1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System
  3. Dataset 39256

Dataset description: MV_ACK_backscatter_5m

5-m backscatter mosaic from south and west of Martha's Vineyard and north of Nantucket produced from sidescan-sonar and interferometric backscatter datasets
Version1
Keywordssea-floor characteristics, interferometric sonar, sidescan sonar, sea-floor acoustic reflectivity, image collections, marine geophysics, remote sensing
Data typesSidescan, Interferometric
FormatGeoTIFF
Amount8 MB

Contacts

Contact
Elizabeth P Pendleton
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Location of materials and files

Public files
Metadatahttps://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/whcmsc/SB_data_release/DR_P9E9EFNE/MV_ACK_backscatter_5m_meta.xml
Outline - Questions and answers - Text - XML

Activities and equipment

ActivityEquipment
2007-011-FAKlein 3000
Dual frequency sidescan-sonar, 132/445 kHz
2013-003-FASEA 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)
2011-004-FAKlein 3000
Dual frequency sidescan-sonar, 132/445 kHz

Geometries linked to this dataset

MapNameDescription
MapMV_ACK_backscatter_5m_footprintFootprint of 5-m backscatter mosaic from south and west of Martha's Vineyard and north of Nantucket produced from sidescan-sonar and interferometric backscatter datasets