Multibeam Report for TUIM05MV


Ship Name: Melville
Chief Scientist: Tivey, Margaret
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Source Organization: UNOLS R2R
Start Date: 2005-04-05
End Date: 2005-05-11


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Multibeam Bathymetry

Cruise Details

Project: Sampling and Initial Characterization of Hydrothermal Fluids, Deposits, Microfauna and Megafauna at Vent Fields along the Eastern Lau Spreading Center
Instrument: SeaBeam 2000

Data Quality

Number of Files: 13
Number of Records: 61270
BATHYMETRY DATA Quantity Percentage
Number of Beams 7413670 100%
Number of Good Beams 5950305 80.26%
Number of Zero Beams 1463365 19.74%
Number of Flagged Beams 0 0%

Navigation Totals

Total Time: 146.1041 hours
Total Track Length: 877.6561 km
Average Speed: 6.007 km/hr (3.2435 knots)

Cruise Bounds

Northern Extent: -19.903717
Southern Extent: -22.325151
Western Extent: -176.67545
Eastern Extent: -175.17943

Limits

Minimum Sonar Depth 0 Maximum Sonar Depth 0
Minimum Altitude 0 Maximum Altitude 2919
Minimum Depth 192 Maximum Depth 3121

File Information

Full Resolution Bathymetry as collected (raw): 11

Files File Size Description
SBdespike.2005apr05.truep.mb32 2.92MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBdespike.2005apr10.truep.mb32 3.26MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBdespike.2005apr11.truep.mb32 184.5KB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBdespike.2005apr12.truep.mb32 3.70MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBdespike.2005apr17.truep.mb32 2.59MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBdespike.2005apr18.truep.mb32 5.21MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBdespike.2005apr23.truep.mb32 3.79MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBdespike.2005apr26.truep.mb32 3.09MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBdespike.2005may01.truep.mb32 4.36MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBdespike.2005may02.truep.mb32 0.80MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBdespike.2005may09.truep.mb32 0.96MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format

Metadata Files: 1

Files File Size Description
TUIM05MV_Multibeam.xml NGDC created ISO metadata

Ancillary Files: 1

Files File Size Description
xbt.tar.gz 57.1KB Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) data