GeoHab Backscatter Working Group (BSWG)

The Backscatter Working Group (BSWG) is an international association of experts on seafloor backscatter data acquired with multibeam sonar systems, operating under the umbrella of the GeoHab association. The group includes researchers in acoustics, electrical engineering, geoscience and ecology, but also MBES hardware and software manufactures, surveyors, hydrographers and other end-users. The ultimate intention of the BSWG is that 1) backscatter data acquired from differing systems, or processed through differing software tools, generate consistent values over a same area under the same conditions; and that 2) these data are scientifically meaningful and usable by end-users from various application domains (geoscience, environment, hydrography…).