San Francisco Bay Interferometric Side Scan Imagery: Area A

Description

Backscatter imagery data were collected over shallow subtidal areas in the San Francisco Bay estuary system. Bathymetric and acoustic backscatter data were collected simultaneously in 84 survey blocks. Seventy five of these blocks were surveyed with 100% cover of backscatter imagery and nine blocks were surveyed with 50% backscatter coverage. These data were collected as source material for planned benthic habitat mapping. An earlier project had been completed to map the very-shallow subtidal and intertidal areas using optical methods. These mosaics were collected with the Edgetech 6205 sonar system in the San Francisco Bay. For this San Francisco Bay habitat mapping project, seventy-five survey blocks were acquired with the Edgetech 6205 sonar, as these seventy-five areas contained water depths that were predominantly shallower than 20 meters and thus more efficiently mapped using side-scan sonar methods. Original contact information: Contact Name: Jen Eckerle Contact Org: California Ocean Protection Council (OPC) Title: Deputy Director, OPC Phone: 916-653-9416 Email: jen.eckerle@resources.ca.gov

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/47863
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/47863
0 NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page https://coast.noaa.gov
0 NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page https://coast.noaa.gov
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/ocm/dmp/pdf/47863.pdf

Tags

  • san francisco bay
  • edgetech 6205
  • united states of america
  • office of coastal management
  • benthic
  • national ocean service
  • ecosystems
  • biosphere
  • marin county
  • united states
  • continent
  • noaa
  • marine ecosystems
  • north america
  • interferometric side scan imagery
  • contra costa county
  • doc/noaa/nos/ocm
  • california ocean protection council
  • coastal
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • estuary
  • sonoma county
  • california
  • california seafloor mapping program (csmp)
  • san francisco county
  • san mateo county
  • solano county
  • alameda county

Topics

Categories