Processed Multibeam Sonar Data (version 2) from Drake Passage and the Scotia Sea acquired during Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP0805 (2008)

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: IEDA: Marine-Geo Digital Library 2009
• Subjects: R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer; Oceans; Marine Geoscience; Solid Earth; Antarctica; Southern Ocean; Bathymetry/Topography; Sonar:Multibeam; Backscatter:Acoustic; Bathymetry:Swath; Sidescan; Marine-Geo Digital Library (MGDL); NBP0805; Antarctica: Scotia Sea; Drake Passage; Scotia Sea; Kongsberg; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://get.iedadata.org/metadata/iso/309156

This data set was acquired with a Kongsberg model EM120 multibeam sonar system during Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP0805 conducted in 2008 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Ian Dalziel). These data files include Sidescan, Swath Bathymetry, Acoustic Backscatter 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): Central Scotia Sea floor and the Drake Passage deep ocean current gateway; Glacial radiocarbon contstraints from Drake Passage deep-sea corals, and funding was provided by the U.S. National Science Foundation.