Dataset: ANT-XIV/3 - DUX data

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Metadata of dataset ISO 19115/19139, FGDC, PANGAEA
CruiseANT-XIV/3
Navigation system Polarstern - ANP2000, WADGPS - PODEV
Horizontal reference system (EPSG) WGS84 geographic (4326)
Sonar system Hydrosweep DS1
Sonar type multibeam
Depth definition true depths
Depth datum (EPSG) MeanSeaLevel depth (5715)
File format Raw Hydrosweep DUX format
File listing70 files, as XML file
Tracklength [km] 18268
Generalised track ¹ KML file
Gross coverage [km²] (unedited - no warranty) 135526
Usage Primary data are generally not depth-edited and should not directly be used for final product compilations.
Maintenance Update frequency of dataset: notPlanned
Constraints Access: onDemand
Use: copyright
Status completed
Purpose Multibeam data were collected to extend the global database of seafloor topography and to provide high resolution bathymetry for the expedition's scientific program.
Abstract Multibeam data were collected during R/V Polarstern cruise ANT-XIV/3. Data recording was executed in central Weddell Sea by three hydrographers. Data are unprocessed and may contain outliers and blunders. Therefore the data should not directly be used for grid calculations and charting projects but need to be edited furthermore. One file contains a measurement period of one day. The dataset consists of 70 files in ATLAS ascii multibeam format (*.dux) which are compressed with GZIP to size of 252 MB. Atlas DUX data files can be processed using the open source software package MB-System (http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/res/pi/MB-System/).
Sonar system operators Semme Dijkstra, Nikolaos Tsoukalas, Manfred Stober
(MaNIDA) data level 0
Data quality / Lineage
Point of contact AWI bathymetry data responsible party
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 (¹): KML file is created online from database applying track generalization ±50 meter.