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RV Investigator Voyage IN2018_V08 EM122 Multibeam Echosounder Data

This record describes multibeam echosounder data collected on RV Investigator voyage IN2018_V08, The Balleny mantle plume: key role in Tasmania-Antarctic breakup?, which departed Hobart on the 27/12/2018 and returned to Hobart on the 10/01/2019. The voyage objectives was to identify/map seamounts of the Balleny seamount chain and dredge volcanic samples from the identified seamounts.



The Kongsberg EM122 multibeam echosounder was used to acquire seafloor bathymetry, backscatter information and watercolumn backscatter in the Tasman Sea.



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 822 files totalling 42.7 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.

Simple

Identification info

Alternate title

IN2018_V08 EM122

Date
Status
Completed
Point of contact
Role Organisation Electronic mail address
Point of contact

CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere - Hobart

Topic category
  • Oceans
  • Geoscientific information

Extent

N
S
E
W




Temporal extent

Time position
2018-12-27T09:00:00
Time position
2019-01-10T09:00:00
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
CSIRO Source List
  • Ship: Investigator (RV)
CSIRO Areas Of Interest
  • Marine National Facility
CSIRO Survey List
  • Research Voyage: IN2018_V08
GCMD Keywords
  • Earth Science | Oceans | Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography
CSIRO Equipment
  • Multibeam Echosounder - EM122
dataParameter
  • Sea-floor depth below surface of the water body
  • Sea-floor surface hardness
  • Density of the water body
Instrument
  • multi-beam echosounders
Platform
  • research vessel

Resource constraints

Linkage

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License Graphic

Title

Attribution 4.0

Website

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

License Text

Other constraints

Data is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence, please see link. Data is supplied 'as is' without any warranty or guarantee except as required by law to be given to you. The data may not be free of error, comprehensive, current or appropriate for your particular purpose. You accept all risk and responsibility for its use. ATTRIBUTION STATEMENT: The dataset [Insert-dataset-name-here] downloaded on [Insert-DD-Mmm-YYYY-here] was collected on voyage [Insert-voyage-name-here] by the Marine National Facility.

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Content Information

Content type
Physical measurement

Identifier

Code
Sea-floor depth below surface of the water body
Identifier
http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/ULAA
Name
Metres
Other property
research vessel Platform used to capture data multi-beam echosounders

Identifier

Code
Sea-floor surface hardness
Identifier
http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/geologicunittype/geologic_unit
Name
geologic unit
Other property
research vessel Platform used to capture data multi-beam echosounders

Identifier

Code
Density of the water body
Identifier
http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/UKMC
Name
Kilograms per cubic metre
Other property
research vessel Platform used to capture data multi-beam echosounders

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • DIGITAL - Binary

OnLine resource

Geophysical Survey and Mapping website information for this data set

Geophysical Survey and Mapping website information for this data set and link to downloading data.

OnLine resource

RV Investigator survey information

RV Investigator survey information including voyage plans and summaries

OnLine resource

MNF home page

Marine National Facility home page

OnLine resource

Geophysical Survey and Mapping acquisition report

Geophysical Survey and Mapping acquisition report

Data quality info

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Report

Result

Title

Completeness

Date (Publication)
2019-01-10T00:00:00
Explanation

Further information on data quality/completeness and attribute accuracy can be found in the data acquisition and processing report.

Pass
true

Report

Result

Title

Ship's onboard navigation system

Date (Publication)
2019-01-10T00:00:00
Explanation

As per ship's onboard navigation system - accurate to +/- 1 metres approx.

Pass
true

Report

Result

Title

Attribute Accuracy

Date (Publication)
2019-01-10T00:00:00
Explanation

Further information on attribute accuracy can be found in the data acquisition and processing report.

Pass
true

Resource lineage

Statement

Original field data. Processed data are SV corrected, tide not corrected and edited using CARIS version 10.3.1

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG/WGS 84 (EPSG:4326)

Metadata

Metadata identifier
7d014f19-9866-473f-8b53-57052efc9897

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Contact
Role Organisation Electronic mail address
Processor

CSIRO/Oceans and Atmosphere

Originator

CSIRO

Point of contact

CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere - Hobart

Type of resource

Resource type
Dataset
Metadata linkage

https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/7d014f19-9866-473f-8b53-57052efc9897

Point of truth URL of this metadata record

Date info (Creation)
2016-05-11T13:05:20
Date info (Revision)
2020-03-30T15:29:36

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-3:2018

Title

Marine Community Profile

Date (Creation)
2019-05-30
Edition

3.0

Edition date
2019-05-30T00:00:00
Cited responsible party
Role Organisation Electronic mail address
Custodian

Marine Community Profile Governance Committee

 
 

Overviews

IN2018_v08 voyage track

Spatial extent

Keywords

Density of the water body Sea-floor depth below surface of the water body Sea-floor surface hardness multi-beam echosounders research vessel
CSIRO Areas Of Interest

Marine National Facility
CSIRO Equipment

Multibeam Echosounder - EM122
CSIRO Source List

Ship: Investigator (RV)
CSIRO Survey List

Research Voyage: IN2018_V08
GCMD Keywords

Earth Science | Oceans | Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography


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