COW_250M_TM_NAD27.TIF - U.S. Pacific West Coast EEZ GLORIA sidescan-sonar composite mosaic (TM, 250 m, NAD27)

In March 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed a proclamation establishing an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the United States extending its territory 200 nautical miles from the coasts of the United States, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. territories and possessions. In 1984, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Office of Marine Geology began a program to map these areas of the EEZ. The U.S. Pacific Coast was the first EEZ region to be mapped and launched the GLORIA (Geological LOng-Range Inclined Asdic) mapping program. The area covered by this survey extended from the Mexican to the Canadian borders and from the continental shelf edge, at about the 400-meter bathymetric contour, to 200 nautical miles from the coast. Survey of the U.S. Pacific West Coast EEZ was completed in four consecutive cruises conducted from late April through mid-August 1984. The collected GLORIA data were processed and digitally mosaicked to produce continuous imagery of the sea-floor. A total of 36 digital mosaics of an approximate 2 degree by 2 degree (or smaller) area with a 50-meter pixel resolution were completed for the region.

1983年3月，罗纳德·里根总统签署公告，确立美国专属经济区（Exclusive Economic Zone, EEZ），将美国本土、波多黎各、北马里亚纳群岛及美国其他领土与属地的海域范围扩展至距海岸200海里的区域。1984年，美国地质调查局（U.S. Geological Survey, USGS）海洋地质办公室启动了针对该专属经济区的测绘项目。美国太平洋沿岸是首个启动测绘的EEZ区域，由此开启了GLORIA（Geological LOng-Range Inclined Asdic）测绘计划。此次勘测覆盖范围北抵加拿大边境、南至墨西哥边境，从约400米水深的大陆架边缘延伸至距海岸200海里处。美国太平洋西海岸EEZ的勘测工作通过1984年4月下旬至8月中旬的连续四次巡航完成。所采集的GLORIA数据经处理与数字镶嵌后，生成了连续的海底影像。该区域最终共完成36幅像素分辨率为50米、覆盖面积约2°×2°（或更小）的数字镶嵌影像。