Instrument: Multibeam Echosounder

Acronym:
 Multibeam Echosounder
External Identifier:
» skos:broadMatch http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/157/
Description

A Multibeam Echosounder system is used to measure bathymetry (depth of the ocean). The resultant data can be used to map large areas of the seafloor.