Processed ship-based Multibeam Sonar Data (version 2) acquired in the Western Pacific Ocean during the Melville expedition AVON02MV (1999)

This data set was acquired with a ship-based SeaBeam 2000 Multibeam Sonar system during Melville expedition AVON02MV conducted in 1999 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Hubertus Staudigel). These data files are of MBSystem format and include Swath Bathymetry data and were processed by the GMRT Team using the open source MB-System multibeam sonar processing software. These data are included in the GMRT Synthesis, version 1. Funding was provided by NSF grant(s): OCE97-30394.