Marine Geoscience Data System
RAPA04WT Bathymetry:Swath
Processed ship-based Multibeam Sonar Data (version 2) acquired along the East Pacific Rise (EPR) Spreading Center during the Thomas Washington expedition RAPA04WT (1991)
This data set was acquired with a ship-based SeaBeam Classic Multibeam Sonar system during Thomas Washington expedition RAPA04WT conducted in 1991 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Ken Macdonald). These data files are of MBSystem format and include Swath Bathymetry data and were processed by the at-sea science party and 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): N00014-90-J-1645.
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Sonar:Multibeam
SeaBeam:Classic
Platform
Thomas Washington
SIO
Awards
N00014-90-J-1645
Quality
2
The data have been processed/modified to a level beyond that of basic quality control (e.g. final processed sonar data, photo-mosaics).

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