Internal wave packets digitized from Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery and intersected with a bathymetrically derived slope surface for Massachusetts Bay. The data was created by NOAA NCEI, with the last known update in September 2003. The wave packets were digitized at a 1:350,000 scale.
Use Cases
- Analyze the spatial distribution of internal wave packets relative to bathymetric slope gradients.
- Model the relationship between internal wave occurrence and specific slope surface resolutions (360 x 360 meters).
- Validate internal wave detection algorithms using digitized wave packet features from SAR imagery.
- Study the propagation patterns of internal waves in the coastal environment of Massachusetts Bay.
Strengths
- Internal wave features were digitized at a defined cartographic scale of 1:350,000.
- Bathymetric slope surface has a specified spatial resolution of 360 by 360 meters.
Limitations
- The dataset's last update was in 2003, making it temporally stale for contemporary analysis.
- Specific row counts, column details, and sample sizes are unknown, limiting reproducibility assessment.
- Geographic coverage is restricted solely to Massachusetts Bay.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).
- Collection Method
- Internal wave packets were manually digitized from SAR imagery and computationally intersected with a derived bathymetric slope surface.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2003-09-29; no update frequency stated.
- Geography
- Massachusetts Bay.