Description

Water-column sonar data archived at the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Update Frequency

New water-column sonar data are added regularly as they are provided to the archive.

License

The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Creator, NOAA, the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.

Documentation

https://cires.gitbook.io/ncei-wcsd-archive/

Managed By

See all datasets managed by NOAA.

Contact

wcd.info@noaa.gov

How to Cite

NOAA Water-Column Sonar Data Archive was accessed on DATE from https://registry.opendata.aws/ncei-wcsd-archive.

Usage Examples

Tutorials

• Frequency Differencing with Raw Data by Carrie Wall
  
• Plotting Raw EK60 Data by Carrie Wall
  
• Reading and Plotting Bottom Data by Carrie Wall
  
• Reading and Plotting Processed CSV Data by Carrie Wall
  

Tools & Applications

• pyEcholab - an open-source, python-based toolkit for reading, processing, plotting, and exporting fisheries acoustic echosounder data by Rick Towler, Chuck Anderson, Veronica Martinez, Pamme Crandell
  
• Water Column Sonar Data Explorer - Map viewer for exploring sonar water column data by NCEI, NOAA
  

Publications

• Building an Accessible Archive for Water Column Sonar Data by Carrie Wall
  
• Increasing the accessibility of acoustic data through global access and imagery by Carrie Wall, Michael Jech, and Susan McLean