Dataset description: Acoustic-backscatter data

These metadata describe acoustic-backscatter data collected during an October 2016 multibeam-echosounder survey of the northern portion of the Santa Barbara Channel, California. Data were collected and processed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center (PCMSC) with fieldwork activity number 2016-666-FA. The acoustic-backscatter data are provided as a GeoTIFF image.

Version	1
Keywords	sea-floor characteristics, multibeam sonar, image mosaics, sea-floor acoustic reflectivity, geospatial datasets, marine geophysics
Data types	Multichannel
Format	GeoTIFF;
Amount	6.3 MB

Contacts

Contact	Peter Dartnell PCMSC_data@usgs.gov

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Location of materials and files

Public files	https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/5ebedb5b82ce476925e5dfae https://https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5ebedb5b82ce476925e5dfae https://doi.org/10.5066/P9W449LP
Metadata	https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/pcmsc/DataReleases/ScienceBase/DR_P9W449LP/2016-666-FA_backscatter_metadata.xml Outline - Questions and answers - Text - XML

Activities and equipment

Activity	Equipment
2016-666-FA	multichannel airgun