Dataset description: Acoustic backscatter data from USGS Field Activity S-8-08-SC, northern Santa Barbara Channel, southern California

Acoustic backscatter data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in July 2008 in the northern Santa Barbara Channel in southern California. Data were collected aboard the R/V Parke Snavely, during USGS Field Activity S-9-08-SC, using a bathymetric sidescan system.

Version	1
Keywords	sea-floor characteristics, multibeam sonar, sea-floor acoustic reflectivity, geospatial datasets, marine geophysics
Data types	Multibeam
Format	Esri grid format
Amount	197 MB

Contacts

Contact	Peter Dartnell PCMSC_data@usgs.gov

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Location of materials and files

Public files	https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1289/data/backscXYZ.zip https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1289/data.html https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20091289 https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1289/data/backscTIFF.zip https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1289/data.html https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20091289 https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1289/data/backscASC.zip https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1289/data.html https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20091289
Metadata	https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/pcmsc/SeriesReports/OFR/OFR_2009-1289/S-8-08-SC_backscatter_metadata.xml Outline - Questions and answers - Text - XML

Public files

https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1289/data/backscXYZ.zip

https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1289/data.html

https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20091289

https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1289/data/backscTIFF.zip

https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1289/data.html

https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20091289

https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1289/data/backscASC.zip

https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1289/data.html

https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20091289

Metadata

https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/pcmsc/SeriesReports/OFR/OFR_2009-1289/S-8-08-SC_backscatter_metadata.xml