This record describes multibeam echosounder data collected on RV Investigator voyage IN2016_V06, 'Sustained monitoring of the EAC: mass, heat and freshwater transports' which departed Brisbane on the 29th October 2016 and returned to Brisbane on the 13th November 2016. The Kongsberg EM710 MKII multibeam echosounder was used to acquire seafloor bathymetry and backscatter information between Brisbane and the Brisbane Seamounts. 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 45 files totalling 4.8 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. 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.

Seabird and incidental cetacean and seal sightings were recorded during daylight hours during the moorings deployment, offshore from Brisbane, Nov 2016. Observations were made every ten minutes in the forward quadrant. There were 410 observations from 20 species of birds and one cetacean. The commonest bird species were Puffinus pacificus and Sterna bergii. Each species has been linked where possible to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS https://www.marinespecies.org). The data has been published to the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS https://obis.org).

This record describes multibeam echosounder data collected on RV Investigator voyage IN2017_V04, 'The whole enchilada: from production to predation in Tasman Sea ecosystems' which departed Brisbane on the 31-Aug-2017 and returned to Sydney on the 18 September 2017. The Kongsberg EM710 MKII multibeam echosounder was used to acquire seafloor bathymetry and backscatter information. 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 91 files totalling 23.5 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 has had outliers removed. Processed line data are available in *.gsf and ascii 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.

This record describes sub bottom profiler data collected on RV Investigator voyage IN2016_V06, 'Sustained monitoring of the EAC: mass, heat and freshwater transports' which departed Brisbane on the 29th October 2016 and returned to Brisbane on the 13th November 2016. The Kongsberg SBP120 (sub bottom profiler) was used to acquire data containing the specular reflections at different sediment interfaces below the seafloor. The SBP120 provides a 3° by 3° angular resolution. The echosounder's frequency sweep range is from 2.5 to 7 kHz. The SBP120 was logged sporadically for the extent of the voyage. Data are stored in *.raw 17 files 1.2 GB raw and *.seg 17 files 1.2 GB segy formats at CSIRO. The segy format data had a real time processing stream applied, which applies gain, a gain correction, matched filter with replica shaping, an attribute calculation for instantaneous amplitude and time variable gain. Additional information regarding this dataset is contained in the GSM data acquisition and processing report. Additional data products may be available on request

This record describes gravity data collected on RV Investigator voyage IN2016_V06, 'Sustained monitoring of the EAC: mass, heat and freshwater transports' which departed Brisbane on the 29th October 2016 and returned to Brisbane on the 13th November 2016. The gravity meter instrument is a MicroG Lacoste Air-Sea II. Data are stored in .ENV and .DAT data files at CSIRO. There are 16 files totalling 247 MB of raw data in this dataset. No processing has been conducted on this data. Additional information regarding this dataset is contained in the GSM data acquisition and processing report.

This record describes XBT data collected on RV Investigator voyage IN2016_V06, which departed Brisbane 29th October 2016, and arrived into Brisbane 13th November 2016. A total of 15 XBT casts were conducted over the duration of this voyage. Data are stored in netCDF files at CSIRO. Additional information regarding this dataset is contained in the GSM data acquisition and processing report. Additional data products may be available on request.