Marine Geoscience Data System
KN158-05 Backscatter:Acoustic, Bathymetry:Swath, Sidescan
Processed ship-based Multibeam Sonar Data (version 2) acquired in the western North Atlantic Ocean during the Knorr expedition KN158-05 (1998)
This data set was acquired with a ship-based SeaBeam 2112 Multibeam Sonar system during Knorr expedition KN158-05 conducted in 1998 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Thomas Rossby). These data files are of MBSystem format and include Swath Bathymetry, Acoustic Backscatter, and Sidescan data and were processed by the GMRT Team using the open source MB-System multibeam sonar processing software as part of the GMRT Synthesis effort. These data are included in the GMRT Synthesis, version 2.0.
Device Info
Sonar:Multibeam
SeaBeam:2112
Platform
Knorr
WHOI
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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