Beagle Marine Park Seafloor Backscatter Grids at 1-Meter Resolution

Eleven backscatter grids derived from multibeam sonar data collected in the Beagle Marine Park during June 2018. The data was collected by Geoscience Australia and the University of Tasmania as part of a baseline survey for the National Environmental Science Program. The grids cover a combined area of 364 square kilometers at a 1-meter spatial resolution.

Use Cases

• Classifying benthic habitat types based on backscatter intensity patterns.
• Establishing environmental baselines for monitoring programs based on the 10-year management plan mentioned.
• Integrating seafloor geomorphology data with imagery and biological survey data from subsequent project phases.

Strengths

• High-resolution spatial data gridded at 1 meter.
• Covers a defined area of 364 square kilometers.
• Data collection is documented in a published 2019 post-survey report.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the single 2018 survey.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia and the Institute for Marine & Antarctic Studies (University of Tasmania).

Collection Method

Multibeam sonar data acquisition from the RV Bluefin.

Time Range

17 – 26 June 2018.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-04 23:35:23.143856; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Beagle Marine Park, Bass Strait, Australia.