Marine Geoscience Data System
NBP1001 Backscatter:Acoustic, Bathymetry:Swath, Sidescan
USAP:Funded
Processed Multibeam Sonar Data (version 1) near the Antarctic Peninsula acquired during Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP1001 (2010)
This data set was acquired with a Kongsberg model EM120 multibeam sonar system during Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP1001 conducted in 2010 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Eugene Domack). These data files include Sidescan, Acoustic Backscatter, Swath Bathymetry data and were processed at sea using the open source MB-System multibeam sonar processing software. Data were acquired as part of the project(s): Collaborative Research in IPY: Abrupt Environmental Change in the LARsen Ice Shelf System, Antarctica (LARISSA), and funding was provided by the U.S. National Science Foundation.
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Sonar:Multibeam
Kongsberg:EM120
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Nathaniel B. Palmer
Lockheed Martin
Awards
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1
A level of processing has been undertaken, ensuring quality control (e.g. ping edited sonar data, edited navigation data).

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