Processed ship-based Multibeam Sonar Data (version 2) acquired off the coast of Papua New Guinea during the Melville expedition VANC15MV (2003)

This data set was acquired with a ship-based Kongsberg EM3000 Multibeam Sonar system during Melville expedition VANC15MV conducted in 2003 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Charles Nittrouer). These data files are of MBSystem format and include Acoustic Backscatter, Sidescan, 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 2.0. Data were acquired as part of the project(s): Trade winds season cruise, and funding was provided by NSF grant(s): OCE02-20600.