CRED Simrad em300 multibeam backscatter data from shelf and slope environments at Howland Island, Pacific Remote Island Areas, Central Pacific in netCDF format
Description
Multibeam backscatter imagery extracted from gridded bathymetry of Howland Island, Pacific Remote Island Areas, Central Pacific. These data provide coverage between 8 and 3800 meters. The backscatter dataset includes data collected using Simrad EM300, Simrad EM3002d, and Reson 8101 multibeam sonars. The sonars frequencies are 30 kHz, 300 kHz, and 240 kHz respectively and the backscatter data from each sonar are processed and gridded separately. These metadata are for the 5 m grid cell size Simrad em300 multibeam backscatter data only.