Improved processing of Hydrosweep DS multibeam data on the R/V Maurice Ewing

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1996
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Caress, D. W.; Chayes, D. N.
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Marine Geophysical Researches
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Dec
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18
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6
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631-650
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0025-3235
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ISI:A1996VW68000003
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seafloor mapping; sonars; marine geology; deep;
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We have developed a new software package, called MB-System, for processing and display of Hydrosweep DS multibeam data on the RN Maurice Ewing. The new software includes tools for modeling water sound velocity profiles, calculating multibeam bathymetry from travel time values by raytracing through a water sound velocity profile, interactive and automatic editing of multibeam bathymetry, as well as a variety of tools for the manipulation and display of multibeam data. A modular input/output library allows MB-System programs to access and manipulate data in any of a number of supported swath-mapping sonar data formats, including data collected on Hydrosweep DS, Sea-Beam ''Classic'', SeaBeam 2000, SeaBeam 2100, H-MR1, Simrad EM12, and other sonars. Examples are presented of the software's application to Hydrosweep data recently collected on the RN Maurice Ewing.

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