Dataset description: MGL1109backutm.tif: Multibeam backscatter data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in the Gulf of Alaska in 2011 during cruise MGL1109, 100-meter gridded data in GeoTIFF format, UTM 6 coordinates

This raster dataset represents approximately 69,060 square kilometers of Simrad EM122 multibeam-backscatter data collected in the Gulf of Alaska during U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) cruise MGL1109 aboard the R/V Marcus G. Langseth. The data have been reduced for position, elevation, orientation, water-column sound-speed, and refraction effects.
Version1
Keywordssea-floor characteristics, multibeam sonar, image mosaics, sea-floor acoustic reflectivity, geospatial datasets, marine geophysics
Data typesMultibeam
FormatGeoTIFF;
Amount13 MB

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Activities and equipment

ActivityEquipment
L0911GAmultibeam
Atlas Hydrosweep multibeam-echosounder
2011-034-FA