1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System
  3. Dataset 40109

Dataset description: 2012-024-FA_SWATHPlusTracklines

Survey lines along which swath sonar (bathymetric and backscatter) data were collected in 2012 by the U.S. Geological Survey in the Connecticut River during field activity 2012-024-FA (Polyline Shapefile)
Version1
Keywordssea-floor characteristics, interferometric sonar, sea-floor acoustic reflectivity, navigational data, marine geophysics, bathymetry
Data typesInterferometric
Formatshapefile
Amount<1 MB

Contacts

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Seth Ackerman
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Location of materials and files

Public fileshttps://doi.org/10.5066/F7PG1Q7V
Metadatahttps://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/whcmsc/field_activities/2012_024_fa/2012-024-FA_SWATHPlusTracklines.xml
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Activities and equipment

ActivityEquipment
2012-024-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)

Geometries linked to this dataset

MapNameDescription
Map2012-024-FA_SWATHPlusTracksSimplified survey lines along which swath sonar (bathymetric and backscatter) data were collected in 2012 by the U.S. Geological Survey in the Connecticut River during field activity 2012-024-FA