Bathymetry and Acoustic Backscatter: Northern Santa Barbara Channel, Southern California

This report presents bathymetry and acoustic backscatter data collected in July 2008 in the northern Santa Barbara Channel, California, using a bathymetric sidescan system. The report also presents a summary of the mapping effort as well as Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) metadata. This metadata file describes the bathymetry data. For more information on the bathy surveys see http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/s/s808sc/html/s-8-08-sc.meta.html -sf.meta.html