Brief description
This record describes multibeam echosounder data collected on the RV Investigator voyage IN2021_E04, to calibrate and commission new, upgraded and existing critical equipment (with sea trials and personnel training) onboard RV Investigator for upcoming voyages in the 2021 schedule and beyond. The primary objective for this voyage were testing Seismic Systems. The voyage departed Hobart PW04 on the 15/12/2021 and returned to Hobart PW04 on the 20/12/2021.The Kongsberg EM122 multibeam echosounder was used to acquire seafloor bathymetry, backscatter information and watercolumn backscatter in the region of South East Tasmania.
The EM122 provides a 1 degree by 1 degree angular resolution. The echosounder's nominal frequency is 12 kHz.
Data are stored in *.all raw format for bathymetry and backscatter and *.wcd format for watercolumn backscatter at CSIRO. There are 144 files totalling 12.04 GB of raw data in this dataset.
Sound velocity profiles were applied to this data during data acquisition. Bathymetry data contained in *.all format are corrected for motion and position.
Tide corrections were applied to the processed data using RTK/GPS height and the EGM2008 geoid model in Caris. Processed line data are available in *.gsf and ascii format, and processed bathymetry and backscatter grids in geotiff format.
Additional information regarding this dataset, including information on processing streams, is contained in the GSM data acquisition and processing report. Additional data products may be available on request.
Lineage
Maintenance and Update Frequency: asNeededtext: westlimit=147.3404; southlimit=-43.7673; eastlimit=149.8875; northlimit=-42.4341; projection=WGS 84 (EPSG:4326)
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