{
    "tag": 16077,
    "title": "1-m bathymetric contours derived from single-beam echosounder data collected within the New York Bight by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1995 - 1998 (Esri polyline shapefile, Geographic, WGS84, Esri binary grid UTM Zone 18N)",
    "pubdate": "2000",
    "sername": null,
    "series_name": null,
    "issue": "2002-152",
    "publish": null,
    "publisher_name": null,
    "onlink": "https:\/\/cmgds.marine.usgs.gov\/catalog\/whcmsc\/open_file_report\/ofr2002-152\/BATHY_meta.faq.html",
    "format": null,
    "email": null,
    "descript": "These data represent single beam echo sounder (trackline) bathymetry collected in May 1995, May 1996, September 1996, May 1997, and October 1998 during five USGS cruises within the New York Bight region. Trackline spacing during these cruises was 300 meters. These data have been corrected for tidal fluctuations and distance of the transducer below the water line.  All values are stored in meters. These data are referenced to Mean Lower Low Water.",
    "lang": null,
    "journal": null,
    "pwid": null,
    "originator": [
        {
            "name": "Denny, Jane F.",
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        },
        {
            "name": "Schwab, William C.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Foster, David S.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Lotto, Linda L.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Allison, Mead A.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Uchupi, Elazar O.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Swift, B. Ann",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Danforth, William W.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Thieler, E. Robert",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Butman, Bradford",
            "role": "Author"
        }
    ],
    "index_term": [
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "80",
            "name": "bathymetry",
            "scope": "The elevation of the earth's surface beneath a body of water, especially the ocean, typically determined by measurements of depth from the water surface."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "2092",
            "name": "contouring",
            "scope": "Derivation of contours, or other lines of constant value, that visually summarize the spatial variation of some characteristic over an area, for example elevation."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "474",
            "name": "geospatial datasets",
            "scope": "Collections of related digital information that are geographically referenced."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "1025",
            "name": "sea-floor characteristics",
            "scope": "Geomorphic features and geographic, compositional, and textural variation in the materials composing the ocean floor. Includes both large-scale structures (such as seamounts and rises) and fine-scale variations in rocks and deposits on the sea floor."
        }
    ],
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    "image": [],
    "fan": []
}