Dataset description: hsv_backi12m

Dataset description: hsv_backi12m

GeoTIFF image of the backscatter intensity of the sea floor of the Hudson Shelf Valley (12-m resolution, Mercator, WGS 84)

Keywords	multibeam sonar, image mosaics, sea-floor acoustic reflectivity, geospatial datasets, marine geophysics
Data types	Multibeam
Format	GeoTIFF

Contacts

Contact	Bradford Butman WHSC_data_contact@usgs.gov

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Location of materials and files

Public files	https://doi.org/doi:10.5066/F7C53J1Z
Metadata	https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/whcmsc/SB_data_release/DR_F7C53J1Z/hsv_backi12m.tif_meta.xml Outline - Questions and answers - Text - XML

Activities and equipment

Activity	Equipment
2000-015-FA	Simrad EM 1000 Multibeam echo sounder, 95 kHz, acquires bathymetry and backscatter

Geometries linked to this dataset

Map	Name	Description
Map	HSV_combination_footprint	Footprint of survey area of the Hudson Shelf Valley site in 1996, 1998, and 2000.