Multibeam Report for EW9203


Ship Name: Maurice Ewing
Chief Scientist: Mutter, John
Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory
Source Organization: Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS)
Start Date: 1992-03-17
End Date: 1992-04-24


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Multibeam Bathymetry

Cruise Details

Project: Woodlark-D'Entrecasteaux Project: Deep Seismic Imaging and Seismotectonics of Extensional Processes in a Province of Active Rifting
Instrument: Atlas Hydrosweep DS

Data Quality

Number of Files: 6
Number of Records: 44573
BATHYMETRY DATA Quantity Percentage
Number of Beams 2629807 100%
Number of Good Beams 2521172 95.87%
Number of Zero Beams 108635 4.13%
Number of Flagged Beams 0 0%

Navigation Totals

Total Time: 86.4647 hours
Total Track Length: 967.5245 km
Average Speed: 11.19 km/hr (6.0421 knots)

Cruise Bounds

Northern Extent: -9.185766
Southern Extent: -10.854315
Western Extent: 151.95612
Eastern Extent: 153.90219

Limits

Minimum Sonar Depth 5.5 Maximum Sonar Depth 5.5
Minimum Altitude -5.5 Maximum Altitude 9816.5
Minimum Depth 399 Maximum Depth 10162

File Information

Full Resolution Bathymetry as collected (raw): 1

Files File Size Description
ew9203hs.dat.mb21.gz 16.61MB Raw Hydrosweep

Full Resolution Bathymetry (processed): 1

Files File Size Description
EW9203.b93.mb164.gz 33.48MB NGDC binary hydrographic sounding format

Metadata Files: 4

Files File Size Description
EW9203_Multibeam.xml NGDC created ISO metadata
EW9203.txt 29.8KB Informal metadata text
EW9203.xml 33.3KB XML metadata file
e9203.pdf 21.0KB PDF metadata file