This dataset contains acoustic data from two subsurface moorings deployed near Palmer Deep Canyon from January to March 2020.
Each mooring has three data files associated with it:
1) an "_Sv" file containing the processed acoustic return from the mooring in volume backscattering strength in decibels (dB) from the 120 kHz narrowband echosounder in a matrix where rows represent single pings and columns indicate depth bins;
2) a "_dp" file representing the depth (in meters) of the depth bins for each return with the same dimensions as the "_Sv" file; and
3) a "_tm" file containing a vector of timestamps corresponding to each ping in seconds since Jan 1 1970 (POSIX), where the length of the vector is equivalent to the number of rows in each matrix.
These files are all available in the attached "all_moorings_files.tar.gz" file.
Kohut, J., Cutter, G., Reiss, C. (2022) Acoustic data from two subsurface moorings deployed near Palmer Deep Canyon from January to March 2020. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2022-04-12 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.872729.1 [access date]
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