Dataset description: Swath bathymetry data collected in the Cache Slough Complex and the Sacramento River Deep Water Ship Channel

Bathymetry data were collected during a 2018 swath survey in the Cache Slough Complex and the Sacramento River Deep Water Ship Channel, California. Data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) during USGS field activity 2018-684-FA, using interferometric bathymetric sidescan sonar systems mounded to the USGS R/V San Lorenzo and the R/V Kelpfly. The bathymetry data and a shaded-relief version are provided as GeoTIFF images.
Version1
Keywordssea-floor characteristics, multibeam sonar, geospatial datasets, marine geophysics, bathymetry, bathymetry measurement
Data typesInterferometric
FormatGeoTIFF;
Amount20.7 MB

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Activities and equipment

ActivityEquipment
2018-684-FASWATH plus-M
A Phase Measuring Bathymetric Sonar (PMBS) also known as an Interferometric Sidescan Sonar (ISS) with a frequency of 234.5 kHz.