Dataset description: 2016-017-FA_SWATHplusTracklines

Dataset description: 2016-017-FA_SWATHplusTracklines

Survey lines along which swath sonar (bathymetric and backscatter) data were collected in 2016 by the U.S. Geological Survey off Town Neck Beach Sandwich, Massachusetts during field activity 2016-017-FA

Keywords	interferometric sonar, navigational data, marine geophysics, bathymetry
Data types	Interferometric
Format	shapefile
Amount	< 1 MB

Contacts

Contact	Seth Ackerman WHSC_data_contact@usgs.gov

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Location of materials and files

Public files	https://doi.org/10.5066/P9HZHXXV https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5c926dc2e4b0938824573d59
Metadata	https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/whcmsc/SB_data_release/DR_P9HZHXXV/2016-017-FA_SWATHplusTracklines_meta.xml Outline - Questions and answers - Text - XML

Activities and equipment

Activity	Equipment
2016-017-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	2016-017-FA_SWATHplusTracklines	Simplified survey lines along which interferometric sonar (bathymetric and backscatter) data were collected in 2016 by the U.S. Geological Survey off Town Neck Beach in Sandwich, Massachusetts, during field activity 2016-017-FA