Report for W00468

Locality:	Northeast Caribbean Sea
Sublocality:	Vicinity of Guanica and Ponce
State(s) or Region(s):	Puerto Rico

Start Date:	2018-06-29
End Date:	2018-07-06

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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.
W00468_DR.pdf	1.84MB	The document may be read using a free Adobe Reader.
W00468_DR.xml	22.8KB	Descriptive Report in XML format. May be opened using a web browser or text viewer.
NOAA/NOS ISO Metadata Record
W00468 View / Download W00468.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

Variable Resolution Bathymetric Attributed Grid
Survey products may use different units, datums or projections than the associated survey. Please consult product-specific metadata for additional details.
W00468_MB_VR_Ellipsoid.bag	54.81MB	The Variable Resolution BAG format is a gridded, multi-dimensional, multi-resolution bathymetric data file (see Open Navigation Surface). Currently supported with open source GDAL. The BAGXYZ files are ascii representations of the BAG data in XYZ format, but do not include uncertainty.
W00468_MB_VR_MLLW.bag	54.80MB	The Variable Resolution BAG format is a gridded, multi-dimensional, multi-resolution bathymetric data file (see Open Navigation Surface). Currently supported with open source GDAL. The BAGXYZ files are ascii representations of the BAG data in XYZ format, but do not include uncertainty.

Images

GeoImagePDF
W00468_GeoImage.pdf	12.12MB	NOAA/NOS Layered GeoSpatial Image PDF File. Created by NOS to include chart and survey layers in a georeferenced pdf format.
NOAA/NOS multibeam acoustic backscatter mosaic in TIFF format
The multibeam acoustic backscatter mosaic is readable with various applications such as the free CARIS Easy View, or ESRI ArcGIS geospatial visualization software.
W00468_MBAB_2m_NF_400kHz_1of2.tiff	8.65MB	NOAA/NOS TIFF multibeam acoustic backscatter mosaic survey image.
W00468_MBAB_8m_NF_100kHz_2of2.tif	7.79MB	NOAA/NOS TIFF multibeam acoustic backscatter mosaic survey image.

Project Documents

Project Sketch in JPEG format
W00468_ProjectSketch.jpg	0.60MB	Project sketch image with highlighted survey area.

Survey Metadata

Survey Summary

Locality

Sublocality

State or Region

Northeast Caribbean Sea

Vicinity of Guanica and Ponce

Puerto Rico

Start Date	End Date	Approval Date
2018-06-29	2018-07-06	2019-01-29

Project Number	Project Name	Purpose
ESD-AHB-18	External Source Data 2018

Source of Original Data and License Information

License Information
This data is licensed under a 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	Projected UTM 19	20000

Survey Tide Stations

COOPS Tide Station ID

Lime Tree Bay, Virgin Islands	9751401
Magueyes Island, Puerto Rico	9759110
Mona Island	9759938
Christiansted Harbor, Saint Croix, Virgin Islands	9751364

Affected Products

ENCs

RNCs

US5PR44M US5PR42M US4PR60M US4PR41M US3PR10M

Survey Equipment

Vessel(s)

Chief(s) of Party

NOAA Ship NANCY FOSTER

Timothy Battista

Manufacturer	Model	Instrument Type
Kongsberg Maritime	EM 2040	MBES
Kongsberg Maritime	EM 710	MBES

Source Data at NCEI

Data in Archive

Size (in GB)

Date Archived

Data Types Surveyed

Raw and Processed

906.646

2021-03-22 22:22:14.0

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