Processed ship-based Multibeam Sonar Data (version 2) acquired near the Lau Back-arc Basin during the Kilo Moana expedition KM0804 (2008)

This data set was acquired with a ship-based Kongsberg EM120 Multibeam Sonar system during Kilo Moana expedition KM0804 conducted in 2008 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Fernando Martinez). These data files are of MBSystem format and include Swath Bathymetry, Acoustic Backscatter, and Sidescan 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): Hydrothermal Activity at the Lau Integrated Studies Site, and funding was provided by NSF grant(s): OCE07-32536.