Marine Geoscience Data System
AT21-04 Backscatter:Acoustic, Bathymetry:Swath, Sidescan
Processed ship-based Multibeam Sonar Data (version 2) acquired in the Atlantic Ocean near Brazil during the Atlantis expedition AT21-04 (2012)
This data set was acquired with a ship-based Multibeam Sonar system during Atlantis expedition AT21-04 conducted in 2012 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Patricia Yager). 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 2.5. Data were acquired as part of the project(s): Amazon iNfluence on the Atlantic: CarbOn export from Nitrogen fixation by DiAtom Symbioses (ANACONDAS).
Device Info
Sonar:Multibeam
Kongsberg:EM122
Platform
Atlantis
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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