Marine Geoscience Data System
NBP0201 Backscatter:Acoustic, Bathymetry:Swath, Sidescan
USAP:Funded
Processed Multibeam Sonar Data (version 1) near the Antarctic Peninsula acquired during Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP0201 (2002)
This data set was acquired with a SeaBeam Instruments model 2112 multibeam sonar system during Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP0201 conducted in 2002 (Chief Scientist: Dr. John Anderson). These data files include Acoustic Backscatter, Sidescan, Swath Bathymetry data and were processed at sea using the open source MB-System multibeam sonar processing software. Data were acquired as part of the project(s): Late Pleistocene to Holocene Glacial History of West Antarctica, and funding was provided by the U.S. National Science Foundation.
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Sonar:Multibeam
SeaBeam:2112
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Nathaniel B. Palmer
Lockheed Martin
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1
A level of processing has been undertaken, ensuring quality control (e.g. ping edited sonar data, edited navigation data).

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