Abstract:
Acoustic backscatter data were collected on board the RRS James Clark Ross (cruise JR179) as part of the BIOFLAME-BIOPEARL programme.
Data were collected using a Simrad EK60 echo sounder. Data were collected throughout the cruise which ran through the Drake Passage, Bellingshausen Sea and Amundsen Sea in the Southern Ocean, from February to April 2008. The raw data files (Simrad .raw format) are held by the Polar Data Centre (PDC) at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS).
*******PLEASE BE ADVISED TO USE PROCESSED DATA*******
The JR179 EK60 processed data is now available at https://doi.org/10.5285/ecc51062-1338-445e-bd3c-2e63487d1953.
Keywords:
Southern Ocean, acoustic backscatter, echo-sounding
| Use Constraints: | NERC-funded data supplied under OGL v.3: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ |
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| Creation Date: | 2015-04-24 |
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| Dataset Progress: | Complete |
| Dataset Language: | English |
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| Personnel: | |
| Name | Dr Peter Enderlein |
| Role(s) | Technical Contact |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | UK PDC |
| Role(s) | Metadata Author |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Mr Chester J Sands |
| Role(s) | Technical Contact |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Dr Jan Strugnell |
| Role(s) | Technical Contact |
| Organisation | La Trobe University |
| Name | Ms Jenny Thomas |
| Role(s) | Technical Contact |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Dr Robert D Larter |
| Role(s) | Technical Contact |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Dr Katrin Linse |
| Role(s) | Investigator, Technical Contact |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Parent Dataset: | N/A |
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| Lineage: | The dataset comprises Simrad raw format files that have not undergone any processing or quality checking. | |
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| Temporal Coverage: | |
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| Start Date | 2008-02-25 |
| End Date | 2008-04-10 |
| Spatial Coverage: | |
| Latitude | |
| Southernmost | -74.5033 |
| Northernmost | -51.6602 |
| Longitude | |
| Westernmost | -120.262 |
| Easternmost | -56.0669 |
| Altitude | |
| Min Altitude | N/A |
| Max Altitude | N/A |
| Depth | |
| Min Depth | N/A |
| Max Depth | N/A |
| Location: | |
| Location | Southern Ocean |
| Detailed Location | Drake Passage |
| Location | Southern Ocean |
| Detailed Location | Amundsen Sea |
| Location | Bellingshausen Sea |
| Detailed Location | N/A |
| Location | Southern Ocean |
| Detailed Location | N/A |
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| Data Collection: | Data collected using a Simrad EK60 echo sounder. |
| Distribution: | |
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| Distribution Media | Online Internet (HTTP) |
| Distribution Size | 114 GB |
| Distribution Format | N/A |
| Fees | N/A |