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National Geodetic Survey, 2024: Airborne Gravity: NGS' Gravity Data for ES04 (2013-2018), https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/39733.

Item Identification

Title: Airborne Gravity: NGS' Gravity Data for ES04 (2013-2018)
Short Name: GRAVD_ES04
Status: Completed
Publication Date: 2019-09
Abstract:

Airborne gravity data for North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and the Atlantic Ocean collected in 2013, 2014, 2017 and 2018 over four surveys. This data set is part of the Gravity for the Re-definition of the American Vertical Datum (GRAV-D) project initiated by NOAA's National Geodetic Survey to collect and monitor gravity data suitable for the re-definition of the vertical datum for at least the United States and territories. The data is available at http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/GRAV-D/data_es04.shtml in ASCII text format.

Purpose:

These data sets were collected and processed by NOAA's National Geodetic Survey (www.ngs.noaa.gov) as part of its GRAV-D effort to modernize the U.S. vertical datum. The purpose of these data is to provide accurate gravity data for geoid modeling for the U.S. and its territories. It was designed to provide medium wavelength gravity information (around 20-400 km) to connect satellite and ground gravity measurements.

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Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE GEOPHYSICS > MARINE GRAVITY FIELD
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEODETICS > GEOID CHARACTERISTICS
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
ISO 19115 Topic Category
geoscientificInformation
UNCONTROLLED
NASA/GCMD Data Center Keywords Data Center > Government Agencies-U.S. Federal Agencies > DOC/NOAA/NOS/NGS > National Geodetic Survey, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
NASA/GCMD Platform Keywords Platform > Aircraft > CESSNA 441 Conquest II
NASA/GCMD Platform Keywords Platform > Aircraft > Gulfstream IV-SP
NASA/GCMD Platform Keywords Platform > Aircraft > HAWKER Beechcraft King Air 200T
NASA/GCMD Platform Keywords Platform > Aircraft > HAWKER Beechcraft King Air E90A
NOS Data Explorer Topic Category Geodetic/Global Positioning
None airborne gravity
None datum
None ellipsoid height
None geodetic
None geoid
None geophysical
None GEOSS
None GGOS
None Global Earth Observation System of Systems
None Global Geodetic Observing system
None gravity
None height modernization
None National Spatial Reference System
None NAVD88
None North American Vertical Datum of 1988
None NSRS
None orthometric height
None spatial reference
None vertical

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > NORTH CAROLINA
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > SOUTH CAROLINA
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > VIRGINIA
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN

Instrument Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
GPS RECEIVERS > GPS RECEIVERS
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
GRAVIMETERS
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
IMU > INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
LRGM > Lacoste-Romberg Gravity Meter

Platform Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords
ENVISAT > Environmental Satellite
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords
ERS-1 > European Remote Sensing Satellite-1
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords
ERS-2 > European Remote Sensing Satellite-2
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords
GOCE > Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords
GPS > Global Positioning System Satellites
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords
GRACE > Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS > GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords
JASON-1
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords
OSTM/JASON-2 > Joint Altimetry Satellite Oceanography Network - 2
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords
TOPEX/POSEIDON > Ocean Topography Experiment

Physical Location

Organization: National Geodetic Survey
City: Silver Spring
State/Province: MD

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Data Set Type: Text files
Maintenance Frequency: As Needed
Data Presentation Form: Table (digital)
Entity Attribute Overview:

The ASCII text file provides a single processed observation per row with the following elements comma separated: year, month, day, hour, minutes, seconds, latitude (dd), longitude (dd), ellipsoid height (m), full field gravity at altitude (mGals), full field EGM08 gravity at altitude (mGal)

Entity Attribute Detail Citation:

http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/GRAV-D/data_es04.shtml

Distribution Liability:

While every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of the current state of the art, NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.

Data Set Credit: GRAV-D Team

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 482402
Date Effective From: 2017-06
Date Effective To:
Contact (Position): GRAV-D Project Manager
Email Address: NGS.GRAVD@noaa.gov
Phone: 240-533-9641
Fax: 301-713-4327

Distributor

CC ID: 482404
Date Effective From: 2017-06
Date Effective To:
Contact (Position): GRAV-D Project Manager
Email Address: NGS.GRAVD@noaa.gov
Phone: 240-533-9641
Fax: 301-713-4327

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 482405
Date Effective From: 2017-06
Date Effective To:
Contact (Position): GRAV-D Project Manager
Email Address: NGS.GRAVD@noaa.gov
Phone: 240-533-9641
Fax: 301-713-4327

Point of Contact

CC ID: 482403
Date Effective From: 2017-06
Date Effective To:
Contact (Position): GRAV-D Project Manager
Email Address: NGS.GRAVD@noaa.gov
Phone: 240-533-9641
Fax: 301-713-4327

Extents

Currentness Reference: Ground Condition

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 482408
W° Bound: -81
E° Bound: -73.8
N° Bound: 37.5
S° Bound: 33.4

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 482407
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2013-11
End: 2018-02

Spatial Information

Spatial Representation

Representations Used

Vector: Yes

Vector Representation 1

CC ID: 586874
Curve Object Present?: Yes
Curve Object Count: 209404

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Access Procedure:

https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/grav-d/data_products.shtml

Data Access Constraints:

None

Data Use Constraints:

Must read and fully comprehend the metadata prior to use, acknowledgment of the Originator when using the data set as a source, data should not be used beyond the limits of the source scale

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 482409
Start Date: 2019-09-12
End Date: Present
Download URL: http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/GRAV-D/data_es04.shtml
Distributor: GRAV-D Project Manager (2017-06 - Present)
File Name: NGS_GRAVD_Block_PS04_BETA2.txt
Description:

Downloadable Data

File Type (Deprecated): ASCII
Distribution Format: Text (Unstructured)
Application Version: Newton v1.4
Compression: Zip

URLs

URL 1

CC ID: 482399
URL: http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/GRAV-D/data_es04.shtml
URL Type:
Online Resource

URL 2

CC ID: 482400
URL: http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/GRAV-D/data_products.shtml
URL Type:
Online Resource

URL 3

CC ID: 482401
URL: http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/
URL Type:
Online Resource

Activity Log

Activity Log 1

CC ID: 482459
Activity Date/Time: 2014-09-29
Description:

Date that the source FGDC record was last modified.

Activity Log 2

CC ID: 482458
Activity Date/Time: 2017-04-05
Description:

Converted from FGDC Content Standard 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

CC ID: 586872
Activity Date/Time: 2017-09-13
Description:

Partial upload of Spatial Info section only.

Activity Log 4

CC ID: 599008
Activity Date/Time: 2017-11-01
Description:

Replaced entire Lineage section to populate new Source Contribution field.

Activity Log 5

CC ID: 716895
Activity Date/Time: 2018-02-08
Description:

Partial upload of Positional Accuracy fields only.

Data Quality

Accuracy:

The absolute accuracy of airborne gravity is difficult to quantify. The following measures are indicators of data quality, but are not definitive measures. The cross over precision is 2.08 mGals, which is a combination of differences between cross track and data track and may not be indicative of data quality. Adjacent data lines have an average cross-correlation of 97.67%. Low correlation between adjacent lines may indicate either poor quality on one of the two lines or rapidly changing features. More detailed information can be found at http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/GRAV-D/data_es04.shtml.

Horizontal Positional Accuracy:

GPS horizontal positions are good to 0.008 meters average standard deviation. More detailed information can be found at http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/GRAV-D/data_es04.shtml.

Vertical Positional Accuracy:

GPS vertical positions are good to 0.011 meters average standard deviation. More detailed information can be found at http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/GRAV-D/data_es04.shtml.

Completeness Report:

Due to the altitude, speed of data collection, and track spacing of 10 kilometers the resolution of these data are limited to 20 kilometers. More detailed information can be found at http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/GRAV-D/data_es04.shtml.

Conceptual Consistency:

Data processing is fully automated and output file is computer generated. All lines are checked by an analyst and any errors in production are corrected. More detailed information can be found at http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/GRAV-D/data_es04.shtml.

Lineage

Sources

Raw GPS Data from GRAV-D surveys NC13-1, NC14-1, GA17-1, and FL18-1.

CC ID: 871867
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: National Geodetic Survey
Publish Date: 2019-09-12
Extent Type: Range
Extent Start Date/Time: 2013-11
Extent End Date/Time: 2018-02

Raw Gravity Data from GRAV-D surveys NC13-1, NC14-1, GA17-1, and FL18-1.

CC ID: 871868
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: National Geodetic Survey
Publish Date: 2019-09-12
Extent Type: Range
Extent Start Date/Time: 2013-11
Extent End Date/Time: 2018-02

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 871869
Description:

GPS data processed using NovAtel Waypoint Inertial Explorer 8.7 from GRAV-D surveys NC13-1, NC14-1, GA17-1, and FL18-1.

Process Contact: GRAV-D Project Manager
Phone (Voice): 240-533-9641
Email Address: NGS.GRAVD@noaa.gov
Source: Raw GPS Data from GRAV-D surveys NC13-1, NC14-1, GA17-1, and FL18-1.

Process Step 2

CC ID: 871901
Description:

Gravity data from GRAV-D surveys NC13-1, NC14-1, GA17-1, FL18-1 processed using NGS software Newton v1.4

Process Contact: GRAV-D Project Manager
Phone (Voice): 240-533-9641
Email Address: NGS.GRAVD@noaa.gov

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 39733
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:39733
Metadata Record Created By: Tyler Christensen
Metadata Record Created: 2017-04-05 13:06+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2023-10-17 16:12+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2019-09-11
Owner Org: NGS
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2019-09-11
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2020-09-11