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Short Citation
Office for Coastal Management, 2025: San Francisco Bay Interferometric Bathymetry: Area B, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/47864.
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Abstract

High resolution sonar data were collected over ultra-shallow areas of the San Francisco Bay estuary system. Bathymetric and acoustic backscatter data were collected simultaneously in 10 survey blocks. All of these blocks were surveyed with 100% cover of backscatter imagery. These data were collected as source material for planned benthic habitat mapping. An earlier project had been completed to map the very-shallow subtidal and intertidal areas using optical methods. Interferometric sidescan bathymetry data were acquired using a 468 kHz Bathyswath sonar system aboard the RV MacGinitie and RV Kelpfly. Both of these platforms were well suited to acquire data in the very shallow subtidal areas of the bay.

Original contact information:

Contact Name: Jen Eckerle

Contact Org: Ocean Protection Council (OPC)

Title: Deputy Director, Ocean Protection Council

Phone: 916-653-9416

Email: jen.eckerle@resources.ca.gov

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To be determined by the California Ocean Protection Council (OPC) and its contracting research partners. These data depict the existing condition of the seafloor at the time of survey and should be considered only accurate for that time. Acknowledgment of the California Ocean Protection Council (OPC) would be appreciated in any publications or derived products.

Controlled Theme Keywords

BENTHIC, COASTAL, elevation, ESTUARY, geoscientificInformation, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, oceans

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Contact Information

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NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
coastal.info@noaa.gov
(843) 740-1202
https://coast.noaa.gov

Metadata Contact
NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
coastal.info@noaa.gov
(843) 740-1202
https://coast.noaa.gov

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Geographic Area 1

-122.5032° W, -122.0462° E, 38.13586° N, 37.455° S

Time Frame 1
2015-03-16 - 2015-12-12