Dataset description: hc_rb_backi

Dataset description: hc_rb_backi

GeoTIFF image of the backscatter intensity of the sea floor of the Hudson Canyon region (100-m resolution, Mercator, WGS 84)

Keywords	sea-floor characteristics, multibeam sonar, sea-floor acoustic reflectivity, marine geology, marine geophysics, ocean sciences
Data types	Multibeam
Format	GeoTIFF
Amount	2 MB

Contacts

Contact	Bradford Butman WHSC_data_contact@usgs.gov

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Location of materials and files

Public files	https://doi.org/10.5066/F77H1GSF https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/58fa5e29e4b0b7ea54525621
Metadata	https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/whcmsc/SB_data_release/DR_F77H1GSF/hc_rb_backi.tif_meta.xml Outline - Questions and answers - Text - XML

Activities and equipment

Activity	Equipment
2002-050-FA	SeaBeam 2112 Multibeam echosounder, 12 kHz, collects bathymetry and backscatter

Geometries linked to this dataset

Map	Name	Description
Map	2002-050-FA_footprint_geojson	Footprint of the Hudson Canyon survey on 2002-050-FA.