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Code: AAC
Description: Acoustic data in acoustic trawl surveys
Long Description:
CodeType: Datasets - Datasets
Deprecated: False
Created Date: 2019-11-29
Modified Date: 2025-07-17
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CodeTypeDescription
AC_AcousticDataType Acoustic data type
AC_AcquisitionMethod Acquisition method
AC_DataAcquisitionSoftwareName Acoustic data acquisition software name
AC_DataProcessingSoftwareName Acoustic data processing software name
AC_DataUnit Acoustic data reporting unit
AC_LogOrigin Log origin
AC_LogValidity Log validity
AC_OnAxisGainUnit Data processing on-axis gain unit
AC_PingAxisIntervalOrigin Ping axis interval origin
AC_PingAxisIntervalType Ping axis interval type
AC_PingAxisIntervalUnit Ping axis interval unit
AC_ProcessingMethod Processing method
AC_SaCategory SA species category
AC_StoredDataFormat Acoustic data acquisition stored data format
AC_Stratum Sampling stratum
AC_Survey Acoustic surveys
AC_TransducerBeamType Transducer beam type
AC_TransducerLocation Instrument transducer location
AC_TriwaveCorrection Triwave correction
Areas_GFCM_GSA GFCM Geographical Subareas, 2009
DataFlow Dataflows managed by ICES
EDMO European Directory of Marine Organisations (EDMO)
ISO_3166 ISO 3166 country codes and region codes used by ICES
SHIPC SeaDataNet Ship and Platform Codes
SpecWoRMS Selection of WoRMS AphiaID species references
Theme Dataset thematic coverage for data hosted by ICES
(Click on a CodeType to view the related Codes in the table below.)

AC_AcousticDataType [3]
CodeDescriptionRelation
A Sv, volume backscattering strength Related
B sv, volume backscattering coefficient Related
C sA, Nautical area scattering coefficient Related
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