Raw ship-based Multibeam Sonar Data acquired during R/V Maurice Ewing expedition EW0008 (2000)

This data set was acquired with a ship-based Atlas Hydrosweep DS Multibeam Sonar system during Maurice Ewing expedition EW0008 conducted in 2000 (Chief Scientist: Dr. W. Steven Holbrook). These data files are of MBSystem Compatible format and include Acoustic Backscatter and Swath Bathymetry data that have not been processed. Data were acquired as part of the project(s): Three-Dimensional Structure and Physical Properties of a Methane Hydrate Deposit and Methane Gas Reservoir, Blake Ridge, and funding was provided by NSF grant(s): OCE99-10966.