Arne Pallentin

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Arne Pallentin

Position:

Principal Technician - Marine Geology

Phone:

+64-4-386-0603

Location:

Wellington

Science Centres:

Coasts and Oceans,

Environmental Information

Qualifications:

Dipl.-Geol. (MSc Geology)

Biography:

Arne obtained a MSc in Geology from the University of Goettingen, Germany, in 1998. His work at NIWA focuses on GIS analysis and management, and on multibeam echosounder (MBES) operation and data processing. Arne has more than 20 years experience using a variety of GIS software packages, but specialising in ESRI ArcGIS. Since 2007 he has managed the GIS team of the Ocean Geology/ Ocean Sediment groups, and in 2010 has taken on the role of NIWA GIS coordinator. His work with MBES covers all aspects of data collection amd processing, but his main interest is in seafloor and water-column backsatter data processing and analysis.

Articles:

Ladroit, Y., Lamarche, G. and Pallentin, A. (2017) Seafloor multibeam backscatter calibration experiment. Comparing 45°-tilted 38 kHz split-beam echosounder and 30 kHz multibeam data., in Lamarche, G., and Lurton, X. (Eds) Seafloor backscatter data from swath mapping echosounders: From technological development to novel applications Marine Geophysical Research, 39(1-2): 41-54. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11001-017-9340-5

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