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  5. MGL1109backsgeo.xyb: Multibeam backscatter data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in the Gulf of Alaska in 2011 during cruise MGL1109, 100-meter gridded data in XYB (longitude, latitude, backscatter) format, geographic coordinate system

MGL1109backsgeo.xyb: Multibeam backscatter data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in the Gulf of Alaska in 2011 during cruise MGL1109, 100-meter gridded data in XYB (longitude, latitude, backscatter) format, geographic coordinate system

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2011-06-03
End Date
2011-06-25

Citation

Barth, G.A., Baldwin, W.E., Reece, R.S., Gulick, S.S., Danforth, W.W., and Wong, F.L., 2022, Multibeam bathymetry and acoustic backscatter from the Alaskan region, Extended Continental Shelf Project, 2011 field season: Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7HM56HK.

Summary

This raster dataset represents approximately 69,060 square kilometers of Simrad EM122 multibeam-backscatter data collected in the Gulf of Alaska during U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) cruise MGL1109 aboard the R/V Marcus G. Langseth. The data have been reduced for position, elevation, orientation, water-column sound-speed, and refraction effects.

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Originator :
Ginger Barth, Wayne E Baldwin, Robert S Reece, Sean S Gulick, William W Danforth, Florence L Wong
Metadata Contact :
PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS Mission Area :
Natural Hazards
SDC Data Owner :
Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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Purpose

In June 2011, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducted a research cruise in the Gulf of Alaska aboard the R/V Marcus G. Langseth (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University) as part of the U.S. Extended Continental Shelf Project. The mission focused primarily on obtaining geophysical data (multichannel and CHIRP seismic reflection, ocean bottom seismometry, multibeam bathymetry, sonobuoy, XBT and XCTD) for the purposes of determining geologic framework, crustal nature, and sediment thickness in support of delineating the U.S. Extended Continental Shelf under provisions contained in Article 76 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
MGL1109 acoustic backscatter, Gulf of Alaska
MGL1109 acoustic backscatter, Gulf of Alaska

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