Cape Fear River, NC (S050) Bathymetric Digital Elevation Model (30 meter resolution) Derived From Source Hydrographic Survey Soundings Collected by NOAA

Description

Bathymetry for the Cape Fear River was derived from seven surveys containing 34,390 soundings. No surveys were omitted. The average separation between soundings was 54 meters. One survey in the south dated from 1934. The remaining six surveys dated from 1970 to 1975. The total range of sounding data was 1.0 meters to -17.3 meters at mean low water. Mean high water values of 1.2 or 1.3 meters were assigned to the shoreline. Five points were found that were not consistent with the surrounding data. These were removed prior to tinning. DEM grid values outside the shoreline (on land) were assigned null values (-32676). The Cape Fear River has seven 7.5 minute DEMs and four one degree DEMs. The 1 degree DEMs were generated from the higher resolution 7.5 minute DEMs which covered the estuary. A Digital Elevation Model (DEM) contains a series of elevations ordered from south to north with the order of the columns from west to east. The DEM is formatted as one ASCII header record (A- record), followed by a series of profile records (B- records) each of which include a short B-record header followed by a series of ASCII integer elevations (typically in units of 1 centimeter) per each profile. The last physical record of the DEM is an accuracy record (C-record). The 7.5-minute DEM (30- by 30-m data spacing) is cast on the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection. It provides coverage in 7.5- by 7.5-minute blocks. Each product provides the same coverage as a standard USGS 7.5-minute quadrangle but the DEM contains over edge data. Coverage is available for many estuaries of the contiguous United States but is not complete.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Download a subset of the NetCDF https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/thredds/ncss/regional/cape_fear_river_s050_30m.nc/dataset.html
32 NetCDF Markup Language file https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/thredds/ncml/regional/cape_fear_river_s050_30m.nc?catalog=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ngdc.noaa.gov%2Fthredds%2Fcatalog%2Fregional%2Fcatalog.html&dataset=regionalDatasetScan%2Fcape_fear_river_s050_30m.nc
0 text search https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/bathymetry/estuarine
0 map search https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/bathymetry/estuarine
50 Web Coverage Service GetCapabilities https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/thredds/wcs/regional/cape_fear_river_s050_30m.nc?service=WCS&version=1.0.0&request=GetCapabilities
52 Web Map Service GetCapabilities https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/thredds/wms/regional/cape_fear_river_s050_30m.nc?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities
21 OPeNDAP Dataset Access Form https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/thredds/dodsC/regional/cape_fear_river_s050_30m.nc.html
32 Download NetCDF File https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/thredds/fileServer/regional/cape_fear_river_s050_30m.nc

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  • cape fear river
  • bathymetry
  • oceans
  • nc
  • north carolina
  • 1 meter - < 10 meters
  • coastal elevation
  • 1 meter - < 30 meters
  • earth science
  • bathymetry/seafloor topography
  • gridded elevations
  • coastal relief
  • water depth
  • coastal processes
  • seafloor topography

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