Processed ship-based Multibeam Sonar Data (version 2) acquired near the East Pacific Rise (EPR) Spreading Center during the Melville expedition BMRG01MV (1995)

This data set was acquired with a ship-based SeaBeam 2000 Multibeam Sonar system during Melville expedition BMRG01MV conducted in 1995 (Chief Scientist: Dr. John Orcutt). 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): Mantle Electromagnetic and Tomography Experiment (MELT-I), and funding was provided by NSF grant(s): OCE93-00117, OCE93-00141, OCE94-02324, OCE94-02375, OCE94-02622, OCE94-02991, OCE94-03482, OCE94-03587, OCE94-03590, OCE94-06146, OCE94-06937, and OCE94-14299.