Description
Single-beam bathymetry data along with DGPS navigation data was collected as part of field activity K-1-79-AR in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, Arctic Ocean from 07/23/1979 to 08/20/1979, http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/k/k179ar/html/k-1-79-ar.meta.html
The geophysical source was a Knudsen 12 kHz 320B/R echosounder.
These data are reformatted from space-delimited ASCII text files located in the Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP) InfoBank field activity catalog at http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/k/k179ar/html/k-1-79-ar.bath.html into MGD77T format provided by the NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center(NGDC). The MGD77T format includes a header (documentation) file (.h77t) and a data file (.m77t). More information regarding this format can be found in the publication listed in the Cross_reference section of this metadata file.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Metadata | XML | The metadata original format | Open resource |
| Digital Data | XML | Landing page for access to the data | Open resource |
Tags
- ak
- alaska
- arctic
- arctic-ocean
- bathymetry
- bathymetry-and-elevation
- bathymetry-measurement
- beaufort-sea
- distributions
- geoscientificinformation
- marine-geology
- marine-geophysics
- oceans
- prudhoe-bay-alaska-arctic-ocean
- seafloor-topography
- single-beam-echo-sounder
- usgs-a907e3ae-46cf-4d9a-bdde-86fecfc01f1b
- water-depth