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GLORIA Mapping Program

http://coastalmap.marine.usgs.gov/gloria/

GLORIA is a digital sidescan sonar capable of producing digital image maps of the sea floor from reflected sound waves. Site includes description of digital processing, mosaicking, and links to samples of image maps.

by Coastal and Marine Geology Program (Sponsor) and Woods Hole Field Center (Sponsor)
Related topics:
Maps and atlases, Marine geology, Ocean sciences, Science programs, Sea-floor characteristics, Side-scan sonar methods

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