Dataset description: shreef_backi2m

Dataset description: shreef_backi2m

GeoTIFF image of the backscatter intensity of the sea floor of the Sandy Hook artificial reef (2-m resolution, Mercator, WGS 84)

Keywords	sea-floor characteristics, multibeam sonar, image mosaics, sea-floor acoustic reflectivity, marine geology, marine geophysics
Data types	Multibeam
Format	GeoTIFF
Amount	3 MB

Contacts

Contact	Bradford Butman WHSC_data_contact@usgs.gov

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Location of materials and files

Public files	https://doi.org/10.5066/F74F1PNH https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/59b2b96ae4b020cdf7dc1416
Metadata	https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/whcmsc/SB_data_release/DR_F74F1PNH/shreef_backi2m.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	shreef_mos_footprint	Footprint of mosaic of the sea floor of the Sandy Hook artificial reef.