Multibeam Report for AVON01MV


Ship Name: Melville
Chief Scientist: Lonsdale, Peter
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Source Organization: University of California, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (UC/SIO)
Start Date: 1999-01-06
End Date: 1999-01-22


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Multibeam Bathymetry

Cruise Details

Project: Avon Expedition
Instrument: SeaBeam 2000

Data Quality

Number of Files: 22
Number of Records: 103873
BATHYMETRY DATA Quantity Percentage
Number of Beams 12568633 100%
Number of Good Beams 11991008 95.4%
Number of Zero Beams 577625 4.6%
Number of Flagged Beams 0 0%

Navigation Totals

Total Time: 376.0161 hours
Total Track Length: 8122.0119 km
Average Speed: 21.6 km/hr (11.6631 knots)

Cruise Bounds

Northern Extent: 33.87996
Southern Extent: 7.175553
Western Extent: 171.17564
Eastern Extent: -117.30396

Limits

Minimum Sonar Depth 0 Maximum Sonar Depth 0
Minimum Altitude 22 Maximum Altitude 6372
Minimum Depth 20 Maximum Depth 6767

File Information

Full Resolution Bathymetry as collected (raw): 17

Files File Size Description
SBfixavg.99jan06 3.13MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBfixavg.99jan07 6.37MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBfixavg.99jan08 2.95MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBfixavg.99jan09 3.09MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBfixavg.99jan10 2.91MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBunflagfix.99jan11 2.77MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBunflagfix.99jan12 2.39MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBunflagfix.99jan13 2.47MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBunflagfix.99jan14 2.44MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBunflagfix.99jan15 2.73MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBunflagfix.99jan16 5.21MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBunflagfix.99jan17 4.72MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBunflagfix.99jan18 3.35MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBunflagfix.99jan19 2.64MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBunflagfix.99jan20 2.55MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBunflagfix.99jan21 2.55MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBunflagfix.99jan22 2.43MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format

Full Resolution Bathymetry (processed): 1

Files File Size Description
avon01mv_ful.b93.mb164.gz 163.13MB NGDC binary hydrographic sounding format

Metadata Files: 4

Files File Size Description
AVON01MV_Multibeam.xml NGDC created ISO metadata
AVON01MV.sumplot.ps 25.7KB PDF metadata file
metadata.AVON01MV.txt 2.5KB Informal metadata text
swath_bathy_doc.rtf 210.1KB Metadata files in Rich Text Format