Marine Geoscience Data System
MGLN46MV Backscatter:Acoustic, Bathymetry:Swath, Sidescan
Processed ship-based Multibeam Sonar Data (version 2) acquired near the Cascadia Subduction Zone during the Melville expedition MGLN46MV (2008)
This data set was acquired with a ship-based Kongsberg EM120 Multibeam Sonar system during Melville expedition MGLN46MV conducted in 2008 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Susan Merle). These data files are of MBSystem format and include Sidescan, Acoustic Backscatter, and Swath Bathymetry 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.
Device Info
Sonar:Multibeam
Kongsberg:EM120
Platform
Melville
SIO
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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