1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System
  3. Dataset 38328

Dataset description: fire_backi3m

GeoTIFF image of the backscatter intensity of the sea floor offshore of Fire Island Inlet, New York, in 1998 (3-m resolution, Mercator, WGS 84)
Keywordsmultibeam sonar, image mosaics, sea-floor acoustic reflectivity, geospatial datasets, marine geophysics
Data typesMultibeam
FormatGeoTIFF

Contacts

Contact
Bradford Butman
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Location of materials and files

Public fileshttps://doi.org/10.5066/F7Z899GG
Metadatahttps://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/whcmsc/SB_data_release/DR_F7Z899GG/fire_backi3m_meta.xml
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Activities and equipment

ActivityEquipment
1998-015-FASimrad EM 1000
Multibeam echo sounder, 95 kHz, acquires bathymetry and backscatter

Geometries linked to this dataset

MapNameDescription
Map1998-015_fireisland_footprintFootprint for the Fire Island mosaic