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Report for H12881 Locality: West of Prince of Wales Island Sublocality: Vicinity of McFarland Islands State(s) or Region(s): Alaska Start Date: 2016-05-09 End Date: 2016-06-15 These data are not to be used for navigation. For navigation please refer to NOS Nautical Charts. Download times vary depending on file size and data transfer rates. Download All Products for H12881
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Survey Products

Descriptive Report and Metadata Documents

NOAA/NOS Descriptive Report & Survey Metadata
Products listed in the project descriptive report (DR) may not reflect final products available through NCEI.
H12881_DR.pdf	9.66MB	The document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
H12881_DR.xml	63.6KB	Descriptive Report in XML format. May be opened using a web browser or text viewer.
NOAA/NOS ISO Metadata Record
H12881 View / Download H12881.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.
H12881_MB_16m_MLLW_5of5.bag	383.4KB
H12881_MB_8m_MLLW_4of5.bag	1.13MB
H12881_MB_4m_MLLW_3of5.bag	6.35MB
H12881_MB_2m_MLLW_2of5.bag	26.67MB
H12881_MB_1m_MLLW_1of5.bag	82.62MB
Ellipsoid Referenced BAG Files
Ellipsoid referenced Bag files have a vertical datum that may differ materially from the charted datum. Please refer to the file level metadata to ensure proper display.
H12881_MB_1m_Ellipsoid_1of5.bag	81.88MB
H12881_MB_4m_Ellipsoid_3of5.bag	6.35MB
H12881_MB_2m_Ellipsoid_2of5.bag	26.59MB
H12881_MB_8m_Ellipsoid_4of5.bag	1.13MB
H12881_MB_16m_Ellipsoid_5of5.bag	383.5KB

Images

GeoImagePDF
H12881_GeoImage.pdf	44.80MB	NOAA/NOS Layered GeoSpatial Image PDF File. Created by NOS to include chart and survey layers in a georeferenced pdf format.

Bottom Samples and Tide Documents

Bottom Sample Data
NOAA/NOS bottom sample listing in IMLGS (pre-1989)
Link to H12881 in IMLGS (pre-1989 samples)		Search NOAA/NOS seabed samples submitted to IMLGS through NMNH (pre-1989). Modern survey bottom samples are not currently viewable on a map service.
NOAA/NOS bottom sample document in PDF or ASC format
H12881_BottomSamples.ascii	0.5KB	NOAA/NOS bottom sample document in PDF or ASC format.
NOAA/NOS Tide Note in PDF Format
H12881_tn.pdf	77.4KB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
NOAA/NOS Tide Zone in PDF format
H12881_tz.pdf	263.8KB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.

Project Documents

Project Sketch in JPEG format
H12881_ProjectSketch.jpg	215.3KB	Project sketch image with highlighted survey area.
Data Acquisition and Processing Report in PDF format
OPR-O190-FA-16_DAPR.pdf	28.05MB	This document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.

Survey Metadata

Survey Summary

Locality Sublocality State or Region West of Prince of Wales Island Vicinity of McFarland Islands Alaska

Start Date End Date Approval Date 2016-05-09 2016-06-15 2016-09-30

Project Number Project Name Purpose OPR-O190-FA-16

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 World Geodetic System (WGS) 1984 Projected UTM 8 20000

Affected Products

ENCs RNCs 17407

Survey Equipment

Vessel(s) Chief(s) of Party 2808 (FA) 2807 (FA) 2806 (FA) 2805 (FA) NOAA Ship FAIRWEATHER CDR Mark Van Waes, NOAA

Manufacturer Model Instrument Type Kongsberg Maritime EM 710 MBES Reson 7125 SV1 MBES

Source Data at NCEI

Data in Archive Size (in GB) Date Archived Data Types Raw and Processed 165.08 2019-06-03 14:37:33.0 BACKSCATTER, BATHYMETRY