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RV Investigator Voyage IN2019_V07 EM710 MKII 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 IN2019_V07, 'RAN Hydrographic and Maritime Heritage Surveys' which departed Hobart on the 11 April 2019 and returned to Hobart on the 23 April 2019. The Kongsberg EM710 MKII multibeam echosounder was used to acquire seafloor bathymetry and backscatter information [and watercolumn backscatter] along the Tasmanian East coast and in the central to eastern region of Bass Strait. The EM710 MKII provides a 0.5° by 1° transmit and receive angular resolution respectively. The echosounder's nominal frequency range is from 40 to 100 kHz. Data are stored in .all raw format for bathymetry and backscatter and .wcd format for watercolumn backscatter at CSIRO. There are 337 files totalling 67 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 some of the processed data (i.e. AHO mapping area - files 0037 to 0112, and to other mapping sites - files 0188 to 0256). GPS tides (and reduction to AHD using AusGeoid 09) was applied to the BMR mapping areas (files 0257 to 0281, 0290 to 0293 & 0295 to 0300). Processed data has 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 further 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 IN2019_V07 EM710 MKII Multibeam Echosounder Data
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/4ede5cd6-93b1-4742-aa43-b74f65ae44db
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
data-requests-hf@csiro.au
Reference Period 30/04/2019
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "RV Investigator Voyage IN2019_V07 EM710 MKII 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-in2019_v07-em710-mkii-multibeam-echosounder-data