Parameter: Acc_bksctr

Short Description: Acoustic backscatter in the water column
Short Name: Acc_bksctr
Official Name: Acc_bksctr
Units: various
External Identifier: skos:exactMatch: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P02/current/ASAM/

Description

Includes all parameters covering the strength of acoustic signal return, including absolute measurements of returning signal strength as well as parameters expressed as backscatter (the proportion of transmitted signal returned)

DatasetPI-Supplied DescriptionPI-Supplied Name
120 kHz acoustic backscatter in relative decibels from RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer cruises NBP0103 and NBP0103 in the Southern Ocean in 2001 (SOGLOBEC project; Southern Ocean Krill project)energy backscatter values group 1 of 20, -NN.N represented as NNN decibel_returns_1
120 kHz acoustic backscatter in relative decibels from RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer cruises NBP0103 and NBP0103 in the Southern Ocean in 2001 (SOGLOBEC project; Southern Ocean Krill project)energy backscatter values group 2 of 20, -NN.N represented as NNN decibel_returns_2
120 kHz acoustic backscatter in relative decibels from RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer cruises NBP0103 and NBP0103 in the Southern Ocean in 2001 (SOGLOBEC project; Southern Ocean Krill project)energy backscatter values group 3 of 20, -NN.N represented as NNN decibel_returns_3
120 kHz acoustic backscatter in relative decibels from RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer cruises NBP0103 and NBP0103 in the Southern Ocean in 2001 (SOGLOBEC project; Southern Ocean Krill project)energy backscatter values group 4 of 20, -NN.N represented as NNN decibel_returns_4
Acoustic backscatter data in relative decibels (one of three related datasets) from the AL9801 cruise on the R/V Albatross IV in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank in 1998 (GB project)relative decibel values decibel_returns_1
Acoustic backscatter data in relative decibels (one of three related datasets) from the AL9801 cruise on the R/V Albatross IV in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank in 1998 (GB project)relative decibel values decibel_returns_10
Acoustic backscatter data in relative decibels (one of three related datasets) from the AL9801 cruise on the R/V Albatross IV in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank in 1998 (GB project)relative decibel values decibel_returns_11
Acoustic backscatter data in relative decibels (one of three related datasets) from the AL9801 cruise on the R/V Albatross IV in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank in 1998 (GB project)relative decibel values decibel_returns_12
Acoustic backscatter data in relative decibels (one of three related datasets) from the AL9801 cruise on the R/V Albatross IV in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank in 1998 (GB project)relative decibel values decibel_returns_13
Acoustic backscatter data in relative decibels (one of three related datasets) from the AL9801 cruise on the R/V Albatross IV in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank in 1998 (GB project)relative decibel values decibel_returns_14
Acoustic backscatter data in relative decibels (one of three related datasets) from the AL9801 cruise on the R/V Albatross IV in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank in 1998 (GB project)relative decibel values decibel_returns_15
Acoustic backscatter data in relative decibels (one of three related datasets) from the AL9801 cruise on the R/V Albatross IV in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank in 1998 (GB project)relative decibel values decibel_returns_16
Acoustic backscatter data in relative decibels (one of three related datasets) from the AL9801 cruise on the R/V Albatross IV in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank in 1998 (GB project)relative decibel values decibel_returns_17
Acoustic backscatter data in relative decibels (one of three related datasets) from the AL9801 cruise on the R/V Albatross IV in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank in 1998 (GB project)relative decibel values decibel_returns_18
Acoustic backscatter data in relative decibels (one of three related datasets) from the AL9801 cruise on the R/V Albatross IV in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank in 1998 (GB project)relative decibel values decibel_returns_19
Acoustic backscatter data in relative decibels (one of three related datasets) from the AL9801 cruise on the R/V Albatross IV in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank in 1998 (GB project)relative decibel values decibel_returns_2
Acoustic backscatter data in relative decibels (one of three related datasets) from the AL9801 cruise on the R/V Albatross IV in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank in 1998 (GB project)relative decibel values decibel_returns_20
Acoustic backscatter data in relative decibels (one of three related datasets) from the AL9801 cruise on the R/V Albatross IV in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank in 1998 (GB project)relative decibel values decibel_returns_3
Acoustic backscatter data in relative decibels (one of three related datasets) from the AL9801 cruise on the R/V Albatross IV in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank in 1998 (GB project)relative decibel values decibel_returns_4
Acoustic backscatter data in relative decibels (one of three related datasets) from the AL9801 cruise on the R/V Albatross IV in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank in 1998 (GB project)relative decibel values decibel_returns_5
Acoustic backscatter data in relative decibels (one of three related datasets) from the AL9801 cruise on the R/V Albatross IV in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank in 1998 (GB project)relative decibel values decibel_returns_6
Acoustic backscatter data in relative decibels (one of three related datasets) from the AL9801 cruise on the R/V Albatross IV in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank in 1998 (GB project)relative decibel values decibel_returns_7
Acoustic backscatter data in relative decibels (one of three related datasets) from the AL9801 cruise on the R/V Albatross IV in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank in 1998 (GB project)relative decibel values decibel_returns_8
Acoustic backscatter data in relative decibels (one of three related datasets) from the AL9801 cruise on the R/V Albatross IV in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank in 1998 (GB project)relative decibel values decibel_returns_9
Echosounder data from goliath grouper aggregations in Jupiter, FL from August 31 until November 30, 2020.Nautical Area Scattering Coefficient NASC
Echosounder data from goliath grouper aggregations in Jupiter, FL from August 31 until November 30, 2020.Mean Volume Back Scattering Strength Sv_mean
Acoustic backscatter from krill and silverfish in McMurdo Sound from 2014-2015mean volume backscatter sv_mean
Acoustic backscatter from sites in McMurdo Sound from 2014-2015 (McMurdo Predator Prey project)mean volume backscatter of classified samples sv_mean
Acoustic backscatter from sites in McMurdo Sound from 2014-2015 (McMurdo Predator Prey project)mean volume backscatter of survey station sv_mean_effort
Processed eddy covariance measurements from three lander deployments during R/V Oceanus cruises OC1802B and OC1901A along the Oregon shelf in 2018 and 2019.Backscatter Intensity BSI
Profile data from WireWalker deployments at Mission Beach, California in 2016 at a 50m depthbackscatter B
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