Title: Color-shaded relief GeoTIFF image of interferometric sonar data collected by the USGS within Red Brook Harbor, MA, 2009 (RB_BathyShadedRelief_1m, 1-meter cell size)
Abstract:these data were collected under a cooperative agreement with the massachusetts office of coastal zone management czm and the u s geological survey usgs woods hole coastal and marine science center whc...these data were collected under a cooperative agreement with the massachusetts office of coastal zone management czm and the u s geological survey usgs woods hole coastal and marine science center whcmsc initiated in 2003 the primary objective of this program is to develop regional geologic framework information for the management of coastal and marine resources accurate data and maps of sea floor geology are important first steps toward protecting fish habitat delineating marine resources and assessing environmental changes due to natural or human impacts the project is focused on the inshore waters 5 30 m deep of massachusetts between the new hampshire border and cape cod bay data collected for the mapping cooperative have been released in a series of usgs open file reports http woodshole er usgs gov project pages coastal_mass this is the spatial dataset for the red brook harbor survey area within buzzards bay massachusetts these data are the results of a high resolution geophysical bathymetry backscatter intensity and seismic reflection and ground validation sediment samples and bottom photographs survey conducted in 2009 in addition to inclusion within the usgs czm geologic mapping effort these red brook harbor data will be used to assess the shallow water mapping capability of the geophysical systems deployed for this project with an emphasis on identifying resolution benchmarks for the interferometric sonar system http woodshole er usgs gov operations ia public_ds_info php fa 2009 018 faRead More
Publication Year: 2017
Publication Date: 2017-01-01
Language: en
Type: dataset
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