Multibeam bathymetry raw data (Kongsberg EM 122 entire dataset) of RV MARIA S. MERIAN during cruise MSM53

Multibeam bathymetry raw data using the ship's own Kongsberg EM 122 multibeam echosounder was almost continuously recorded during RV MARIA S. MERIAN cruise MSM53. Data was recorded on 36 days between 2016-04-03 and 2016-05-09. This dataset contains an elongated transit survey in the North Atlan...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kieke, Dagmar
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2022
Subjects:
Bathymetry
Binary Object
Comment
DAM_Underway
DAM Underway Research Data
Data file recording distance
Data file recording duration
DATE/TIME
ELEVATION
Event label
File content
Kongsberg datagram raw file name
LATITUDE
LONGITUDE
Maria S. Merian
MSM53
MSM53/0_Underway-1
Multibeam Echosounder
Number of pings
RACE-II
Ship speed
Start of data file
depth
heading
Start of data file recording
Stop of data file
Stop of data file recording
Swath-mapping system Simrad EM122 (Kongsberg Maritime AS)
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.944241
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.944241
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Summary:Multibeam bathymetry raw data using the ship's own Kongsberg EM 122 multibeam echosounder was almost continuously recorded during RV MARIA S. MERIAN cruise MSM53. Data was recorded on 36 days between 2016-04-03 and 2016-05-09. This dataset contains an elongated transit survey in the North Atlantic Ocean. The approximate average depth of the entire dataset is around 3900m. The data are archived at the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency of Germany (Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie, BSH) and provided to PANGAEA database for data curation and publication. Ancillary sound velocity profiles (SVP) files from the cruise are archived at the BSH, thus SVP files are added to this dataset. Nevertheless, the origin of these SVP files is unknown. Data analysis of the multibeam raw data revealed that SVP has been changed several times during the survey. This publication is conducted within the efforts of the German Marine Research Alliance in the core area 'Data management and Digitalization' (Deutsche Allianz Meeresforschung, DAM). Data are unprocessed and therefore contains incorrect depth measurements (artifacts) without further processing. Note that refraction errors can be expected due to the lack of proper SVP. Overall, it appears that the data quality is rather good since the gridded hillshade data showed relatively few obstacles. Data can be processed e.g. with the open source software package MB-System (Caress, D. W., and D. N. Chayes, MB-System: Mapping the Seafloor, http://www.mbari.org/products/research-software/mb-system/, 2022).

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