Marine Geoscience Data System
KM0720 Backscatter:Acoustic, Bathymetry:Swath, Sidescan
Processed ship-based Multibeam Sonar Data (version 2) acquired off the coast of Hawaii during the Kilo Moana expedition KM0720 (2007)
This data set was acquired with a ship-based Kongsberg EM120 Multibeam Sonar system during Kilo Moana expedition KM0720 conducted in 2007 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Beecher Wooding). These data files are of MBSystem format and include Sidescan, Swath Bathymetry, and Acoustic Backscatter 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 2.1. Data were acquired as part of the project(s): Ocean Bottom Seismometer (OBS) Recovery.
Device Info
Sonar:Multibeam
Kongsberg:EM120
Platform
Kilo Moana
UH:SOEST
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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