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Open-File Report 2013–1225

Bathymetry and Acoustic Backscatter—Estero Bay, California

By Stephen R. Hartwell, David P. Finlayson, Peter Dartnell, and Samuel Y. Johnson

Abstract

Between July 30 and August 9, 2012, scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center (PCMSC), acquired bathymetry and acoustic-backscatter data from Estero Bay, San Luis Obispo, California, under PCMSC Field Activity ID S-05-12-SC.

The survey was done using the R/V Parke Snavely outfitted with a multibeam sonar for swath mapping and highly accurate position and orientation equipment for georeferencing. This report provides these data in a number of different formats, as well as a summary of the mapping mission, maps of bathymetry and backscatter, and Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) metadata.

First posted December 5, 2013

For additional information, contact:
Contact Information, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
U.S. Geological Survey
Pacific Science Center
400 Natural Bridges Drive
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/


Suggested citation:

Hartwell, S.R., Finlayson, D.P., Dartnell, Peter, and Johnson, S.Y., 2013, Bathymetry and Acoustic Backscatter—Estero Bay, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013–1225, http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20131225.

ISSN 2331-1258 (online)



Contents

Abstract

Survey Outline

Geodetic Control

Data Processing

Survey Results

Data Tables

Figures

Acknowledgments

References

Appendix


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