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RV Investigator Voyage IN2015_C02 EM122 Multibeam Echosounder Data

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Updated 25/06/2025

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This record describes multibeam echosounder data collected on RV Investigator voyage IN2015_c02, Great Australian Bight Research Program: GAB deep-water pelagic and benthic ecosystem study which departed Port Lincoln on the 30 November 2015 and returned to Fremantle on the 22 December 2015. The Kongsberg EM122 multibeam echosounder was used to acquire seafloor bathymetry, backscatter and watercolumn backscatter information around the Great Australian Bight. 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 287 .all files and 13 .wcd files totalling 11.6 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 not applied to the processed data. Processed data had outliers removed. 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.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title RV Investigator Voyage IN2015_C02 EM122 Multibeam Echosounder Data
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/1fce3208-57b3-4021-81fa-632862ea2ff2
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
data-requests-hf@csiro.au
Reference Period 01/12/2018
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "RV Investigator Voyage IN2015_C02 EM122 Multibeam Echosounder Data". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/rv-investigator-voyage-in2015_c02-em122-multibeam-echosounder-data