Processed ship-based Multibeam Sonar Data (version 2) acquired in the Gulf of Aden along the Central Indian Ridge Spreading Center during the Knorr expedition KN162-15 (2001)

This data set was acquired with a ship-based SeaBeam 2112 Multibeam Sonar system during Knorr expedition KN162-15 conducted in 2001 (Chief Scientist: WHOI SSSG). These data files are of MBSystem format and include Sidescan, Acoustic Backscatter, and Swath Bathymetry data and were processed by the GMRT Team using the open source MB-System multibeam sonar processing software as part of the GMRT Synthesis effort. These data are included in the GMRT Synthesis, version 2.5. Data were acquired while the Knorr was in transit.