Echosounder data archive
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      gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:21712
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          Southwest Fisheries Science Center
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          Murfin, David
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      2026-03-04T19:17:18
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Identification info: Data identification: Citation: Citation: Title: Echosounder data archive Alternate title: Echosounder data archive Date: Date: Date: 2015 Date type: Date type code: creation Date: Date: Date: missing Date type: Date type code: publication Identifier: Identifier: Authority: Citation: Title: NOAA/NMFS/EDM Date: inapplicable Code: Anchor: xlink: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/21712 title: InPort Catalog ID 21712 Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: inapplicable Contact info: Contact: Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/21712 Protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Name: Full Metadata Record Description: View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. Function: Online function code: information Role: inapplicable Abstract: An archive of multi-frequency and multi-beam echosounder data (Simrad .raw format), collected as part of SWFSC-FRD surveys of the U.S. west coast between San Diego, CA and Vancouver Island, BC. The archive contains echo power and inerferometric-phase-angle data that describe acoustic backscatter from marine organisms ranging in size from zooplankton to fish. Purpose: An archive of multi-frequency and multi-beam echosounder data (Simrad .raw format), collected as part of SWFSC-FRD surveys of the U.S. west coast between San Diego, CA and Vancouver Island, BC. The archive contains echo power and inerferometric-phase-angle data that describe acoustic backscatter from marine organisms ranging in size from zooplankton to fish. Status: Progress code: underDevelopment Point of contact: Responsible party: Individual name: Murfin, David Contact info: Contact: Phone: Telephone: Voice: missing Address: Address: Delivery point: david.murfin@noaa.gov City: La Jolla Administrative area: CA Postal code: 92037 Country: United States Electronic mail address: david.murfin@noaa.gov Role: Role code: pointOfContact Point of contact: Responsible party: Individual name: Murfin, David Contact info: Contact: Phone: Telephone: Voice: missing Address: Address: Delivery point: david.murfin@noaa.gov City: La Jolla Administrative area: CA Postal code: 92037 Country: United States Electronic mail address: david.murfin@noaa.gov Role: Role code: custodian Resource maintenance: Maintenance information: Maintenance and update frequency: Maintenance frequency code: annually Descriptive keywords: Keywords: Keyword: Acoustics Keyword: CalCOFI Keyword: Echosounder Type: Keyword type code: theme Descriptive keywords: Keywords: Keyword: DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC > Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA. U.S. Department of Commerce Type: Keyword type code: dataCentre Thesaurus name: Citation: uuid: 9f0de6e6-428b-11df-9879-0800200c9a66 Title: Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords Date: Date: Date: 2017-04-24 Date type: Date type code: publication Edition: 8.5 Cited responsible party: title: GCMD Landing Page Responsible party: uuid: 1edb41d0-428a-11df-9879-0800200c9a66 Organisation name: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Contact info: Contact: Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords Name: GCMD Keyword Forum Page Description: Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords Function: Online function code: information Role: Role code: custodian Descriptive keywords: Keywords: Keyword: FRD and CalCOFI Cruise Data Type: Keyword type code: project Thesaurus name: Citation: Title: InPort Date: inapplicable Resource constraints: Legal constraints: Use constraints: Restriction code: otherRestrictions Other constraints: Cite As: Southwest Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Echosounder data archive [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/21712. Resource constraints: Constraints: Use limitation: NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose. Resource constraints: Legal constraints: Access constraints: Restriction code: otherRestrictions Other constraints: Access Constraints: There are no restrictions or prerequisites for accessing these data. Resource constraints: Security constraints: Classification: Classification code: unclassified Classification system: missing Handling description: missing Aggregation Info: AggregateInformation: Aggregate Data Set Name: Citation: Title: NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) Date: unknown Identifier: Identifier: Authority: Citation: Title: NOAA/NMFS/EDM Date: inapplicable Code: 21712 Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: inapplicable Contact info: Contact: Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/swfsc/dmp/pdf/21712.pdf Protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Name: NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) Description: NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. Function: Online function code: information Role: inapplicable Association Type: Association type code: crossReference Language: eng; US Topic category: Topic category code: oceans Extent: Extent: Geographic element: Geographic bounding box: West bound longitude: -130 East bound longitude: -115 South bound latitude: 30 North bound latitude: 50 Geographic element: Geographic description: Geographic identifier: Identifier: Code: U.S. West coast between San Diego, CA and Vancouver Island. Most of the data are from the Southern California Bight. Temporal element: Temporal extent: Extent: Time instant: Description: Time position: 2000
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Content info: Feature catalogue description: Compliance code: false Language: Language Code: eng Included with dataset: false Feature types: Other Feature catalogue citation: xlink: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/56866 Citation: Title: Echosounder data Date: Date: Date: 2019-07-10 Date type: Date type code: publication
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Distribution info: Distribution: Distribution format: Format: Name: RAW - Kongsberg Simrad RAW Format Version: missing Distribution format: Format: Name: CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text) Version: missing Distributor: Distributor: Distributor contact: Responsible party: Organisation name: Southwest Fisheries Science Center Contact info: Contact: Phone: Telephone: Voice: (858)546-7000 Address: Address: Delivery point: 8901 La Jolla Shores Dr. City: La Jolla Administrative area: CA Postal code: 92037 Country: USA Electronic mail address: missing Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://swfsc.noaa.gov/ Protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Name: Southwest Fisheries Science Center Website Description: Website listed for Southwest Fisheries Science Center Function: Online function code: information Hours of service: 8:00-16:30 Role: Role code: distributor Transfer options: Digital transfer options: Online: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://noaa-wcsd-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html Protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Name: Raw echosounder files Description: Raw echosounder files. Function: Online function code: download Transfer options: Digital transfer options: Online: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://console.cloud.google.com/storage/browser/_details/nmfs_odp_swfsc/Fisheries%20Resources%20Division/Echosounder_data_archive.csv?pageState=(%22StorageObjectListTable%22:(%22f%22:%22%255B%255D%22))&project=noaa-gcs-public-data Protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Name: Echosounder_data_archive.csv Description: missing Function: Online function code: download
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Data quality info: Data quality: Scope: Scope: Hierarchy level: Scope code: dataset Report: Absolute external positional accuracy: Name of measure: Horizontal Positional Accuracy Evaluation method description: 1m Result: missing Lineage: Lineage: Statement: Raw acoustic data are collected from calibrated echosounders and archived on the vessel and later on shore-based servers.
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Acquisition: Acquisition Information: Instrument: Instrument: Identifier: Identifier: Code: Simrad EK60 Type: Singlebeam Echosounder Description: The Simrad EK60 Scientific Sounder system is a new generation fishery researchtool, based on experience from the EK500. The new electronic hardware is combined with up to date PC processing and Windows operation. The EK60 provides facilities for accurate echo sounding, data storage, data analysis and reporting results. The system communication is through Ethernet, which gives flexibility in the location of the EK60 system units and allows easy access to data from other instruments or stations on a vessel network. A post processing software, BI60, is also included in the EK60 system. Platform: Platform: Identifier: Identifier: Code: David Starr Jordan Description: The David Starr Jordan was designed and built for the U.S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, which later became part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, for the purpose of fisheries research in the tropical Pacific. The David Starr Jordan logged over a million miles while studying the biological and physical oceanography of the southwestern U.S. coast and the eastern tropical Pacific. David Starr Jordan was an integral part of the marine mammal surveys conducted by the Protected Resources Division of the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service's Southwest Fisheries Science Center until her decommissioning on August 3rd, 2010. Instrument: Instrument: Identifier: Identifier: Code: Simrad EK60 Type: Singlebeam Echosounder Description: The Simrad EK60 Scientific Sounder system is a new generation fishery researchtool, based on experience from the EK500. The new electronic hardware is combined with up to date PC processing and Windows operation. The EK60 provides facilities for accurate echo sounding, data storage, data analysis and reporting results. The system communication is through Ethernet, which gives flexibility in the location of the EK60 system units and allows easy access to data from other instruments or stations on a vessel network. A post processing software, BI60, is also included in the EK60 system. Platform: Platform: Identifier: Identifier: Code: Bell M. Shimada (SH) Description: The fourth vessel of its kind, Bell M. Shimada offers fisheries scientists the ability to monitor fish populations without altering their behavior, allowing them to collect data with unprecedented accuracy. With better data, biologists and oceanographers can help managers make better management decisions. In the Pacific, Bell M. Shimada will help scientists gain valuable insight into the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem, a globally significant natural resource that stretches from Baja California to British Columbia. Two scientists at the Center recently described some of the way in which this vessel will enhance existing or open opportunities for new research projects. Instrument: Instrument: Identifier: Identifier: Code: Simrad EK60 Type: Singlebeam Echosounder Description: The Simrad EK60 Scientific Sounder system is a new generation fishery researchtool, based on experience from the EK500. The new electronic hardware is combined with up to date PC processing and Windows operation. The EK60 provides facilities for accurate echo sounding, data storage, data analysis and reporting results. The system communication is through Ethernet, which gives flexibility in the location of the EK60 system units and allows easy access to data from other instruments or stations on a vessel network. A post processing software, BI60, is also included in the EK60 system. Platform: Platform: Identifier: Identifier: Code: Reuben Lasker (RL) Description: Funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and built by Marinette Marine Corporation in Wisconsin, the ship's primary objective is to support fish, marine mammal, and turtle surveys off the U.S. West Coast and in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. The ship has a low sound signature to reduce reactions of fish to the presence of the ship and provides for a low signal-to-noise ratio for acoustic sensors. This allows scientists to study fish populations and collect oceanographic data with fewer effects on fish and marine mammal behavior. The multi-frequency scientific sonars provide the ability to conduct acoustic surveys that can distinguish fish types, estimate biomass, determine fish school shapes, and provide data on sea floor topography. Reuben Lasker is also equipped with oceanographic sampling and measurement systems, instrumented trawls, longlines, and plankton nets for direct sampling. The ship has a dynamic positioning system to steer along a pre-determined trackline and to accurately hold the ship in a fixed position. The ship is also equipped with meteorological data collection systems and has extensive wet and dry labs to provide maximum utilization of every hour at sea. These technologies will dramatically improve the ability to conduct diverse data collection operations as required by its mission. The ship is named after Dr. Reuben Lasker (1929-1988), who served as the Director of SWFSC's Coastal Fisheries Division and as adjunct professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, U.C. San Diego. Dr. Lasker built a renowned research group that focused on the recruitment of young fish to the adult population - a topic with implications for fisheries management throughout the world. Instrument: Instrument: Identifier: Identifier: Code: Simrad EK60 Type: Singlebeam Echosounder Description: The Simrad EK60 Scientific Sounder system is a new generation fishery researchtool, based on experience from the EK500. The new electronic hardware is combined with up to date PC processing and Windows operation. The EK60 provides facilities for accurate echo sounding, data storage, data analysis and reporting results. The system communication is through Ethernet, which gives flexibility in the location of the EK60 system units and allows easy access to data from other instruments or stations on a vessel network. A post processing software, BI60, is also included in the EK60 system. Platform: Platform: Identifier: Identifier: Code: Miller Freeman (MF) Description: The Miller Freeman was decommissioned on 3/29/13 after many years of exemplary service. Pictures of the ceremony will be posted here when available - please check back soon. Miller Freeman was a 215-foot fisheries and oceanographic research vessel and was one of the largest research trawlers in the United States. Miller Freeman's primary mission was to provide a working platform for the study of the ocean's living resources. The ship was named for Miller Freeman (1875-1955), a publisher who was actively involved in the international management of fish harvests. The ship was launched in 1967, but not fully rigged until 1975. The vessel was again re-rigged in 1982. Miller Freeman was homeported at the Marine Operations Center-Pacific in Newport, Oregon. With a 12,578 mile / 31 day endurance, Miller Freeman was capable of operating in any waters of the world. Miller Freeman was owned by the United States of America, Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The ship was operated by NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations and carried a complement of 7 NOAA Corps officers, 27 crew members, and maximum of 11 scientists. Instrument: Instrument: Identifier: Identifier: Code: Simrad EK60 Type: Singlebeam Echosounder Description: The Simrad EK60 Scientific Sounder system is a new generation fishery researchtool, based on experience from the EK500. The new electronic hardware is combined with up to date PC processing and Windows operation. The EK60 provides facilities for accurate echo sounding, data storage, data analysis and reporting results. The system communication is through Ethernet, which gives flexibility in the location of the EK60 system units and allows easy access to data from other instruments or stations on a vessel network. A post processing software, BI60, is also included in the EK60 system.
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