Integrating multibeam backscatter angular response, mosaic and bathymetry data for benthic habitat mapping.

ABSTRACT: Multibeam echosounders (MBES) are increasingly becoming the tool of choice for marine habitat mapping applications. In turn, the rapid expansion of habitat mapping studies has resulted in a need for automated classification techniques to efficiently map benthic habitats, assess confidence in model outputs, and evaluate the importance of variables driving the patterns observed. The benthic habitat characterisation process often involves the analysis of MBES bathymetry, backscatter mosaic or angular response with observation data providing ground truth. However, studies that make use of the full range of MBES outputs within a single classification process are limited. We present an approach that integrates backscatter angular response with MBES bathymetry, backscatter mosaic and their deriva

SUBMITTER: Che Hasan R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4019575 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature