1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System
  3. Dataset 40613

Dataset description: Acoustic-backscatter data for Santa Cruz Harbor, California

1-m resolution acoustic-backscatter data were collected during a January 2022 SWATHPlus survey in and near the Santa Cruz harbor, California. Data were collected and processed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center (PCMSC) with fieldwork activity number 2022-609-FA. The 1-m acoustic-backscatter data are provided as a GeoTIFF file.
Version1
Keywordssea-floor characteristics, sonar methods, sea-floor acoustic reflectivity, geospatial datasets, marine geophysics
Data typesInterferometric
FormatGeoTIFF
Amount1.1 MB

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Location of materials and files

Public fileshttps://doi.org/10.5066/P9IY4ZEK
Metadatahttps://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/pcmsc/DataReleases/CMGDS_DR_tool/DR_P9IY4ZEK/SCharbor_1m_backscatter_NAD83_metadata.xml
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Activities and equipment

ActivityEquipment
2022-609-FASWATH plus-M
A Phase Measuring Bathymetric Sonar (PMBS) also known as an Interferometric Sidescan Sonar (ISS) with a frequency of 234.5 kHz.