CRED Simrad em300 multibeam backscatter data of Johnston Atoll, Pacific Remote Island Areas, Central Pacific in GeoTIFF format

Description

Multibeam backscatter imagery extracted from gridded bathymetry of the shelf and slope environments of Johnston Island, Pacific Island Areas, Central Pacific. These data provide coverage between 10 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 5 m grid cell size Simrad em300 multibeam backscatter data only.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/cms/data-by-location/pacific-remote-island-area/johnston-atoll/johnston-atoll-backscatter/

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  • united states of america
  • johnston atoll (16n169w0001)
  • pacific remote island areas
  • oceans
  • 1084-06
  • earth science
  • bathymetry/seafloor topography
  • benthic habitat mapping and characterization - american samoa and pria
  • pria
  • multibeam backscatter
  • central pacific ocean
  • usa minor outlying islands
  • ocean basin
  • acoustic imagery
  • johnston atoll
  • central pacific
  • coris_metadata
  • pacific ocean
  • seafloor topography
  • geographic information
  • country/territory
  • backscatter
  • 2034

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