San Francisco Bay Interferometric Side Scan Imagery: Area B
ca_sfb15_sss_imagery-B-meta
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EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > COASTAL
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > ESTUARY
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CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > CALIFORNIA
Backscatter
California Ocean Protection Council
California Seafloor Mapping Program (CSMP)
Interferometric Sonar
California
Contra Costa County
Marin County
San Francisco County
San Mateo County
Solano County
United States
High resolution sonar data were collected over ultra-shallow areas of the San Francisco Bay estuary system. Bathymetric and acoustic backscatter data were collected simultaneously in 10 survey blocks. All of these blocks were surveyed with 100% cover of backscatter imagery. 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. Interferometric sidescan backscatter data were acquired using a 468 kHz Bathyswath sonar system aboard the RV MacGinitie and RV Kelpfly. Both of these platforms were well suited to acquire data in the very shallow subtidal areas of the bay.
Original contact information:
Contact Name: Jen Eckerle
Contact Org: Ocean Protection Council (OPC)
Title: Deputy Director, Ocean Protection Council
Phone: 916-653-9416
Email: jen.eckerle@resources.ca.gov
Office for Coastal Management
Office for Coastal Management
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/47865
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/37225
northlimit=38.13586;
eastlimit=-122.0462;
southlimit=37.455;
westlimit=-122.5032;
start=2015-03-16;
end=2015-12-12;
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2016