Marine Geoscience Data System
EW9304 Backscatter:Acoustic, Bathymetry:Swath, Sidescan
Processed ship-based Multibeam Sonar Data acquired in the western Atlantic Ocean during the Maurice Ewing expedition EW9304 (1993)
This data set was acquired with a ship-based Atlas Hydrosweep DS Multibeam Sonar system during Maurice Ewing expedition EW9304 conducted in 1993 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Bruce Francis). 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 2.3. Data were acquired while the Maurice Ewing was in transit.
Device Info
Sonar:Multibeam
Atlas:Hydrosweep DS
Platform
Maurice Ewing
LDEO
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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