The vessel was set-up for multibeam data acquisition and navigation with PDS-2000 software by RESON.
One workstations was used for the acquisition of multibeam data, interfacing by a multiserial and Ethernet link a RESON 8160 P1 processor, an TSS MAHRS MRU and FOG compass, DGPS receiver (Fugro Omnistar), by a MOXA Multi/serial I/O, TC/P and UDP network sockets. The MBES was the 50kHz, 126 0.5°, 150°aperture RESON 8160 (5000 m range). The sonar head is positioned on the ship's keel using a V-shaped steel frame. A Sound Velocity probe at the Sonar Head is interfaced directly to the MBES processor, thus providing the necessary real-time data for the beam-forming. XBT and CTD casts are normally used for input of the sound velocity profile to the system. An Anderaa Meteorological Station was also made available, at a rate of one measurement every 5 minutes.
The PDS-2000 project was built using the UTM projection, Zone 33. The instrumental offsets (PDS-2000) are presented in Fig. 6 and in Tab. 3
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