1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System
  3. Dataset 23997

Dataset description: 2000-005-FA_transit_sss

Georeferenced TIFF images displaying backscatter data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey along the transit between the Madison Swanson and Steamboat Lumps Marine Protected Areas, Gulf of Mexico in 2000 (UTM Zone 16, WGS 84, 5 GeoTIFF images)
Keywordssidescan sonar, image mosaics, sea-floor acoustic reflectivity, geospatial datasets, marine geophysics
Data typesSidescan
FormatTIFF
Comments:
Field Activity Data Release

Contacts

Contact
Kathryn Scanlon Catanach
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Location of materials and files

Public fileshttps://doi.org/10.5066/F7JD4TVC
Metadatahttps://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/whcmsc/field_activities/2000_005_fa/2000-005-FA_transit_sssmeta.xml
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Activities and equipment

ActivityEquipment
2000-005-FASIS1000 Sidescan sonar
Datasonics chirp sidescan-sonar and seismic system

Geometries linked to this dataset

MapNameDescription
Map2000-005-FA_transit_sss_footprintFootprint of georeferenced TIFF images displaying backscatter data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey along the transit between the Madison Swanson and Steamboat Lumps Marine Protected Areas, Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico) in 2000