• MB-System manual page: mbsystem
• MB-System I/O library manual page: mbio

• General Functions
• List swath data formats supported by MB-System: mbformat*
• Get swath data file information and statistics: mbinfo*
• Produce arbitrary ascii tables from swath data: mblist*
• Copy swath data with optional time/space windowing and format change: mbcopy*
• Translate groups of swath data files between formats: mbm_copy
• Translate groups of swath data files between formats using parallel processes: mbm_multicopy
• Set MB-System default parameters: mbdefaults*
• List files referenced in a recursive datalist file tree: mbdatalist
• Generate ancilliary files used in data managment: mbdatalist
• Generate ancilliary files used in data managment using parallel processes: mbm_multidatalist
• Generate an MB-System datalist file referencing all identifiable swath files in the specified target directory.: mbm_makedatalist
• Create or modify parameter files used to control mbprocess: mbset
• Apply specified processing tasks to a swath data file: mbprocess
• Apply specified processing tasks to a swath data file using parallel processes: mbm_multiprocess
• Convert between calendar time and unix time: mbtime
• Water Properties Utilities
• Obtain reference water sound velocity profile (SVP): mblevitus*
• Calculate water sound absorption from water properties: mbabsorption
• List CTD data in swath sonar data files: mbctdlist
• Navigation Data Processing
• Interactive navigation editor: mbnavedit
• List navigation from ping records in a swath data file: mblist
• List navigation from navigation records in a swath data file: mbnavlist
• Create or modify parameter files used to control mbprocess: mbset
• Merge navigation with swath data file (among other tasks): mbprocess
• Adjust navigation to match bathymetric features in overlapping swathes: mbnavadjust
• Merge inertial and surface tracking navigation for submerged sonar platforms (e.g. ROVs and AUVs): mbauvnavusbl
• Patch Test Analyis
  • Interactive 3D visualization data cleaning and attitude bias patch test: mbeditviz
• Bathymetry Data Processing
• Automatic bathymetry data cleaning: mbareaclean
• Automatic bathymetry data cleaning: mbclean
• Interactive bathymetry data cleaning: mbedit
• Interactive 3D visualization data cleaning and attitude bias patch test: mbeditviz
• Extract bathymetry edits in edit save file format: mbgetesf
• Extract bathymetry edits from Simrad Neptune software into edit save file format: mbneptune2esf
• Obtain reference water sound velocity profile (SVP): mblevitus*
• Extract water sound velocity profiles (SVPs) from data: mbsvplist
• Interactive modeling of SVP effects on bathymetry: mbvelocitytool*
• Create or modify parameter files used to control mbprocess: mbset
• Recalculate or correct swath bathymetry and apply bathymetry edits from mbedit and mbclean: mbprocess
• Obtain histogram of bathymetry data: mbhistogram*
• Automatically grid bathymetry data: mbm_grid*
• Grid bathymetry data: mbgrid*
• Extract subarea of GMT grid file: mbm_grdcut*
• Perform forward and inverse UTM projections of ASCII data triples: mbm_utm*
• Estimate attitude time lag by cross correlation of apparent bottom slope with the roll time series: mbrolltimelag
• Sidescan and Amplitude Data Processing
• Obtain grazing angle correction tables from sidescan/amplitude data for use by mbprocess: mbbackangle
• Create or modify parameter files used to control mbprocess: mbset
• Correct sidescan/amplitude data using tables generated by mbbackangle: mbprocess
• Automatically mosaic sidescan/amplitude data: mbm_grid*
• Mosaic sidescan/amplitude data: mbmosaic*
• Grid sidescan/amplitude data: mbgrid*
• Extract subarea of GMT grid file: mbm_grdcut*
• Grid Vizualization
• GMT grid vizualization and survey planning: mbgrdviz*
• Survey planning
• GMT grid vizualization and survey planning: mbgrdviz*
• Translate an mbgrdviz survey route file into an MBARI AUV mission script: mbm_route2mission*
• Postscript Graphics
• GMT compatible swath contouring: mbcontour*
• GMT compatible swath color fill plotting: mbswath*
• Macro to generate GMT map of swath data: mbm_plot*
• Macro to generate GMT map of gridded data: mbm_grdplot*
• Macro to generate GMT perspective view of gridded data: mbm_grd3dplot*
• Macro to generate GMT plot of xy data: mbm_xyplot*
• Macro to generate GMT histogram plot of data: mbm_histplot*
• Exporting Data Products to GIS and Visualization Packages
• Generate GeoTIFF image from GMT grid files: mbgrdtiff*
• Macro to generate GeoTIFF image of gridded data: mbm_grdtiff*
• Convert GMT grid file to ArcView ASCII grid file: mbm_grd2arc*
• Convert ArcView ASCII grid file to GMT grid file: mbm_arc2grd*
• Convert GMT grid file to a set of tiled GeoVRML files: mbm_grd2geovrml*
• Subbottom profiler (and center beam reflection) data processing
• Extract subbottom profiler data to segy files: mbextractsegy
• Get segy data file information and statistics: mbsegyinfo
• Produce arbitrary ascii tables from segy data files: mbsegylist
• Grid seismic data from segy data files: mbsegygrid
• Generate Power Spectral Density (PSD) estimates from segy data files: mbsegypsd
• Tide modeling and correction
• Generate open ocean tidal model using the Oregon State Ocean Tide Prediction Software (OTPSnc) package: mbotps
  
• Format-specific processing, extraction, or translation
• Preprocess Reson 7k data (format 88), including applying time lag and biases to attitude and navigation data: mb7kpreprocess
• Preprocess HYSWEEP HSX data (format 201), including applying time lag and biases to attitude and navigation data: mbhysweeppreprocess
• Extract Jstar format (format 132) sidescan and subbottom data from Reson 7k (format 88) data files: mb7k2jstar
• Extract Edgetech sidescan sonar data from Reson 7k format data, bin and lay the sidescan onto the seafloor, and output data in the MBF_MBLDEOIH formst (MBIO format id 71): mb7k2ss
• mbauvloglist: Generate arbitrary text lists of values from MBARI AUV mission log files.
  

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