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OAS insttype Detail for multibeam sonar
| insttypes_id: | 152 |
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| Term: | multibeam sonar |
| Description: | generic instrument to measure seafloor topography |
| Definition: | Active sensors that utilize acoustic energy to collect measurements of seafloor depth and character (from http://www.csc.noaa.gov/crs/rs_apps/sensors/multi_beam.htm (last accessed 2008-12-09).
Seafloor topography, bathymetry and other related geophysical data are usually managed and archived at the NOAA National Geophysical Data Center (www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/). |
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| Deprecated: | false |
| Metadata version: | 0 |
| Keydate: | 2008-12-09 19:24:19.446074+00 |
| Editdate: | 2008-12-09 19:24:19.465903+00 |