RV Investigator Voyage IN2018_V04 EM122 Multibeam Echosounder Data

• Other Authors: CSIRO (hasAssociationWith), CSIRO O&A, Information & Data Centre (pointOfContact), CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere - Hobart (hasAssociationWith), Heaney, Bernadette (originator), Heaney, Bernadette (processor)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: oceans; geoscientificInformation; Ship: Investigator (RV); Marine National Facility; Research Voyage: IN2018_V04; Earth Science | Oceans | Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography; Coastal Waters (Australia) | Tasmania Coast East and Southeast; TAS; Coastal Waters (Australia) | New South Wales Coast; NSW; Global / Oceans | Southern Ocean; Coastal Waters (Australia) | Victoria Coast; VIC; Marine Features (Australia) | East Australian Current; Multibeam Echosounder - EM122; Sea-floor depth below surface of the water body; Sea-floor surface hardness; Density of the water body; research vessel; multi-beam echosounders; Southern Ocean; Kongsberg
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/rv-investigator-voyage-echosounder-data/1356965

Maintenance and Update Frequency: asNeeded Statement: Original field data. Processed data are SV corrected, tide not corrected and edited using CARIS version 10.3.1 This record describes multibeam echosounder data collected on RV Investigator voyage IN2018_V04, 'Constraining external iron inputs and cycling in the southern extension of the East Australian Current' which departed Hobart on the 11 September 2018 and returned to HObart on the 8 October 2018. The Kongsberg EM122 multibeam echosounder was used to acquire seafloor bathymetry, backscatter information and watercolumn backscatter. The EM122 provides a 1 degree by 1 degree angular resolution. The echosounder's nominal frequency is 12 kHz. Data are stored in *.all raw format for bathymetry and backscatter and *.wcd format for watercolumn backscatter at CSIRO. There are 574 files totalling 51.5 GB of raw data in this dataset. Sound velocity profiles were applied to this data during data acquisition. Bathymetry data contained in *.all format are corrected for motion and position. Tide corrections were not applied to the processed data. Processed data had outliers removed. Processed line data are available in *.gsf and ascii format, and processed bathymetry and backscatter grids in geotiff format. Additional information regarding this dataset, including information on processing streams, is contained in the GSM data acquisition and processing report. Additional data products may be available on request.