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Multibeam Report for BMRG03MV


Ship Name: Melville
Chief Scientist: Druffel, Ellen
University of California, Irvine
Source Organization: University of California, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (UC/SIO)
Start Date: 1995-12-11
End Date: 1996-01-03

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Multibeam Bathymetry

Cruise Details

Project: Boomerang Expedition
Instrument: SeaBeam 2000

Data Quality

Number of Files: 11
Number of Records: 56546
BATHYMETRY DATA Quantity Percentage
Number of Beams 6842066 100%
Number of Good Beams 6202088 90.65%
Number of Zero Beams 639978 9.35%
Number of Flagged Beams 0 0%

Navigation Totals

Total Time: 122.4243 hours
Total Track Length: 2449.7998 km
Average Speed: 20.011 km/hr (10.8051 knots)

Cruise Bounds

Northern Extent: -43.954556
Southern Extent: -54.168037
Western Extent: 170.75836
Eastern Extent: -176.39192

Limits

Minimum Sonar Depth 0 Maximum Sonar Depth 0
Minimum Altitude 27 Maximum Altitude 5548
Minimum Depth 24 Maximum Depth 6872

File Information

Full Resolution Bathymetry as collected (raw): 7

Files File Size Description
SBfixavg.95dec11 5.12MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBfixavg.95dec12 3.39MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBfixavg.95dec13 2.08MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBfixavg.95dec31 1.40MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBfixavg.96jan01 3.84MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBfixavg.96jan02 8.37MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBfixavg.96jan03 7.99MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format

Products: 1

Files File Size Description
BMRG03MV.sumplot.ps 35.2KB Postscript

Metadata Files: 3

Files File Size Description
BMRG03MV_Multibeam.xml NGDC created ISO metadata
metadata.BMRG03MV.txt 3.3KB Informal metadata text
swath_bathy_doc.rtf 210.1KB Metadata files in Rich Text Format