Seasonal Composite Raster Images of Turbidity in the Gulf of Maine for Stellwagen Bank NMS
Data Set (DS) | National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:39301 | Updated: May 30, 2023 | Published / External
Summary
Short Citation
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, 2024: Seasonal Composite Raster Images of Turbidity in the Gulf of Maine for Stellwagen Bank NMS, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/39301.
Full Citation Examples
This personal geodatabase contains raster images of turbidity in the Gulf of Maine. These raster images are seasonal composites, and were calculated as means or as medians. The seasons were defined as the following: 1) Fall= September, October, November; 2) Winter= December, January, February; 3) Spring= March, April, May; 4) Summer= June, July, August. For example, June '98, July '98, August '98 = Turbidity Summer '98.These images were also reprocessed to remove land and no data values (value = 252 and value = 0, 253, 251 respectively), as well as to calculate the real world values for turbidity in inverse steradians.
Distribution Information
No Distributions available.
Access Constraints:None.
None. Acknowledgement of the National Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment's Biogeography Program and Coastal and Oceanographic Assessment Status and Trends Team would be appreciated in products derived from these data.
Controlled Theme Keywords
oceans
Child Items
Type | Title |
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Entity | EmpiricalValues_Turbidity_SeasonalComposite |
Contact Information
Point of Contact
NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
NCCOS.data@noaa.gov
Metadata Contact
NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
NCCOS.data@noaa.gov
Extents
-72.195988° W,
-65.013835° E,
45.46229° N,
39.482066° S
1997 - 2005
Item Identification
Title: | Seasonal Composite Raster Images of Turbidity in the Gulf of Maine for Stellwagen Bank NMS |
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Short Name: | empiricalvalue_turbid_season |
Status: | Completed |
Publication Date: | 2006-05 |
Abstract: |
This personal geodatabase contains raster images of turbidity in the Gulf of Maine. These raster images are seasonal composites, and were calculated as means or as medians. The seasons were defined as the following: 1) Fall= September, October, November; 2) Winter= December, January, February; 3) Spring= March, April, May; 4) Summer= June, July, August. For example, June '98, July '98, August '98 = Turbidity Summer '98.These images were also reprocessed to remove land and no data values (value = 252 and value = 0, 253, 251 respectively), as well as to calculate the real world values for turbidity in inverse steradians. |
Purpose: |
These data were obtained and reprocessed to support the biogeographic assessment of Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. |
Notes: |
648 |
Supplemental Information: |
Cloud Cover - Variable |
Keywords
Theme Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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ISO 19115 Topic Category |
oceans
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UNCONTROLLED | |
NOS Data Explorer Topic Category | Environmental Monitoring |
None | Ocean Color |
None | Seasonal averages |
None | SeaWiFS |
None | Steradian |
None | Turbidity |
Temporal Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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UNCONTROLLED | |
None | 1997-2005 |
Spatial Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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UNCONTROLLED | |
None | Gulf of Maine |
None | Stellwagen Bank |
Physical Location
Organization: | National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science |
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City: | Silver Spring |
State/Province: | MD |
Data Set Information
Data Set Scope Code: | Data Set |
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Maintenance Frequency: | None Planned |
Data Presentation Form: | remote-sensing image |
Distribution Liability: |
These data were prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, make any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference therein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. Any views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. Although all data have been used by NOAA, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by NOAA as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by NOAA in the use of these data or related materials.NOAA makes no warranty regarding these data, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA can not assume liability for and damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data, nor as a result of the failure of these data to function on a particular system. |
Data Set Credit: | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment(CCMA),Biogeography Program: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/biogeography/ and NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CCMA/Coastal and Oceanographic Assessment, Status and Trends Team: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/about/coast/ |
Support Roles
Data Steward
Date Effective From: | 2006-05 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Position): | NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator |
Email Address: | NCCOS.data@noaa.gov |
Distributor
Date Effective From: | 2006-05 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Position): | NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator |
Email Address: | NCCOS.data@noaa.gov |
Metadata Contact
Date Effective From: | 2006-05 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Position): | NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator |
Email Address: | NCCOS.data@noaa.gov |
Point of Contact
Date Effective From: | 2006-05 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Position): | NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator |
Email Address: | NCCOS.data@noaa.gov |
Principal Investigator
Date Effective From: | 2006-05 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Person): | Costa, Bryan |
Email Address: | bryan.costa@noaa.gov |
Extents
Currentness Reference: | Ground Condition |
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Extent Group 1
Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1
W° Bound: | -72.195988 | |
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E° Bound: | -65.013835 | |
N° Bound: | 45.46229 | |
S° Bound: | 39.482066 |
Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1
Time Frame Type: | Range |
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Start: | 1997 |
End: | 2005 |
Spatial Information
Spatial Representation
Representations Used
Grid: | Yes |
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Access Information
Security Class: | Unclassified |
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Data Access Procedure: |
Please contact the Stellwagen Banks NMS Research Coordinator for additional information on data access (david.wiley@noaa.gov); |
Data Access Constraints: |
None. |
Data Use Constraints: |
None. Acknowledgement of the National Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment's Biogeography Program and Coastal and Oceanographic Assessment Status and Trends Team would be appreciated in products derived from these data. |
URLs
URL 1
URL: | http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/sanctuaries/stellwagen_nms/ |
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URL Type: |
Online Resource
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Activity Log
Activity Log 1
Activity Date/Time: | 2013-01-18 |
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Description: |
Date that the source FGDC record was last modified. |
Activity Log 2
Activity Date/Time: | 2017-04-05 |
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Description: |
Converted from FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml.pl' script. Contact Tyler Christensen (NOS) for details. |
Activity Log 3
Activity Date/Time: | 2017-09-13 |
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Description: |
Partial upload of Spatial Info section only. |
Technical Environment
Description: |
ArcGIS |
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Data Quality
Completeness Report: |
Please refer to the remote sensing data for visualization's metadata. |
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Conceptual Consistency: |
Please refer to the remote sensing data for visualization's metadata. |
Lineage
Process Steps
Process Step 1
Description: |
CREATING REMOTELY SENSED IMAGES: An EASI program was run on the daily turbidity geotifs of the SeaWiFS northeast region to create Seasonal Average geotifs for the specified region of the Gulf of Maine. These images were created using the following months: Winter= December, January, February Fall= September, October, November Spring= March, April, May Summer= June, July, August The new geotifs were reprojected from their original SIN E019 projection to Albers Conic Equal Area,NAD 83, GRS 80. These images are scaled down from 16 bit data to 8 bit data. |
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Process Date/Time: | 2005-01-01 00:00:00 |
Process Step 2
Description: |
REPROCESS REMOTELY SENSED IMAGERY:These remotely sensed images were reprocessed to remove land and no data values as well as to calculate the real world values for turbidity. To do so, a script was written in VB 6.0 and run as a macro in ArcGIS 9.1, which reclassed the land (8 bit value = 252) and no data values (8 bit value = 0, 253 and 251) as no data. A second macro also written in VB 6.0 calculated the real world value of turbidity (in inverse steradians) using the following algorithm:Turbidity = 10^(((8bit# - 1)*(3/250))-4.0)The resulting ERDAS Imagine files were subsequently imported into personal geodatabases. |
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Process Date/Time: | 2006-05-01 00:00:00 |
Child Items
Rubric scores updated every 15m
Type | Title | |
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Entity | EmpiricalValues_Turbidity_SeasonalComposite |
Catalog Details
Catalog Item ID: | 39301 |
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GUID: | gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:39301 |
Metadata Record Created By: | Tyler Christensen |
Metadata Record Created: | 2017-04-05 12:51+0000 |
Metadata Record Last Modified By: | SysAdmin InPortAdmin |
Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2023-05-30 18:10+0000 |
Metadata Record Published: | 2017-09-13 |
Owner Org: | NCCOS |
Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
Do Not Publish?: | N |
Metadata Last Review Date: | 2017-09-13 |
Metadata Review Frequency: | 1 Year |
Metadata Next Review Date: | 2018-09-13 |