Dataset description: April 2016 bathymetry (WGS84) of Coyote Creek and Alviso Slough, South San Francisco Bay, California

1-m resolution bathymetry collected in Coyote Creek and Alviso Slough in April 2016. Projection = UTM, zone 10 in meters, Horizontal Datum = WGS84(G1150), Elevations relative to the WGS84 Ellipsoid, all units in meters. The surveys extend east from Calaveras Point along Coyote Creek to the railroad bridge, along Alviso Slough to the town of Alviso (just over 7 km), and along the 3.7 km of Guadalupe Slough closest to the San Francisco Bay, California.

Version	1
Keywords	interferometric sonar, sidescan sonar, digital elevation models, GPS measurement, bathymetry, bathymetry measurement
Data types	Interferometric
Format	ESRI ASCII Raster
Amount	206 MB

Contacts

Contact	Amy Foxgrover PCMSC_data@usgs.gov

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Location of materials and files

Public files	https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20111315 http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1315/
Metadata	https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/pcmsc/SeriesReports/OFR/OFR_2011-1315/Apr16_bathy_WGS84_metadata.xml Outline - Questions and answers - Text - XML

Activities and equipment

Activity	Equipment
2016-628-FA	SWATH plus-M A Phase Measuring Bathymetric Sonar (PMBS) also known as an Interferometric Sidescan Sonar (ISS) with a frequency of 234.5 kHz.