viewers/water_column_sonar/ |
| Entity Attribute Detail URL | http://maps.ngdc.noaa.gov/viewers/water_column_sonar/ |
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| Data Set Credit | Cruises have specific citations that should be used when incorporating these data into your research, etc. Please see the ReadMe file provided during download or the "Cruise Details" for detailed information. The general archive should be cited as follows: National Geophysical Data Center (2014): Water Column Sonar Data Collection. National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA. doi: 10.7289/V5HT2M7C [access date]. |
Support Roles
» At least one Distributor Org, one Metadata Contact, one Point of Contact, and one Data Steward should be listed.
| * » Support Role | Data Steward |
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| * » Date Effective From | 2012 |
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| Person | Anderson, Charles |
| Address |
325 Broadway, E/GC3 Boulder, CO 33149 |
| Email Address | charles.anderson@noaa.gov |
| Phone | 303-497-4742 |
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| Contact Instructions |
303-497-4742 |
| * » Support Role | Distributor |
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| * » Date Effective From | 2015 |
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| Organization | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) |
| Email Address | ncei.info@noaa.gov |
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| URL | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact |
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| * » Support Role | Metadata Contact |
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| * » Date Effective From | 2015 |
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| Person | Anderson, Charles |
| Address |
325 Broadway, E/GC3 Boulder, CO 33149 |
| Email Address | charles.anderson@noaa.gov |
| Phone | 303-497-4742 |
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| * » Support Role | Point of Contact |
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| * » Date Effective From | 2015 |
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| Person | Gallagher, Michael S |
| Address |
7600 Sand Point Way, NE Seattle, WA 98115-6349 USA |
| Email Address | michael.s.gallagher@noaa.gov |
| Phone | 206-526-4147 |
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| * » Support Role | Publisher |
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| * » Date Effective From | 2014 |
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| Person | Brown, Stephen K |
| Address |
1315 East-West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282 USA |
| Email Address | stephen.k.brown@noaa.gov |
| Phone | 301-427-8112 |
| Fax | 301-713-1875 |
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Extents
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Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1
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| * » E° Bound | 180 |
| * » N° Bound | 90 |
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| * » Time Frame Type | Continuing |
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| * » Start | 1990 |
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Spatial Information
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Access Information
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| * » Security Class | Unclassified |
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| • Data Access Policy | |
| » Data Access Procedure |
The raw data can be requested through the website (http://maps.ngdc.noaa.gov/viewers/water_column_sonar/). Derived data products processed at NGDC will be available in the near future. |
| • » Data Access Constraints |
Data are available for free, but may require the requester to provide an external hard drive. |
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Distribution Information
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| » Download URL | http://maps.ngdc.noaa.gov/viewers/water_column_sonar/ |
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URLs
| URL | http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/wcd/ |
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| URL Type | Browse Graphic |
| File Resource Format | html |
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Map based, graphical data holdings catalog. |
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Activity Log
| Activity Time | 2015-09-08 |
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| Activity Type | data archive status |
| Responsible Party | Charles Anderson |
| Description |
https://sites.google.com/a/noaa.gov/nesdis-nmfs-sonar-data-archive/archive-status/archive-dashboard |
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Technical Environment
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A variety of sonars are used by the data providers with Kongsberg's EM 122 (12 kHz) and EM 302 (30 kHz), Simrad's EK60 (18-710 kHz, split beam), and ME 70 (70-120 kHz, can be split beam) being most common. The configuration of each cruise's sonar system (e.g., beam type and angle) can be found in the file metadata. |
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| » Quality Control Procedures Employed |
Data includes links to sonar calibration files, sound velocity profiles and CTD data. |
Data Management
| » Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified? | Yes |
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| » Approximate Percentage of Budget for these Data Devoted to Data Management | Unknown |
| » Do these Data Comply with the Data Access Directive? | Yes |
| » Is Access to the Data Limited Based on an Approved Waiver? | No |
| » If Distributor (Data Hosting Service) is Needed, Please Indicate | No |
| » Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination | 90 Days |
| » If Delay is Longer than Latency of Automated Processing, Indicate Under What Authority Data Access is Delayed | |
| » Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location | NCEI-CO |
| » Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Archiving | 90 Days |
| » How Will the Data Be Protected from Accidental or Malicious Modification or Deletion Prior to Receipt by the Archive? |
Prior to submission, data are packaged using a data packager script, which combines metadata and data files with appropriate QC checks. |
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Process Steps
| Process Step Number | 1 |
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The data provider uses the WCSD Packager to create a Data Package from the Instrument Files and/or user entered cruise and instrument details. |
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| Process Step Number | 2 |
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The Data Package is sent to the WCSD Data Manager at NCEI in Colorado who ingests the data for archiving. |
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Acquisition Information
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Child Items
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| Entity (ENT) | NMFS Water Column Sonar Data File | |
Related Items
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Catalog Details
| Catalog Item ID | 20873 |
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| Metadata Record Created By | Jackie Locks |
| Metadata Record Created | 2013-11-08 17:56+0000 |
| Metadata Record Last Modified By | SysAdmin InPortAdmin |
| » Metadata Record Last Modified | 2024-10-03 18:16+0000 |
| Metadata Record Published | 2015-12-22 |
| Owner Org | OST |
| Metadata Publication Status | Published Externally |
| Do Not Publish? | N |
| Metadata Workflow State | Published / External |
| Metadata Last Review Date | 2015-12-22 |
| Metadata Review Frequency | 1 Year |
| Metadata Next Review Date | 2016-12-22 |
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