1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System
  3. Dataset 38132

Dataset description: 201406_Ground_Based_XYZ.zip

Ground-based XYZ point data
Data typesSingle Beam
Formatcomma-delimited text;
Amount304 KB

Contacts

Contact
Timothy R Nelson
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Location of materials and files

Public fileshttps://doi.org/10.3133/ds1007
Metadatahttps://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/spcmsc/DS1007_201406_Ground_Based_XYZ.xml
Outline - Questions and answers - Text - XML

Activities and equipment

ActivityEquipment
2014-303-FASinglebeam Echosounder
A singlebeam echosounder is a widely used hydrographic instrument for measuring water depth by sending a single acoustic pulse directly downward and recording the time it takes for the echo to return from the seabed.