Bathymetry and acoustic backscatter: Northern Santa Barbara Channel, Southern California
Open-File Report
2009-1289
By: Pete Dartnell, David Finlayson, Jamie Conrad, Guy Cochrane, and Samuel Johnson
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Abstract
In the summer of 2008, as part of the California Seafloor Mapping Program (CSMP) the U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology mapped a nearshore region of the northern Santa Barbara Channel in Southern California (fig 1). The CSMP is a cooperative partnership between Federal and State agencies, Universities, and Industry to create a comprehensive coastal/marine geologic and habitat basemap series to support the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) inititive. The program is supported by the California Ocean Protection Council and the California Coastal Conservancy.
The 2008 mapping collected high resolution bathymetry and acoustic backscatter data using a bathymetric side scan system within State waters from about the 10-m isobath out over 3-nautical miles. This Open-File 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 FGDC metadata.
Study Area
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Bathymetry and acoustic backscatter: Northern Santa Barbara Channel, Southern California |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 2009-1289 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr20091289 |
| Year Published | 2009 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Contributing office(s) | Coastal and Marine Geology Program |
| Description | HTML Document |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Other Geospatial | northern Santa Barbara Channel |
| Google Analytic Metrics | Metrics page |