20-arc-minute images of Pliocene topography

Metadata:


Identification_Information:
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1992
Currentness_Reference: publication date of source data

Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
The image given condenses the original, 16-bit data into classes defined below (see Attribute_Definition). This tends to alter any errors in the original depth values, generally making the errors less visible.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
Please refer to documentation of the source data, ETOPO5 and TBASE. Because the 20-minute gridded data subsume more spatial variability in elevation and bathymetry, these data better represent true topography.
Completeness_Report: Please refer to documentation of the source data, ETOPO5 and TBASE.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Please refer to documentation of the source data, ETOPO5 and TBASE. Because the 20-minute gridded data are arranged on a coarser grid than the original 5-minute data, and the registration error and bias in the original data are smoothed somewhat at this coarser scale, fidelity with ground conditions is improved.

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster
Raster_Object_Information:
Raster_Object_Type: Pixel
Row_Count: 540
Column_Count: 1080

Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution: 20
Longitude_Resolution: 20
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal minutes

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: Pixel
Entity_Type_Definition: Pixel in the image
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: self-evident
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Pixel value
Attribute_Definition:
Pixel values are obtained through a look-up table that relates the original source data, 2-byte integers representing elevation or bathymetry in meters above or below sea-level, to color. The mapping is designed to emphasize the extreme estimates of sea-level rise and fall since the mid-Pliocene. The mapping is made using the following algorithm.
if depth < -5000 then color = 0x00 0x00 0x00
if depth < -4000 then color = 0x00 0x00 0x1F
if depth < -3000 then color = 0x00 0x00 0x3F
if depth < -2000 then color = 0x00 0x00 0x5F
if depth < -1000 then color = 0x00 0x00 0x7F
if depth <  -120 then color = 0x00 0x00 0x9F
if depth <     0 then color = 0x00 0x9F 0xFF
if depth <    35 then color = 0x00 0x7F 0x00
if depth <    60 then color = 0x00 0xBF 0x00
if depth <   500 then color = 0x00 0xFF 0x00
if depth <  1000 then color = 0xFF 0xFF 0x00
if depth <  2000 then color = 0xFF 0xDF 0x00
if depth <  3000 then color = 0xFF 0xBF 0x00
if depth <  4000 then color = 0xFF 0x9F 0x00
if depth <  5000 then color = 0xFF 0x7F 0x00
if depth <  6000 then color = 0xFF 0x5F 0x00
if depth <  7000 then color = 0xFF 0x3F 0x00
if depth <  8000 then color = 0xFF 0x1F 0x00
if depth < 32767 then color = 0xFF 0x00 0x00
Attribute_Definition_Source:
The program used to create the images is given in source code at <URL:http://geochange.er.usgs.gov/pub/data/sea_level/Core/raw/src/color_topo.c> The data describing the color mapping is given in <URL:http://geochange.er.usgs.gov/pub/data/sea_level/Core/raw/pliocene/images/chg.bins>
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 31
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: None; the values are indices into a color look-up table.

Distribution_Information:
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: GIF
Transfer_Size: 0.073
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name: <URL:http://geochange.er.usgs.gov/pub/data/sea_level/Core/raw/pliocene/images/chg20e.gif>
Network_Resource_Name: <URL:http://geochange.er.usgs.gov/pub/data/sea_level/Core/raw/pliocene/images/chg20t.gif>
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: PICT
Transfer_Size: 0.15
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name: <URL:http://geochange.er.usgs.gov/pub/data/sea_level/Core/raw/pliocene/images/chg20e.pict>
Network_Resource_Name: <URL:http://geochange.er.usgs.gov/pub/data/sea_level/Core/raw/pliocene/images/chg20t.pict>

Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Lineage:
Record_Identifier_Type: URL
Record_Combine_Method: Replace
Parent_Record: <URL:http://geochange.er.usgs.gov/pub/data/sea_level/Contents/FGDCmeta>

Generated by mp on Mon Oct 28 09:52:19 1996