Processed Multibeam Sonar Data (version 2) from the Ross Sea acquired during Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP0209 (2002)

This data set was acquired with a Kongsberg model EM120 multibeam sonar system during Nathaniel B. Palmer expedition NBP0209 conducted in 2002 (Chief Scientist: Dr. Steve Cande). These data files include Acoustic Backscatter, Sidescan, Swath Bathymetry data and were processed at sea using the open source MB-System multibeam sonar processing software. These data are included in the GMRT Synthesis, beginning with version 1. Data were acquired as part of the project(s): Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic Reconstructions of the Southwest Pacific, and funding was provided by the U.S. National Science Foundation.

本数据集由康士伯（Kongsberg）EM120型多波束声呐系统（multibeam sonar system）采集，采集工作依托2002年开展的Nathaniel B. Palmer号科考航次NBP0209完成，本次航次首席科学家为Steve Cande博士。本数据集包含声学背散射（Acoustic Backscatter）数据、侧扫（Sidescan）数据与条带测深（Swath Bathymetry）数据，所有数据均在海上通过开源多波束声呐处理软件MB-System完成处理。本数据集已被纳入GMRT合成数据集（GMRT Synthesis），自1.0版本起正式收录。本次数据采集作为“西南太平洋晚白垩世及新生代构造重建”研究项目的一部分开展，项目经费由美国国家科学基金会（U.S. National Science Foundation）资助。