This record describes multibeam echosounder data collected on RV Investigator voyage IN2022_T01, titled "Transit: Cairns to Darwin 2022." The voyage took place between September 11, 2022 and September 17, 2022 (AEST), departing from Cairns and returning to Darwin.
The Kongsberg EM122 multibeam echosounder was used to acquire seafloor bathymetry, backscatter information and watercolumn backscatter between Cairns and Darwin.
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 73 .all files totaling 4.45 GB of raw bathymetry/backscatter data and 73 .wcd files totaling 7.2 GB of watercolumn 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.
GPS tide was computed using the EGM2008 model and 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.
