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CAPABILITIES

Hydrographic Survey Vessels
The R/V VenTresca is a custom built, shallow draft, 35 ft. aluminum hydrographic survey catamaran. [vessel specs]

The R/V MacGinitie is a 30 ft. trailerable survey vessel for use anywhere along the US West Coast.[vessel specs]

Sidescan Sonar
Digital mosaics and substrate classification from acoustic imagery.[more info]

Multibeam Bathymetry
High-resolution bathymetric mapping.[more info]

Marine Laser Scanner
A vessel-mounted mobile marine LIDAR system for collecting high-resolution coastal features data (intertidal shoreline, offshore rocks and pinnacles).[more info]

Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV)
Georeferenced and quantitative video mapping of seafloor habitats and communities.[more info]

SeaBotix LBV 200L ROV
Standard MiniROV system with added vertical thrust and stability capabilities.[more info]

Sub-bottom Profiling
Full spectrum sub-bottom chirp profiling for determination of seafloor sediment and rock layer thickness.[more info]

Sediment Grain Size Analyses
Automated particle size distribution analyses [particle counts, diameter, and areas with volume and weight representations] for habitat mapping and ground-truthing.[more info]

GIS Analysis and Image Processing
GIS layering of raster and vector products, quantitative habitat classification, 3-D rendering and fly-throughs, GIS/video data fusion, with results on CD-ROM.[more info]

GPS Base Station Data
Trimble reference station (TRS) GPS base station data from two separate receivers are posted and available for download via the SFML web site. [more info]

SFML Data Library
Access to SFML data via an HTTP download page. Data are organized by survey location/project and data type. [download here]