1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System
  3. Dataset 41043

Dataset description: Acoustic Backscatter of the Sacramento River, from the Feather River to Knights Landing, California in February 2011

This part of the data release presents acoustic backscatter data collected on February 1, 2011, in the Sacramento River from the confluence of the Feather River to Knights Landing. The data were collected by the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center (PCMSC) team with collaboration and funding from the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers. This project used interferometric sidescan sonar to characterize the riverbed and channel banks along a 12 mile reach of the Sacramento River, California (River Mile 79 through River Mile 91) to aid in the understanding of fish response to the creation of safe habitat associated with levee restoration efforts in two 1.5 mile reaches of the Sacramento River between River Mile 80 and 86.
Version1
Keywordssea-floor characteristics, real-time monitoring and reporting, interferometric sonar, sidescan sonar, digital elevation models, sea-floor acoustic reflectivity, bathymetry
Data typesMultibeam, Interferometric
FormatGeoTIFF;
Amount1015.40 MB

Contacts

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Location of materials and files

Public files
Metadatahttps://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/pcmsc/DataReleases/ScienceBase/DR_F72B8W65/SacRiv2011_bscat_nad83u10.xml
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Activities and equipment

ActivityEquipment
S0311CASWATHplus 234.5kHz
interferometric sidescan