Dataset description: FI_Bathy5m

Dataset description: FI_Bathy5m

5-meter swath bathymetric grid collected by the USGS offshore of Fire Island, NY in 2011 (UTM zone 18N, WGS 84, Esri binary grid file format).

Keywords	sea-floor characteristics, interferometric sonar, geospatial datasets, marine geophysics, bathymetry
Data types	Interferometric
Format	Esri binary grid

Contacts

Contact	William C Schwab WHSC_data_contact@usgs.gov

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Location of materials and files

Public files	https://doi.org/10.5066/F75X2704
Metadata	https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/whcmsc/field_activities/2011_005_fa/fi_bathy5m.xml Outline - Questions and answers - Text - XML

Activities and equipment

Activity	Equipment
2011-005-FA	SEA SWATHplus-M 234 kHz SWATHplus is a pole-mounted swath bathymetry sonar that can achieve swath widths of ~5 times the water depth. Owned by Woods Hole and Santa Cruz. (wh-sfm)

Geometries linked to this dataset

Map	Name	Description
Map	2011-005-FA_fi_bathy_seis_sonar_footprint	Footprint of 5-meter swath bathymetric grid collected by the U.S. Geological Survey offshore of Fire Island, NY in 2011. Also applies the the 10 m bathymetry as well as the seismic interpreted horizons and the sonar mosaic.