| Project: | Philippines Straits Dynamics Experiment |
| Instrument: | Simrad EM120 |
| All Bathy/Relief | Coastal | DEM Portal | Fishing | Global | Lakes | Multibeam | NOS |
| Ship Name: | Melville |
| Chief Scientist: | Gordon, Arnold Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory |
| Source Organization: | UNOLS R2R |
| Start Date: | 2008-01-09 |
| End Date: | 2008-02-01 |
Multibeam Bathymetry

| Project: | Philippines Straits Dynamics Experiment |
| Instrument: | Simrad EM120 |

| Number of Files: | 546 |
| Number of Records: | 328302 |
| BATHYMETRY DATA | Quantity | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Number of Beams | 62705682 | 100% |
| Number of Good Beams | 60277151 | 96.13% |
| Number of Zero Beams | 2428531 | 3.87% |
| Number of Flagged Beams | 0 | 0% |

| Total Time: | 470.2589 hours |
| Total Track Length: | 6709.9024 km |
| Average Speed: | 14.269 km/hr (7.7046 knots) |

| Northern Extent: | 14.159881 |
| Southern Extent: | 8.166821 |
| Western Extent: | 118.71449 |
| Eastern Extent: | 125.3876 |

| Minimum Sonar Depth | 2.43 | Maximum Sonar Depth | 7.83 |
| Minimum Altitude | 0 | Maximum Altitude | 6077.2798 |
| Minimum Depth | 8.03 | Maximum Depth | 6082.3301 |
File Information


| Files | File Size | Description |
|---|---|---|
| mgln31mv.b93.mb164.gz | 478.33MB | NGDC binary hydrographic sounding format |

| Files | File Size | Description |
|---|---|---|
| MGLN31MV_Multibeam.xml | NCEI created ISO metadata | |
| mb_bag_info.tar.gz | 23.2KB | Additional cruise information |