Raw ship-based Multibeam Sonar Data from the Scotia Sea acquired during R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP0606 (2006)

This data set was acquired with a ship-based Kongsberg EM120 Multibeam Sonar system during Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP0606 conducted in 2006 (Chief Scientist: Dr. B. Gregory Mitchell). These data files are of MBSystem Compatible format and include Acoustic Backscatter, Swath Bathymetry, and Sidescan data that have not been processed. Data were acquired as part of the project(s): Plankton community structure and iron distribution in the southern Drake Passage and Scotia Sea, and funding was provided by NSF grant(s): ANT04-44134.