Processed ship-based Multibeam Sonar Data (version 2) acquired off the coast of Papua New Guinea during the Melville expedition VANC26MV (2004)

This data set was acquired with a ship-based SeaBeam 2000 Multibeam Sonar system during Melville expedition VANC26MV conducted in 2004 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Larry Peterson). These data files are of MBSystem format and include 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 2.0. Data were acquired as part of the project(s): Late Quaternary Siliciclastic and Carbonate Sediments and Sediment Fluxes on the Slopes and Basin floors of the Ashmore and Pandora Troughs, Gulf of PNG and Paleoclimates of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres (PANASH), and funding was provided by NSF grant(s): OCE03-05250, OCE03-05373, and OCE03-05688.