Swath sonar bathymetry during POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XVI/4 (PS53) with links to multibeam raw data files

Multibeam data were collected without operator supervision on R/V Polarstern cruise ANT-XVI/4 along track lines of 6385 NM total length. Data were achieved during transits and stationary work on the route from Cape Town to Bremerhaven via the Cape Verde Islands and the Canary Islands. The multibeam...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schenke, Hans Werner
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2009
Subjects:
DATE/TIME
LATITUDE
LONGITUDE
Uniform resource locator/link to raw data file
Uniform resource locator/link to metadata file
Uniform resource locator/link to image
Underway cruise track measurements
Swath-mapping system Atlas Hydrosweep DS-2
Standard for Geospatial Metadata V.2
ANT-XVI/4
Polarstern
Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions from Marine Sediments @ AWI AWI_Paleo
Sea ice
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.724658
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.724658
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Summary:Multibeam data were collected without operator supervision on R/V Polarstern cruise ANT-XVI/4 along track lines of 6385 NM total length. Data were achieved during transits and stationary work on the route from Cape Town to Bremerhaven via the Cape Verde Islands and the Canary Islands. The multibeam sonar system Hydrosweep DS-2 was operated using 59 beams and 90° aperture angle. The quality of data might be reduced during bad weather periods or adverse sea ice conditions. The dataset contains raw data that are not processed and thus may contain errors and blunders in depth and position. : The raw multibeam sonar data in SURF format are compressed as TAR archive with GZIP. One dataset contains a measurement period not exceeding eight hours. SURF data files can be processed using the software packages CARIS HIPS/SIPS or with the open source software package MB-System (http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/res/pi/MB-System/). The source code for an application programming interface (API) to read and write SURF data is released by the Hydrosweep manufacturer Atlas Hydrographic, Bremen, and published under the GNU GPL. Contact mailto:infobathy@awi.de for data access.

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