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Data Series 917

Archive of Sidescan Sonar and Swath Bathymetry Data Collected During USGS Cruise 13CCT04 Offshore of Petit Bois Island, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Mississippi, August 2014

Index
Abstract
Introduction
Survey Overview and Acquisition
Data Processing
Error Analysis
Survey Products
Data Downloads
Logs
Abbreviations
References Cited
 

Survey Products


The images here are representations of the survey tracklines (figs. 2), DEM map product (fig. 5), and the interferometric backscatter map (fig. 6 and 7), and DEM grid error (fig. 8). The data files are available for download from the Data Downloads page.

TRACKLINES     BATHYMETRY
Image of swath bathymetry and sidescan sonar tracklines for the 2013 survey offshore of Petit Bois Island, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Mississippi..
Figure 2.  Swath bathymetry and sidescan sonar tracklines for the 2013 geophysical survey offshore of Petit Bois Island, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Mississippi. [Click to enlarge].
  Image of the 50-meter grid of 2013 bathymetry offshore of Petit Bois Island, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Mississippi.
Figure 7.  50-meter digital elevation model for the 2013 geophysical survey offshore of Petit Bois Island, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Mississippi. [Click to enlarge.]
Image of swath bathymetry tracklines for 2013 geophysical survey off shore of Petit Bois Island, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Mississippi.
Figure 5. Interferometric backscatter from the swath system for the 2013 geophysical survey offshore of Petit Bois Island, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Mississippi. [Click to enlarge]
  Error values representing the difference between the bathymetry digital elevation model (DEM) at each sample point. White symbols represent acceptable system error of <0.000501 meters. Island area extent is derived from USGS lidar data collected in February 2012.
Figure 6. Sidescan sonar acoustic backscatter from the Klein 3900 for the 2013 geophysical survey offshore of Petit Bois Island, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Mississippi. [Click to enlarge]
Error values representing the difference between the digital elevation model and the value at each sample point. White symbols represent acceptable system error of +/-0.250 meters.Figure 8. Error values representing the difference between the digital elevation model and the value at each sample point. White symbols represent acceptable system error of +/-0.250 meters. [Click to enlarge.]

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