Dataset description: Multibeam acoustic-backscatter data

These metadata describe acoustic-backscatter collected during a 2015 multibeam echosounder survey near Cross Sound, southeast Alaska. The acoustic-backscatter data are provided as a GeoTIFF.
Version1
Keywordssea-floor characteristics, multibeam sonar, image mosaics, sea-floor acoustic reflectivity, geospatial datasets, marine geophysics
Data typesMultibeam
FormatGeoTIFF;
Amount36 MB

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Activities and equipment

ActivityEquipment
2015-629-FAReson 7111
The SeaBat 7111 produces bathymetry data suitable for the generation of high resolution hydrographic charts exceeding international standards in water depths from 3 to 1000m. Operating at 100kHz, the system forms 101, 201 high-density, equi-angle or 301 equi-distant beams to cover a total receive sector of 150°. The system is pitch stabilized. The SeaBat 7111 transducer array is comprised of a cylindrical receive array and a linear transmitter array, mounted together on a support cradle that provides mounting points to the vessel. Lightweight and portable, the array can be installed temporarily over the side of a vessel of opportunity a first for a system in this frequency range.