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The GeoTIFF image of backscatter intensity provides qualitative information on the sediment texture and roughness of the sea floor. Backscatter intensity, a measure of the strength of the acoustic return from the sea floor, is a function of the properties of the surficial sediments and of the bottom roughness. Generally high backscatter intensity (strong return), shown as light gray tones, is associated with rock or coarse-grained sediment, and low backscatter intensity (weak return), shown as dark gray tones, with fine-grained sediments.
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Data format: | GeoTIFF image of backscatter intensity from a multibeam survey of the Atlantic Beach artificial reef compressed in a zip file. in format GeoTIFF (version ArcGIS 9.3) Size: 1.2 |
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https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/599f1b95e4b0e5eb065e3cbc https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/599f1b95e4b0e5eb065e3cbc?name=abreef_backi2m.zip https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/599f1b95e4b0e5eb065e3cbc https://doi.org/10.5066/F7J38RFK |
Data format: | Atlantic Beach artificial reef GeoTIFF image of backscatter intensity data provided through a service definition file in an ArcGIS REST service. in format ArcGIS REST service |
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https://www.sciencebase.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Catalog/599f1b95e4b0e5eb065e3cbc/MapServer https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/599f1b95e4b0e5eb065e3cbc https://doi.org/10.5066/F7J38RFK |
Data format: | Atlantic Beach artificial reef GeoTIFF image of backscatter intensity data provided through a WMS (web mapping service). in format WMS |
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https://www.sciencebase.gov/arcgis/services/Catalog/599f1b95e4b0e5eb065e3cbc/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/599f1b95e4b0e5eb065e3cbc https://doi.org/10.5066/F7J38RFK |
The GeoTIFF image of backscatter intensity and associated metadata from the Atlantic Beach artificial reef survey are available in a zip file (abreef_backi2m.zip). To utilize these data, the user must have software capable of uncompressing the zip file and GIS software capable of displaying a GeoTIFF image.