1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System
  3. Dataset 39889

Dataset description: 14BIM03_SBB_xyz.zip

Single-beam soundings – R/V Chum Bucket
Data typesSingle Beam
FormatASCII
Amount29 MB

Location of materials and files

Public fileshttp://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds1005
Metadatahttps://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/spcmsc/14BIM03_SBB_xyz_metadata.xml
Outline - Questions and answers - Text - XML

Activities and equipment

ActivityEquipment
2014-314-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.