Mean tidal range of marsh units in Massachusetts salt marshes

This data release contains coastal wetland synthesis products for Massachusetts, developed in collaboration with the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management. Metrics for resiliency, including unvegetated to vegetated ratio (UVVR), marsh elevation, and tidal range are calculated for smaller units delineated from a digital elevation model, providing the spatial variability of physical factors that influence wetland health. The U.S. Geological Survey has been expanding national assessment of coastal change hazards and forecast products to coastal wetlands with the intent of providing Federal, State, and local managers with tools to estimate the vulnerability and ecosystem service potential of these wetlands....

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod, Cape Cod Bay, Cape Cod National Seashore, Danvers River, All tags... Duxbury Bay, Essex Bay, Great Marsh Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Ipswich River, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay, Merrimack River, Nantucket, Neponset River, North River, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Parker River/Essex Bay Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Pines River, Pleasant Bay Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Plum Island, Sandy Neck/Barnstable Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Scituate Harbor, South River, United States, Wellfleet Harbor Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Weymouth Back River, Weymouth Fore River, coastal ecosystems, coastal processes, environment, estuary, geospatial datasets, inlandWaters, marsh health, oceans, salt marsh, tidal range, tides (oceanic), vegetation, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags

Geospatial Characterization of Salt Marshes for Massachusetts

This data release contains coastal wetland synthesis products for Massachusetts, developed in collaboration with the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management. Metrics for resiliency, including unvegetated to vegetated ratio (UVVR), marsh elevation, and tidal range are calculated for smaller units delineated from a digital elevation model, providing the spatial variability of physical factors that influence wetland health. The U.S. Geological Survey has been expanding national assessment of coastal change hazards and forecast products to coastal wetlands with the intent of providing Federal, State, and local managers with tools to estimate the vulnerability and ecosystem service potential of these wetlands....

Tags: Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod, Cape Cod Bay, Cape Cod National Seashore, Danvers River, All tags... Duxbury Bay, Essex Bay, Great Marsh Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Ipswich River, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay, Merrimack River, Nantucket, Neponset River, North River, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Parker River/Essex Bay Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Pines River, Pleasant Bay Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Plum Island, Sandy Neck/Barnstable Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Scituate Harbor, South River, United States, Wellfleet Harbor Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Weymouth Back River, Weymouth Fore River, coastal ecosystems, coastal processes, environment, estuary, geospatial datasets, inlandWaters, marsh health, oceans, salt marsh, vegetation, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags

Swath bathymetry 13-m-cell-size grid of quadrangle 5 on Stellwagen Bank offshore of Boston, Massachusetts collected by the U.S. Geological Survey aboard the CCGS Frederick G. Creed from 1994-1996

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the National Marine Sanctuary Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has conducted seabed mapping and related research in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (SBNMS) region since 1993. The interpretive datasets and source information presented here are for quadrangle 5, which is one of 18 similarly sized segments of the 3,700 square kilometer (km2) SBNMS region. The seabed of the SBNMS region is a glaciated terrain that is topographically and texturally diverse. Quadrangle 5 includes the shallow, rippled, coarse-grained sandy crest and upper eastern and western flanks of southern Stellwagen Bank, its fine-grained sandy...

Tags: Atlantic Ocean, CMHRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Esri binary grid, Frederick G. Creed, All tags... GeoTIFF, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay, NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, North America, Simrad EM1000, Stellwagen Bank, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. east coast, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, bathymetry, bathymetry, elevation, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, marine geology, multibeam sonar, oceans, raster, sea-floor characteristics, sea-floor topography, swath bathymetry, Fewer tags

Elevation of marsh units in Massachusetts salt marshes

This data release contains coastal wetland synthesis products for Massachusetts, developed in collaboration with the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management. Metrics for resiliency, including unvegetated to vegetated ratio (UVVR), marsh elevation, and tidal range are calculated for smaller units delineated from a digital elevation model, providing the spatial variability of physical factors that influence wetland health. The U.S. Geological Survey has been expanding national assessment of coastal change hazards and forecast products to coastal wetlands with the intent of providing Federal, State, and local managers with tools to estimate the vulnerability and ecosystem service potential of these wetlands....

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod, Cape Cod Bay, Cape Cod National Seashore, Danvers River, All tags... Duxbury Bay, Essex Bay, Great Marsh Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Ipswich River, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay, Merrimack River, Nantucket, Neponset River, North River, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Parker River/Essex Bay Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Pines River, Pleasant Bay Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Plum Island, Sandy Neck/Barnstable Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Scituate Harbor, South River, United States, Wellfleet Harbor Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Weymouth Back River, Weymouth Fore River, coastal ecosystems, coastal processes, elevation, elevation, environment, estuary, geospatial datasets, inlandWaters, marsh health, oceans, salt marsh, vegetation, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags

Acquisition and observation logs for seabed video and sediment samples from Stellwagen Bank during six surveys by the U.S. Geological Survey aboard the R/V Auk, May 2016 to April 2019

These data are a part of the effort to map geologic substrates of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts. The overall goal is to develop high-resolution (1:25,000) interpretive maps, based on multibeam sonar data and seabed sampling, showing surficial geology and seabed sediment dynamics. The work was conducted in collaboration with the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, and the data collected will aid research on the ecology of fish and invertebrate species that inhabit the region. The Sanctuary's research vessel, R/V Auk, visited a total of 233 locations on Stellwagen Bank during six separate surveys from May 2016 to April 2019. During these surveys a customized...

Tags: Atlantic Ocean, CMHRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay, All tags... NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, North America, SBNMS, SEABOSS, SEABed Observation and Sampling System, Stellwagen Bank, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, field activity logs, field monitoring stations, geoscientificInformation, ground-truth, location, log book, marine biology, marine biology, marine geology, marine geology, navigational data, oceans, sea floor samples, sediment samples, stations, Fewer tags

Unvegetated to vegetated ratio of marsh units in Massachusetts salt marshes

This data release contains coastal wetland synthesis products for Massachusetts, developed in collaboration with the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management. Metrics for resiliency, including unvegetated to vegetated ratio (UVVR), marsh elevation, and tidal range are calculated for smaller units delineated from a digital elevation model, providing the spatial variability of physical factors that influence wetland health. The U.S. Geological Survey has been expanding national assessment of coastal change hazards and forecast products to coastal wetlands with the intent of providing Federal, State, and local managers with tools to estimate the vulnerability and ecosystem service potential of these wetlands....

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod, Cape Cod Bay, Cape Cod National Seashore, Danvers River, All tags... Duxbury Bay, Essex Bay, Great Marsh Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Ipswich River, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay, Merrimack River, Nantucket, Neponset River, North River, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Parker River/Essex Bay Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Pines River, Pleasant Bay Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Plum Island, Sandy Neck/Barnstable Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Scituate Harbor, South River, UVVR, United States, Wellfleet Harbor Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Weymouth Back River, Weymouth Fore River, coastal ecosystems, coastal processes, environment, estuary, geospatial datasets, inlandWaters, marsh health, oceans, salt marsh, vegetation, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, Fewer tags

Seabed still images in JPEG format with EXIF location information collected by the U.S. Geological Survey on Stellwagen Bank during six surveys aboard the R/V Auk, May 2016 to April 2019

These data are a part of the effort to map geologic substrates of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts. The overall goal is to develop high-resolution (1:25,000) interpretive maps, based on multibeam sonar data and seabed sampling, showing surficial geology and seabed sediment dynamics. The work was conducted in collaboration with the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, and the data collected will aid research on the ecology of fish and invertebrate species that inhabit the region. The Sanctuary's research vessel, R/V Auk, visited a total of 233 locations on Stellwagen Bank during six separate surveys from May 2016 to April 2019. During these surveys a customized...

Tags: Atlantic Ocean, CMHRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, JPEG, Massachusetts, All tags... Massachusetts Bay, NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, North America, SBNMS, SEABOSS, SEABed Observation and Sampling System, Stellwagen Bank, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, field monitoring stations, geoscientificInformation, ground-truth, image collections, location, marine geology, marine geology, oceans, photographic sampling, sea-floor characteristics, seabed, seabed images, underwater photography, video image grab, Fewer tags

Massachusetts Bay and adjacent land: Polygon boundaries for source data of a continuous bathymetry and topography terrain model of the Massachusetts coastal zone and continental shelf: (Esri polygon shapefile, Geographic, NAD 83)

Integrated terrain models covering 16,357 square kilometers of the Massachusetts coastal zone and offshore waters were built to provide a continuous elevation and bathymetry terrain model for ocean planning purposes. The area is divided into the following four geographical areas to reduce file size and facilitate publishing: Massachusetts Bay from the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border south to Provincetown and Scituate and east to Stellwagen Bank; Cape Cod Bay from Provincetown to Scituate and south to Hyannis; Buzzards Bay from the Cape Cod Canal southwest to the State border including the Elizabeth Islands and extending north to Fall River and Mount Hope Bay; and Nantucket and Vineyard Sounds, from Hyannis south...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Boston Harbor, CZM, Cape Ann, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Essex County, All tags... Gulf of Maine, Ipswich Bay, LiDAR, Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, NOAA, NOS, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Norfolk County, Plymouth Bay, Plymouth County, Salem Harbor, Stellwagen Bank, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Suffolk County, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Geological Survey, USACE, USGS, United States of America, bathymetry, boundaries, digital elevation models, inlandWaters, multibeam, oceans, sea-floor characteristics, shapefile, swath bathymetry, Fewer tags

Interpretation of the seabed geologic substrates in quadrangle 5 of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region offshore of Boston, Massachusetts based on data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey from 1993-2019

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the National Marine Sanctuary Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has conducted seabed mapping and related research in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (SBNMS) region since 1993. The interpretive datasets and source information presented here are for quadrangle 5, which is one of 18 similarly sized segments of the 3,700 square kilometer (km2) SBNMS region. The seabed of the SBNMS region is a glaciated terrain that is topographically and texturally diverse. Quadrangle 5 includes the shallow, rippled, coarse-grained sandy crest and upper eastern and western flanks of southern Stellwagen Bank, its fine-grained sandy...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Boston, Massachusetts, CMGP, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Esri shapefile, All tags... Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay, NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, North America, Stellwagen Bank, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. east coast, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, environment, geologic substrates, geology, geoscientificInformation, geospatial datasets, interpretation, marine geology, oceans, polygon, quadrangle 5, scientific interpretation, sea-floor characteristics, seabed geology, sediment mobility, substrate, substrate distribution, substrate grain size, substrate mobility, substrate mud content, Fewer tags

Station and data summary for data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey on Stellwagen Bank during three surveys aboard the R/V Auk, September 2020 to August 2021

These data are a part of the effort to map geologic substrates of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts. The overall goal is to develop high-resolution (1:25,000) interpretive maps, based on multibeam sonar data and seabed sampling, showing surficial geology and seabed sediment dynamics. The work was conducted in collaboration with the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, and the data collected will aid research on the ecology of fish and invertebrate species that inhabit the region. The Sanctuary's research vessel, R/V Auk, visited a total of 169 locations on Stellwagen Bank during three separate surveys from September 2020 to August 2021. During these surveys a customized...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic Ocean, CMHRP, CTD measurement, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Massachusetts, All tags... Massachusetts Bay, NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, North America, SBNMS, SEABOSS, SEABed Observation and Sampling System, Stellwagen Bank, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, field activity logs, field monitoring stations, location, marine geology, marine geology, navigation, oceanographic observations, oceans, sampling, stations, video observation, videos, Fewer tags

Station Information, Seabed and Sample Imagery, and CTD Instrument Data Collected on Stellwagen Bank from May 2016 to April 2019

These data are a part of the effort to map geologic substrates of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts. The overall goal is to develop high-resolution (1:25,000) interpretive maps, based on multibeam sonar data and seabed sampling, showing surficial geology and seabed sediment dynamics. The work was conducted in collaboration with the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, and the data collected will aid research on the ecology of fish and invertebrate species that inhabit the region. The Sanctuary's research vessel, R/V Auk, visited a total of 233 locations on Stellwagen Bank during six separate surveys from May 2016 to April 2019. During these surveys a customized...

Tags: Atlantic Ocean, CTD measurement, GPS measurement, Marine Geology, Massachusetts, All tags... Massachusetts Bay, Stellwagen Bank, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, United States, field activity logs, field monitoring stations, geolocation measurement, image collections, marine biology, marine chemistry, marine geology, navigational data, ocean salinity, ocean sciences, ocean temperature, sea-floor characteristics, turbidity, underwater photography, videography, videos, Fewer tags

Portion of the 1-meter (m) contours in quadrangle 5 of the Stellwagen Bank Survey Area offshore of Boston, Massachusetts based on bathymetry data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey from 1994-1996

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the National Marine Sanctuary Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has conducted seabed mapping and related research in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (SBNMS) region since 1993. The interpretive datasets and source information presented here are for quadrangle 5, which is one of 18 similarly sized segments of the 3,700 square kilometer (km2) SBNMS region. The seabed of the SBNMS region is a glaciated terrain that is topographically and texturally diverse. Quadrangle 5 includes the shallow, rippled, coarse-grained sandy crest and upper eastern and western flanks of southern Stellwagen Bank, its fine-grained sandy...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Boston, Massachusetts, CMHRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Esri polyline shapefile, All tags... Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay, NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, North America, Stellwagen Bank, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. east coast, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, bathymetry, bathymetry, contours, elevation, geomorphology, marine geology, oceans, quadrangle 5, sea-floor characteristics, sea-floor topography, topography, Fewer tags

Seabed still images in JPEG format with EXIF location information collected by the U.S. Geological Survey on Stellwagen Bank during three surveys aboard the R/V Auk, September 2020 to August 2021

These data are a part of the effort to map geologic substrates of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts. The overall goal is to develop high-resolution (1:25,000) interpretive maps, based on multibeam sonar data and seabed sampling, showing surficial geology and seabed sediment dynamics. The work was conducted in collaboration with the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, and the data collected will aid research on the ecology of fish and invertebrate species that inhabit the region. The Sanctuary's research vessel, R/V Auk, visited a total of 169 locations on Stellwagen Bank during three separate surveys from September 2020 to August 2021. During these surveys a customized...

Tags: Atlantic Ocean, CMHRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, JPEG, Massachusetts, All tags... Massachusetts Bay, NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, North America, SBNMS, SEABOSS, SEABed Observation and Sampling System, Stellwagen Bank, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, field monitoring stations, geoscientificInformation, ground-truth, image collections, location, marine geology, marine geology, oceans, photographic sampling, sea-floor characteristics, seabed, seabed images, underwater photography, video image grab, Fewer tags

Continuous Bathymetry and Elevation Models of the Massachusetts Coastal Zone and Continental Shelf (ver. 3.0, December 2019)

Integrated terrain models covering 16,357 square kilometers of the Massachusetts coastal zone and offshore waters were built to provide a continuous elevation and bathymetry terrain model for ocean planning purposes. The area is divided into the following four geographical areas to reduce file size and facilitate publishing: Massachusetts Bay from the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border south to Provincetown and Scituate and east to Stellwagen Bank; Cape Cod Bay from Provincetown to Scituate and south to Hyannis; Buzzards Bay from the Cape Cod Canal southwest to the State border including the Elizabeth Islands and extending north to Fall River and Mount Hope Bay; and Nantucket and Vineyard Sounds, from Hyannis south...

Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Boston Harbor, Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod Bay, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elizabeth Islands, All tags... Gulf of Maine, Massachusetts Bay, Nantucket Sound, Plymouth Bay, Stellwagen Bank, Vineyard Sound, bathymetry, digital elevation models, sea-floor characteristics, Fewer tags

Acquisition and observation logs for seabed video and sediment samples from Stellwagen Bank during three surveys by the U.S. Geological Survey aboard the R/V Auk, September 2020 to August 2021

These data are a part of the effort to map geologic substrates of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts. The overall goal is to develop high-resolution (1:25,000) interpretive maps, based on multibeam sonar data and seabed sampling, showing surficial geology and seabed sediment dynamics. The work was conducted in collaboration with the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, and the data collected will aid research on the ecology of fish and invertebrate species that inhabit the region. The Sanctuary's research vessel, R/V Auk, visited a total of 169 locations on Stellwagen Bank during three separate surveys from September 2020 to August 2021. During these surveys a customized...

Tags: Atlantic Ocean, CMHRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay, All tags... NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, North America, SBNMS, SEABOSS, SEABed Observation and Sampling System, Stellwagen Bank, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, field activity logs, field monitoring stations, geoscientificInformation, ground-truth, location, log book, marine biology, marine biology, marine geology, marine geology, navigational data, oceans, sea floor samples, sediment samples, stations, Fewer tags

Still images in JPEG format of the sediment surface in the grab sampler, collected by the U.S. Geological Survey on Stellwagen Bank during six surveys aboard the R/V Auk, May 2016 to April 2019

These data are a part of the effort to map geologic substrates of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts. The overall goal is to develop high-resolution (1:25,000) interpretive maps, based on multibeam sonar data and seabed sampling, showing surficial geology and seabed sediment dynamics. The work was conducted in collaboration with the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, and the data collected will aid research on the ecology of fish and invertebrate species that inhabit the region. The Sanctuary's research vessel, R/V Auk, visited a total of 233 locations on Stellwagen Bank during six separate surveys from May 2016 to April 2019. During these surveys a customized...

Tags: Atlantic Ocean, CMHRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, JPEG, Massachusetts, All tags... Massachusetts Bay, NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, North America, SBNMS, SEABOSS, SEABed Observation and Sampling System, Stellwagen Bank, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, field monitoring stations, geoscientificInformation, grab sample images, ground-truth, image collections, marine geology, marine geology, oceans, photographic sampling, sample photographs, sea-floor characteristics, sediment, sediment sample images, Fewer tags

Video transects of the sea floor collected by the U.S. Geological Survey on Stellwagen Bank during six surveys aboard the R/V Auk, May 2016 to April 2019

These data are a part of the effort to map geologic substrates of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts. The overall goal is to develop high-resolution (1:25,000) interpretive maps, based on multibeam sonar data and seabed sampling, showing surficial geology and seabed sediment dynamics. The work was conducted in collaboration with the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, and the data collected will aid research on the ecology of fish and invertebrate species that inhabit the region. The Sanctuary's research vessel, R/V Auk, visited a total of 233 locations on Stellwagen Bank during six separate surveys from May 2016 to April 2019. During these surveys a customized...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Atlantic Ocean, CMHRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay, All tags... NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, North America, SBNMS, SEABOSS, SEABed Observation and Sampling System, Stellwagen Bank, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, location, marine geology, navigation, navigational data, oceans, polyline shapefile, stations, trackline, video, video observation, videography, videos, Fewer tags

Still images in JPEG format of the sediment surface in the grab sampler, collected by the U.S. Geological Survey on Stellwagen Bank during three surveys aboard the R/V Auk, September 2020 to August 2021

These data are a part of the effort to map geologic substrates of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts. The overall goal is to develop high-resolution (1:25,000) interpretive maps, based on multibeam sonar data and seabed sampling, showing surficial geology and seabed sediment dynamics. The work was conducted in collaboration with the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, and the data collected will aid research on the ecology of fish and invertebrate species that inhabit the region. The Sanctuary's research vessel, R/V Auk, visited a total of 169 locations on Stellwagen Bank during three separate surveys from September 2020 to August 2021. During these surveys a customized...

Tags: Atlantic Ocean, CMHRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, JPEG, Massachusetts, All tags... Massachusetts Bay, NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, North America, SBNMS, SEABOSS, SEABed Observation and Sampling System, Stellwagen Bank, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, field monitoring stations, geoscientificInformation, grab sample images, ground-truth, image collections, marine geology, marine geology, oceans, photographic sampling, sample photographs, sea-floor characteristics, sediment, sediment sample images, Fewer tags

Massachusetts Bay and adjacent land: continuous bathymetry and topography terrain model of the Massachusetts coastal zone and continental shelf, (32-bit GeoTIFF, UTM 19 NAD 83, NAVD 88 vertical datum).

Integrated terrain models covering 16,357 square kilometers of the Massachusetts coastal zone and offshore waters were built to provide a continuous elevation and bathymetry terrain model for ocean planning purposes. The area is divided into the following four geographical areas to reduce file size and facilitate publishing: Massachusetts Bay from the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border south to Provincetown and Scituate and east to Stellwagen Bank; Cape Cod Bay from Provincetown to Scituate and south to Hyannis; Buzzards Bay from the Cape Cod Canal southwest to the State border including the Elizabeth Islands and extending north to Fall River and Mount Hope Bay; and Nantucket and Vineyard Sounds, from Hyannis south...

Tags: Boston Harbor, CZM, Cape Ann, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, DEM, All tags... Essex County, Gulf of Maine, Ipswich Bay, LiDAR, Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, NOAA, NOS, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Norfolk County, Plymouth Bay, Plymouth County, Salem Harbor, Stellwagen Bank, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Suffolk County, Terrain Model, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Geological Survey, USACE, USGS, United States of America, bathymetry, digital elevation models, elevation, inlandWaters, multibeam, oceans, sea-floor characteristics, singlebeam, swath bathymetry, Fewer tags

CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth) data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey on Stellwagen Bank during three surveys aboard the R/V Auk, September 2020 to August 2021

These data are a part of the effort to map geologic substrates of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts. The overall goal is to develop high-resolution (1:25,000) interpretive maps, based on multibeam sonar data and seabed sampling, showing surficial geology and seabed sediment dynamics. The work was conducted in collaboration with the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, and the data collected will aid research on the ecology of fish and invertebrate species that inhabit the region. The Sanctuary's research vessel, R/V Auk, visited a total of 169 locations on Stellwagen Bank during three separate surveys from September 2020 to August 2021. During these surveys a customized...

Tags: Atlantic Ocean, CMHRP, CTD, CTD measurement, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, All tags... Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay, NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, North America, SBNMS, SEABOSS, SEABed Observation and Sampling System, Stellwagen Bank, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, United States, WHCMSC, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, chemical oceanography, conductivity, depth, environmental chemistry, fluorescence, geoscientificInformation, marine chemistry, ocean salinity, ocean sciences, ocean temperature, oceanographic observations, oceans, salinity, temperature, turbidity, turbidity, water density, Fewer tags