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Report for H12570 Locality: Delaware Bay Sublocality: Offshore East Cape Henlopen State(s) or Region(s): Delaware Start Date: 2013-06-30 End Date: 2013-08-27 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 H12570
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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.
H12570_DR.pdf	16.04MB	The document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
H12570_DR.xml	54.3KB	Descriptive Report in XML format. May be opened using a web browser or text viewer.
NOAA/NOS ISO metadata record
H12570 View / Download H12570.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.
H12570_MB_50cm_MLLW_2of2.bag	14.96MB
H12570_MB_4m_MLLW_1of2.bag	42.34MB
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.
H12570		XYZ format.

Images

GeoImagePDF
H12570_GeoImage.pdf	50.48MB	NOAA/NOS Layered GeoSpatial Image PDF File. Created by NOS to include chart and survey layers in a georeferenced pdf format.
NOAA/NOS sidescan sonar mosaic in TIFF format
H12570_SSSAB_1m_455kHz_1of2.tiff	190.62MB	NOAA/NOS TIFF sidescan sonar mosaic survey image. The mosaic may be viewed with a standard image viewer.
H12570_SSSAB_1m_455kHz_2of2.tiff	161.30MB	NOAA/NOS TIFF sidescan sonar mosaic survey image. The mosaic may be viewed with a standard image viewer.

Bottom Samples and Tide Documents

NOAA/NOS Tide Note in PDF Format
H12570_tn.pdf	41.5KB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
NOAA/NOS Tide Zone in PDF format
H12570_tz.pdf	313.8KB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.

Project Documents

Project Sketch in JPEG format
H12570_ProjectSketch.jpg	197.0KB	Project sketch image with highlighted survey area.
Data Acquisition and Processing Report in PDF format
OPR-D332-TJ-13_DAPR.pdf	16.42MB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.

Survey Metadata

Survey Summary

Locality Sublocality State or Region Delaware Bay Offshore East Cape Henlopen Delaware

Start Date End Date Approval Date 2013-06-30 2013-08-27 2014-06-05

Project Number Project Name Purpose OPR-D332-TJ-13 Delaware Bay and Approaches

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 20000

Survey Tide Stations COOPS Tide Station ID Atlantic City, New Jersey 8534720

Affected Products

ENCs RNCs US5DE10M US4DE11M 12304 12216 12214

Survey Equipment

Vessel(s) Chief(s) of Party THOMAS JEFFERSON Jensen Launch 3101 THOMAS JEFFERSON Jensen Launch 3102 NOAA Ship THOMAS JEFFERSON

Manufacturer Model Instrument Type Reson 7125 SV1 MBES

Source Data at NCEI

Data in Archive Size (in GB) Date Archived Data Types Surveyed Raw and Processed 708.704 2015-09-02 19:38:14.0 BACKSCATTER, BATHYMETRY