{"accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["010:12"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Guy Cochrane", "hasEmail": "mailto:gcochrane@usgs.gov"}, "description": "This part of DS 781 presents video observations from cruise S2210MB in northern California. The vector data file is included in \"s2210mb_video_observations.zip,\" which is accessible from http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/781/video_observations/data_catalog_video_observations.html.\nVideo observations from cruise  S2210MB will be published in 24 future Scientific Investigations Maps in the California State Waters Map Series (namely, Offshore of Pigeon Point, Offshore of Scott Creek, Offshore of Santa Cruz, Offshore of Aptos, Monterey Canyon and Vicinity, Offshore of Seaside, Offshore Point Lobos, Offshore of Point Sur map areas).\nIn 2006 and 2009, the seafloor in the Offshore of Pigeon Point, Offshore of Scott Creek, Offshore of Santa Cruz, Offshore of Aptos, Monterey Canyon and Vicinity, Offshore of Seaside, Offshore Point Lobos, Offshore of Point Sur in central California was mapped by California State University, Monterey Bay, Seafloor Mapping Lab (CSUMB) and by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), using both multibeam echosounders and bathymetric sidescan sonar units. These mapping missions combined to collect bathymetry and acoustic-backscatter data from about the 10-m isobath to out beyond the 3-nautical-mile limit of California's State Waters. To validate the interpretations of sonar data in order to turn it into geologically and biologically useful information, the USGS ground-truth surveyed the data by towing camera sleds over specific locations throughout the region. During the 2012 ground-truth cruise, the camera sled housed two video cameras (one forward looking and the other vertical looking), a high-definition video camera, and an 8-megapixel digital still camera. The video was fed in real time to the research vessel, where USGS and NOAA scientists recorded both the geologic and biologic character of the seafloor into programmable keypads once every minute. In addition to recording the seafloor characteristics, a digital still photograph was captured once every 30 seconds. This ArcGIS shape file includes the position of the camera, the time each observation was started, and the visual observations of geologic and biologic habitat.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/781/", "description": "Landing page for access to the data", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "application/http", "title": "Digital Data"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "description": "The metadata original format", "downloadURL": "https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.6104aef3-d23a-41d3-b6a9-a2fd8a8c8ab4.xml", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "text/xml", "title": "Original Metadata"}], "identifier": "http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/USGS_6104aef3-d23a-41d3-b6a9-a2fd8a8c8ab4", "keyword": ["biota", "Aptos", "Northern California", "ecosystem", "USGS:6104aef3-d23a-41d3-b6a9-a2fd8a8c8ab4", "Point Sur", "seabed", "videos", "Coastal and Marine Geology Program", "Monterey Canyon", "Santa Cruz", "U.S. Geological Survey", "Earth Science > Biosphere > Aquatic Ecosystems > Marine Habitat", "Marine Nearshore Subtidal", "underwater photography", "USGS", "photographic sampling", "CMGP", "North Pacific Ocean", "benthic habitat", "video sled observations", "Transform Continental Margin", "sea-floor characteristics", "Scott Creek", "Northern California Ecoregion", "Marine Offshore Subtidal", "Continental/Island Shelf", "geoscientIficinformation", "oceans", "Seaside", "video observation", "Rock Substrate", "Point Lobos", "fisheries", "Pigeon Point", "Unconsolidated Mineral Substrate"], "modified": "2020-10-19T00:00:00Z", "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "U.S. Geological Survey"}, "spatial": "-122.324813, 36.228368, -121.811690, 37.0977058", "theme": ["geospatial"], "title": "S2210MB_video_observations"}