Processed ship-based Multibeam Sonar Data (version 3) acquired along the Tonga Trench during the Melville expedition COOK14MV (2001)

This data set was acquired with a ship-based SeaBeam 2000 Multibeam Sonar system during Melville expedition COOK14MV conducted in 2001 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Art Yayanos). These data files are of MBSystem format and include Swath Bathymetry data and were processed by the GMRT Team using the open source MB-System multibeam sonar processing software. These data are included in the GMRT Synthesis, version 1. Funding was provided by NSF grant(s): OCE99-07651.