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Multibeam Report for MGLN06MV


Ship Name: Melville
Chief Scientist: Tivey, Maurice
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Source Organization: Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS)
Start Date: 2006-07-21
End Date: 2006-08-31

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Multibeam Bathymetry

Cruise Details

Project: Hydrothermal Systems in the Eastern Manus Basin: F
Instrument: SeaBeam 2000

Data Quality

Number of Files: 27
Number of Records: 87315
BATHYMETRY DATA Quantity Percentage
Number of Beams 10562816 100%
Number of Good Beams 9816990 92.94%
Number of Zero Beams 330226 3.13%
Number of Flagged Beams 415600 3.93%

Navigation Totals

Total Time: 187.8365 hours
Total Track Length: 3450.8465 km
Average Speed: 18.372 km/hr (9.9201 knots)

Cruise Bounds

Northern Extent: -3.002417
Southern Extent: -18.266863
Western Extent: 149.73372
Eastern Extent: 177.43571

Limits

Minimum Sonar Depth 0 Maximum Sonar Depth 0
Minimum Altitude 0 Maximum Altitude 8602
Minimum Depth 11 Maximum Depth 9183

File Information

Full Resolution Bathymetry (processed): 23

Files File Size Description
SBmrg.2006aug01p.mb32 2.23MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBmrg.2006aug03p.mb32 0.52MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBmrg.2006aug05p.mb32 0.73MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBmrg.2006aug11p.mb32 2.24MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBmrg.2006aug12p.mb32 2.13MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBmrg.2006aug14p.mb32 0.54MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBmrg.2006aug16p.mb32 82.6KB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBmrg.2006aug19p.mb32 0.62MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBmrg.2006aug20p.mb32 3.22MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBmrg.2006aug21p.mb32 69.9KB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBmrg.2006aug24p.mb32 2.53MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBmrg.2006aug25p.mb32 4.27MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBmrg.2006aug26p.mb32 8.60MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBmrg.2006aug27p.mb32 0.60MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBmrg.2006aug28p.mb32 3.66MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBmrg.2006aug29p.mb32 1.32MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBmrg.2006aug31p.mb32 305.1KB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBmrg.2006jul21p.mb32 5.68MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBmrg.2006jul22p.mb32 0.68MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBmrg.2006jul25p.mb32 0.53MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBmrg.2006jul26p.mb32 468.1KB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBmrg.2006jul30p.mb32 1.44MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBmrg.2006jul31p.mb32 2.66MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format

Metadata Files: 3

Files File Size Description
MGLN06MV_Multibeam.xml NCEI created ISO metadata
mb_bag_info.tar.gz 1.5KB Additional cruise information
xbt_bag_info.tar.gz 0.8KB Additional cruise information

Ancillary Files: 1

Files File Size Description
xbt.tar.gz 30.6KB Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) data