Offshore surveys using echo-sounder (off Sanriku)

Fiscal Year

2012

Title

Offshore surveys using echo-sounder (off Sanriku)

Project and Theme

Project 3. Research on factors controlling open ocean benthopelagic ecosystem dynamics
Representative Organization: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Theme1. Research on mapping and decomposition of debris in fisheries grounds
Representative personYoshihiro Fujiwara
OrganizationJapan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
DepartmentEastern Japan Marine Ecosystems Dynamics Project team

Research Information

Period and Interval
2012/06/30 - 2012/07/15
Research Area
Sanriku coast, offshore
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Category
Research Cruise
Overview
Bathymetric and back scatter intensity data are very basic data of this project. We obtain the detailed bathymetry data and subsurfacce images using the high accuracy acoustic measurament.

Investigation Item and Data Acquisition

Investigation ItemData Acquisition
Bathymetric surveyBathymetry
Sub-bottom profilingSub-surface strucure

Reference

Related Observation Result
FY2012 Offshore surveys using echo-sounder (off Sanriku)

Person in charge of Investigation

Representative personTakafumi Kasaya
OrganizationJapan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
DepartmentEastern Japan Marine Ecosystems Dynamics Project team

Keywords

Fiscal Year2012
OrganizationJapan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
CategoryResearch Cruise
Research AreaSouth Sanriku
DisciplineTopography / Geology / Geophysics -> Bathymetry
Topography / Geology / Geophysics -> Topography
Topography / Geology / Geophysics -> Seabed morphology
Topography / Geology / Geophysics -> Stratigraphy
Topography / Geology / Geophysics -> Geological structure