Raw Acoustic Backscatter and Swath Bathymetry Data from the Bellingshausen Sea acquired during R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP1901 (2018)

• Main Authors: Dunbar, Robert, Thompson, Andrew
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Interdisciplinary Earth Data Alliance (IEDA) 2021
• Subjects: BackscatterAcoustic; BathymetrySwath; Antarctic; The Antarctic; West Antarctica; Bellingshausen Sea; Kongsberg; Dunbar; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/ieda/324778; http://doi.iedadata.org/324778

This data set was acquired with a Kongsberg Maritime EM122 Multibeam Sonar during R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP1901 conducted in 2018 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Robert Dunbar, Investigators: Dr. Robert Dunbar, Dr. Andrew Thompson). 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): Estimation of Antarctic Ice Melt using Stable Isotopic Analyses of Seawater; Collaborative Research: Initiation of the Antarctic Slope Front in West Antarctica. Funding was provided by NSF award(s): OPP16-44118, OPP16-44172.