GeoTIFF image of the backscatter intensity of the sea floor of the Sandy Hook artificial reef (2-m resolution, Mercator, WGS 84)

• Main Authors: U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2017
• Subjects: backscatter intensity; GeoTIFF image; multibeam; sea floor mapping; Simrad EM1000; Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) ship Frederick G. Creed; WHCMSC field activity 2000-015-FA; Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC); U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE); USACE New York District; Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP); U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); Canadian Hydrographic Service; University of New Brunswick; oceans; geoscientificInformation; imageryBaseMapsEarthCover; sea-floor acoustic reflectivity; sea-floor characteristics; image mosaics; multibeam sonar; marine geophysics; marine geology; Sandy Hook artificial reef; New York Bight; Middle Atlantic Bight; mid-Atlantic Bight; New Jersey; New York; North Atlantic Ocean; Sandy Hook; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/dace3b11-7c9b-4184-b64d-dc44f5bd6500

The Sandy Hook artificial reef, located on the sea floor offshore of Sandy Hook, New Jersey was built to create habitat for marine life. The reef was created by the placement of heavy materials on the sea floor; ninety-five percent of the material in the Sandy Hook reef is rock. In 2000, the U.S. Geological Survey surveyed the area using a Simrad EM1000 multibeam echosounder mounted on the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) ship Frederick G. Creed. The purpose of this multibeam survey, done in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers when the Creed was in the New York region in April 2000, was to map the bathymetry and backscatter intensity of the sea floor in the area of the Sandy Hook artificial reef. The collected data from this cruise are bathymetry, backscatter intensity, and navigation trackline.