Parameter: Acoustic backscatter in the water column

Short Description:

Acoustic backscatter in the water column

Short Name:

Acc_bksctr

Official Name:

Acc_bksctr

Units:

various

Graphable:

Yes

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)

Datasets associated with this parameter

Dataset Name	Brief Description	Project	PI-Supplied Parameter Name
acoustic backscatter120 kHz	120 kHz acoustic backscatter relative decibels	SOGLOBEC, Southern Ocean Krill	decibel_returns_1, decibel_returns_2, decibel_returns_3, decibel_returns_4
cp_decibels	AL9801 acoustic backscatter relative decibels, Georges Bank, 1998	GB	decibel_returns_19, decibel_returns_9, decibel_returns_20, decibel_returns_10, decibel_returns_11, decibel_returns_1, decibel_returns_12, decibel_returns_2, decibel_returns_13, decibel_returns_3, decibel_returns_14, decibel_returns_4, decibel_returns_15, decibel_returns_5, decibel_returns_16, decibel_returns_6, decibel_returns_17, decibel_returns_7, decibel_returns_18, decibel_returns_8
Hydroacoustic Survey Data 2020	Hydroacoustics - Jupiter from August 31 until November 30, 2020	Storm effect on predator	Sv_mean, NASC
McMurdo Sound acoustic backscatter krill and silverfish	Acoustic backscatter from krill and silverfish in McMurdo Sound.	McMurdo Predator Prey	sv_mean
McMurdo Sound acoustic backscatter site	Acoustic backscatter from sites in McMurdo Sound.	McMurdo Predator Prey	sv_mean_effort, sv_mean
Oregon Shelf Eddy Covariance Data		BBEDOS	BSI
Profile data from WireWalker		QuIPP	B

Programs associated with this parameter

None

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Parameter: Acoustic backscatter in the water column