CRED Simrad em3002d multibeam backscatter data from the banktop and bank edge environments at Tutuila, American Samoa, South Pacific with 1 meter resolution in GeoTIFF format

Description

Multibeam backscatter imagery extracted from gridded bathymetry of Tutuila, American Samoa, South Pacific These data provide coverage between 20 and 5000 meters. The backscatter dataset includes data collected using Simrad EM3002d and Reson 8101 multibeam sonars. The sonars frequencies are 300 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 Simrad em3002d multibeam backscatter data only.

Resources

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

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  • united states of america
  • amsam
  • tutuila island (14s170w0016)
  • oceans
  • 1084
  • american samoa
  • pacific
  • earth science
  • bathymetry/seafloor topography
  • benthic habitat mapping and characterization - american samoa and pria
  • multibeam backscatter
  • south pacific
  • ocean basin
  • acoustic imagery
  • tutuila island
  • coris_metadata
  • pacific ocean
  • seafloor topography
  • geographic information
  • country/territory
  • backscatter
  • south pacific ocean

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