CRED Reson 8101 multibeam backscatter data from the lagoon environment at Rose Island, American Samoa, South Pacific with 1 meter resolution in GeoTIFF format

Description

Multibeam backscatter imagery extracted from gridded bathymetry of Rose Island, American Samoa, South Pacific These data provide coverage between 20 and 5000 meters. The backscatter dataset includes data collected using Simrad EM300 and Reson 8101 multibeam sonars. The sonars frequencies are 30 kHz and 240 kHz respectively and the backscatter data from each sonar are processed and gridded separately. These metadata are for the 1 m grid cell size Reson 8101 multibeam backscatter data only.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 pibhmc_amsamoa_rose_backscat.htm http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/pibhmc_amsamoa_rose_backscat.htm

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  • united states of america
  • amsam
  • oceans
  • 1084
  • american samoa
  • pacific
  • rose atoll
  • earth science
  • bathymetry/seafloor topography
  • benthic habitat mapping and characterization - american samoa and pria
  • multibeam backscatter
  • south pacific
  • ocean basin
  • acoustic imagery
  • rose atoll (14s168w0001)
  • coris_metadata
  • pacific ocean
  • seafloor topography
  • geographic information
  • country/territory
  • backscatter
  • south pacific ocean

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