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RV Investigator Voyage IN2018_V06 EK60 Echosounder

Created 12/10/2024

Updated 12/10/2024

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This record describes scientific split-beam echosounder data collected on the RV Investigator voyage IN2018_V06, which departed Hobart on the 22-Nov-2018 and returned to Hobart on the 19-Dec-2018.

The Simrad EK60 split beam echosounders [12], 18, 38, 70 120, 200 and 333 kHz were used to acquire acoustic backscatter data to a range of [range] m, Huon, Tasman Fracture Marine Parks and the St Helens seamount, Tasmania.. All frequencies were logged continuously for the extent of the voyage The frequencies were] set to passive for the periods when tracking towed bodies using USBL. Data are stored in .raw, .bot and *.idx format at CSIRO. There are 4690 files totalling 90 GB of raw data in this dataset.

No processing has been conducted on this data.

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Title RV Investigator Voyage IN2018_V06 EK60 Echosounder
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/552acf6d-eeae-4e92-9ab6-8152c9160224
Contact Point
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML)
data-requests-hf@csiro.au
Reference Period 08/01/2019
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