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Multibeam backscatter quality control.

[![](https://github.com/alexschimel/Iskaffe/blob/main/Iskaffe_resources/download.png)](https://github.com/alexschimel/Iskaffe/releases/download/v0.2/iskaffe_v020_setup.exe)
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## Description

*Iskaffe* (Norwegian Bokmål for "iced coffee") is a free and open-source app to help assess the quality of the seafloor backscatter data acquired by multibeam echosounders. The main purpose of this tool is to serve as a development platform to come up with a set of algorithms that assess various aspects of backscatter quality, and define standards of backscatter quality based on the output of those algorithms. While we are currently developping *Iskaffe* for our own use, we are welcoming co-developers and feedback to help coming up with more widely-applicable algorithms and backscatter quality standards.

*Iskaffe* uses the [CoFFee multibeam data processing toolbox](https://github.com/alexschimel/CoFFee) (hence the name). It is coded in [MATLAB](https://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab.html), but is also available as a standalone application that does not require a MATLAB licence (see the Dependencies and Installing sections).

*Iskaffe* is still at an early stage of development so it has fewer features and more bugs than you would want. Please be patient. For a starter, its main current limitations are that it only works with Kongsberg EM Series .all files, and that it does not like loading too many files at a time. Still, the latest release already has some relevant features:
*Iskaffe* is still at an early stage of development so it has fewer features and more bugs than you would want. Please be patient. For a starter, its main current limitations are that it does not like loading too many files at a time. Still, the latest release already has some relevant features:
* Support Kongsberg .all and .kmall formats
* Detect and alarm when a dataset contains data in more than one acquisition mode
* Display backscatter, bathymetry, slope, and acquisition mode
* Find, display, and count "bad" soundings and "bad" pings, for each loaded line
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