Acoustic backscatter - Data and Python Code

These data were compiled for investigating the relationship between acoustic backscattering by riverbeds composed of various riverbed substrates (bed sediment), and for developing and testing a probabilistic model for substrate classification based on high-frequency multibeam acoustic backscatter. The model is described in Buscombe et al. (2017). The data consist of various quantities on coincident grids, from various sites along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, including water depth, bed roughness, the area (or footprint) of the acoustic beam, unfiltered and filtered backscatter magnitude, sediment classification (for each location, 1 of 5 sediment classes in a categorical scheme), and the probabilities for...

Categories: Data; Tags: Arizona, Colorado River, Geography, Geomorphology, Glen Canyon, All tags... Grand Canyon, Information Sciences, Marble Canyon, Remote Sensing, Southwestern United States, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, acoustic remote sensing, ecogeomorphology, fluvial geomorphology, fluvial sediment transport, multibeam backscatter, probabilistic modeling, seafloor mapping, stochastic modeling, submerged aquatic vegetation, substrate mapping, Fewer tags

Web Services—Offshore of Gaviota, California

This map is part of a series of online U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) publications, each of which includes several map sheets, some explanatory text, and a descriptive pamphlet. Each map sheet is published as a PDF file. Geographic information system (GIS) files that contain both ESRI2 ArcGIS raster grids (for example, bathymetry, seafloor character) and geotiffs (for example, shaded relief) are also included for each publication. For those who do not own the full suite of ESRI GIS and mapping software, the data can be read using ESRI ArcReader, a free viewer that is available at http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcreader/index.html (last accessed March 27, 2016). Web services, which consist of standard implementations...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: ArcGIS, CSCMP, CSCMP Map Area, CSMP, CSMP Map Area, All tags... California, Seafloor Mapping, Service Definition, Fewer tags

Oregon OCS web services

Approximately 95 square kilometers of area was mapped with multibeam sonar. The survey expanded the extent of mapping data collected by Solmar Hydro Inc. in 2013 under a contract with WindFloat Pacific. When added to the Solmar Hydro data the total area mapped is approximately 140 square kilometers, lying in Federal waters on the shelf offshore of Coos Bay of interest for renewable energy (OCS-P lease blocks 6523, 6524, 6573, 6574, 6623, 6624, 6673, and 6674). Water depths range from 300 to 500 meters and are within the effective depth range of the Reson 7111. The seabed in his area is composed of sand and mud, with rocky outcrops on tectonically uplifted features. The survey was conducted using 12 hour day operations...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: BOEM, Oregon, Outer Continental Shelf, USGS, alternative energy, All tags... backscatter, bathymetry, seafloor mapping, Fewer tags

USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

The St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center is one of three science centers that conduct research within the USGS Coastal and Marine Hazards Research Program. The USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center has a primary focus of investigating processes related to coastal and marine environments and their societal implications related to natural hazards, resource sustainability, and environmental change.

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: barrier islands, benthic habitats, coastal ecosystems, coastal erosion, coastal margins, All tags... coral reefs, estuaries, forecasts and models, natural hazards, ocean resources, sea-level rise, seafloor mapping, sediments, storm impacts, subsidence, wetlands, Fewer tags

Web services Santa Barbara Channel Geohab

This study took place in the Santa Barbara channel region of southern California, USA. The Santa Barbara channel is a well-known biogeographic transition zone and nearshore rocky reefs and kelp forests are home to many important commercial and recreationally fished species. In particular, rockfishes (genus Sebastes) are long-lived, piscivorous reef fishes that are important predators and are both commercially and recreationally fished. Kelp bass (Paralabrax clathratus), another important fish predator makes up a major sport fishery in southern CA. Finally, CA sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher) are predators on grazing urchins and have been shown to exert top down control on kelp forests in the area (Hamilton and...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: BOEM, California, Continental Shelf, Santa Barbara Channel, USGS, All tags... backscatter, bathymetry, energy, marine habitat, seafloor mapping, Fewer tags

Offshore Coal Oil Point Web Services

In 2007, the California Ocean Protection Council initiated the California Seafloor Mapping Program (CSMP), designed to create a comprehensive seafloor map of high-resolution bathymetry, marine benthic habitats, and geology within the 3-nautical-mile limit of California’s State Waters. The CSMP approach is to create highly detailed seafloor maps through collection, integration, interpretation, and visualization of swath sonar data, acoustic backscatter, seafloor video, seafloor photography, high-resolution seismic-reflection profiles, and bottom-sediment sampling data. The map products display seafloor morphology and character, identify potential marine benthic habitats, and illustrate both the surficial seafloor...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: California, Pacific, ocean, seafloor mapping