RV Investigator Voyage IN2017_E02 EK60 Echosounder

Created 12/10/2024

Updated 12/10/2024

This record describes scientific split-beam echosounder data collected on RV Investigator voyage IN2017_E02, Gear Trials which departed Hobart on the 31-March-2017 and returned to Hobart on the 2-April-2017.

The Simrad EK60 split beam echosounders 18, 38, 70 120, 200 and 333 kHz were used to acquire acoustic backscatter data to a range of 1500 m, around the Huon marine reserve, south east Tasmania. All frequencies were logged [continuously/sporadically] for the extent of the voyage. Data are stored in .raw, .bot and *.idx format at CSIRO. There are 47 files totalling 4.5 GB of raw data in this dataset.

No processing has been conducted on this data.

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Title RV Investigator Voyage IN2017_E02 EK60 Echosounder
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/9417495c-e2d3-4c02-88fd-9db564179dad
Contact Point
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML)
data-requests-hf@csiro.au
Reference Period 10/05/2017
Geospatial Coverage
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