CRED Simrad em300 multibeam backscatter data from the banktop and slope environments of Northeast Bank ("Muli" Seamount), American Samoa with 5 meter resolution in GeoTIFF format

Description

Multibeam backscatter imagery extracted from gridded bathymetry of Northeast Bank ("Muli" Seamount), American Samoa. These data provide coverage between 50 and 5000 meters. The backscatter dataset includes data collected using Simrad EM300 and Simrad EM3002d multibeam sonars. The sonars frequencies are 30 kHz and 300 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.

Resources

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

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  • united states of america
  • american samoa (14s170w0000)
  • northeast bank
  • amsam
  • oceans
  • 1084
  • american samoa
  • pacific
  • earth science
  • bathymetry/seafloor topography
  • benthic habitat mapping and characterization - american samoa and pria
  • muli seamount
  • multibeam backscatter
  • south pacific
  • ocean basin
  • acoustic imagery
  • coris_metadata
  • pacific ocean
  • seafloor topography
  • geographic information
  • country/territory
  • backscatter
  • south pacific ocean

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