Marine Geoscience Data System
JC066 Backscatter:Acoustic, Bathymetry:Swath, Sidescan
Processed Acoustic Backscatter, Sidescan and Swath Bathymetry Data acquired during R/V James Cook expedition JC066 (2011)
This data set was acquired with a Kongsberg Maritime EM120 Multibeam Sonar during R/V James Cook expedition JC066 conducted in 2011 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Alex David Rogers). These data files are of MBSystem-compatible format and include Acoustic Backscatter, Sidescan and Swath Bathymetry data that were processed after acquisition. This data was processed by The Nippon Foundation - GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project and was included in the Global Multi-Resolution Topography (GMRT) Synthesis (version 4.0).
Device Info
Sonar:Multibeam
Kongsberg:EM120
Platform
James Cook
NERC
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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