Multibeam Report for EW9914


Ship Name: Maurice Ewing
Chief Scientist: Harding, Alistair
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Source Organization: Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS)
Start Date: 1999-12-03
End Date: 1999-12-19


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Multibeam Bathymetry

Cruise Details

Project: A MCS Survey of the Lau Spreading Center: A New Look into Crustal Accretion at Back Arc Spreading Centers
Instrument: Atlas Hydrosweep DS

Data Quality

Number of Files: 30
Number of Records: 256861
BATHYMETRY DATA Quantity Percentage
Number of Beams 15154799 100%
Number of Good Beams 14094501 93.0%
Number of Zero Beams 1060298 7.0%
Number of Flagged Beams 0 0%

Navigation Totals

Total Time: 611.3763 hours
Total Track Length: 8611.8438 km
Average Speed: 14.086 km/hr (7.6058 knots)

Cruise Bounds

Northern Extent: -17.93218
Southern Extent: -43.60544
Western Extent: 146.8183
Eastern Extent: -175.69847

Limits

Minimum Sonar Depth 0 Maximum Sonar Depth 5.5
Minimum Altitude -5.5 Maximum Altitude 6184.5
Minimum Depth 13.5 Maximum Depth 8498

File Information

Full Resolution Bathymetry as collected (raw): 27

Files File Size Description
9914hs.d336.gz 0.74MB Raw Hydrosweep
9914hs.d337.gz 7.17MB Raw Hydrosweep
9914hs.d338.gz 4.27MB Raw Hydrosweep
9914hs.d339.gz 3.84MB Raw Hydrosweep
9914hs.d340.gz 3.88MB Raw Hydrosweep
9914hs.d341.gz 2.36MB Raw Hydrosweep
9914hs.d342.gz 4.39MB Raw Hydrosweep
9914hs.d343.gz 3.83MB Raw Hydrosweep
9914hs.d344.gz 4.35MB Raw Hydrosweep
9914hs.d345.gz 4.71MB Raw Hydrosweep
9914hs.d346.gz 4.20MB Raw Hydrosweep
9914hs.d347.gz 4.19MB Raw Hydrosweep
9914hs.d348.gz 4.15MB Raw Hydrosweep
9914hs.d349.gz 4.16MB Raw Hydrosweep
9914hs.d350.gz 3.93MB Raw Hydrosweep
9914hs.d351.gz 4.01MB Raw Hydrosweep
9914hs.d352.gz 4.16MB Raw Hydrosweep
9914hs.d353.gz 4.17MB Raw Hydrosweep
9914hs.d354.gz 4.37MB Raw Hydrosweep
9914hs.d355.gz 4.48MB Raw Hydrosweep
9914hs.d356.gz 4.58MB Raw Hydrosweep
9914hs.d357.gz 4.59MB Raw Hydrosweep
9914hs.d358.gz 4.70MB Raw Hydrosweep
9914hs.d359.gz 4.77MB Raw Hydrosweep
9914hs.d360.gz 5.17MB Raw Hydrosweep
9914hs.d361.gz 6.35MB Raw Hydrosweep
9914hs.d362.gz 6.13MB Raw Hydrosweep

Metadata Files: 3

Files File Size Description
EW9914_Multibeam.xml NGDC created ISO metadata
EW9914.txt 33.7KB Informal metadata text
EW9914.xml 38.0KB XML metadata file