1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System
  3. Dataset 38876

Dataset description: composite_nHatteras_backscatter

4 meter sidescan-sonar GeoTIFF image of inner shelf from Virginia border to Cape Hatteras, NC (composite_nhatt.tif, UTM, Zone 18N, WGS84)
Version1
Keywordssidescan sonar, image mosaics, sea-floor acoustic reflectivity, geospatial datasets, marine geophysics
Data typesSidescan
FormatGeoTIFF;
Amount517 MB

Contacts

Contact
E. Robert Thieler
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Location of materials and files

Public fileshttps://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20111015
Metadatahttps://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/whcmsc/open_file_report/ofr2011-1015/composite_nhatt.xml
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Activities and equipment

ActivityEquipment
1999-045-FASIS1000 Sidescan sonar
Datasonics chirp sidescan-sonar and seismic system
2001-005-FASIS1000 Sidescan sonar
Datasonics chirp sidescan-sonar and seismic system
2002-012-FASIS1000 Sidescan sonar
Datasonics chirp sidescan-sonar and seismic system
2002-013-FASIS1000 Sidescan sonar
Datasonics chirp sidescan-sonar and seismic system

Geometries linked to this dataset

MapNameDescription
Mapnhatt_bathy_backscatterFootprint of bathymetry and backscatter of inner continental shelf north of Cape Hatteras, NC to Virginia border