OCNMS SoNAR MOSAIC
Survey HMPR-121-2007-01
A zipped extent shapefile may be obtained here (if you have difficulty, try right click and ‘save target as…’)
Projection: NAD_1983_HARN_StatePlane_Washington_South_FIPS_4602, Units Foot_US
This survey consists of one mosaic. Data is directly downloadable at the following location:
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sidescan sonar mosaic |
Physical Description
These data are side scan sonar mosaics in GeoTiff format. Resolution is 1 Meter.
Projection: WGS_1984_UTM_Zone_10N, Units Meters
This side scan sonar imagery of the sea floor (100-200 m water depths) was mosaiced from acoustic data collected in 2007 aboard the NOAA ship McArthurII. A Klein System 3000 dual frequency side scan system was used for geophysical surveying, using only the 100Khz data to create the mosaic. A Trimble DSM212L differential GPS was used for towfish positioning. Navigation from the GPS was logged in Hypack Max. Isis Sonar (Triton Imaging International) was used to log the digital sonar packets and cable counter data. Sonar data were captured using the 200m range scale setting.
Accuracy of the horizontal coordinates is on the order of 10-30m based on the uncertainty in position of side scan sonar towfish relative to ships gps position. Horizontal layback is more accurate than lateral offsets since any lateral offset in the towfish position (due to side currents) is unaccounted for in the layback calculations.
Ancillary Data
Several survey-specific datasets pertaining to groundtruthing, the survey track, seabed samples, etc are provided on the OCNMS Data Catalog under 121-2007-01.
Derived Data Products
Survey-specific habitat polygons are provided on the OCNMS Data Catalog under 121-2007-01.
Other Useful Information
This page contains content copied from OCNMS’s Data Catalog. Please see their webpage for comprehensive information on OCNMS SoNAR data and data products
Also, see their Benthic Mapping webpage. Overviews of side scan sonar and multibeam sonar are available as well as a comprehensive overview of their benthic mapping program.
A comprehensive citable report pertaining to this specific survey is can be downloaded here in *.pdf format.
Questions? Commemts?
Contact Keven Bennett kbenet@u.washington.edu