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Multibeam Report for WEST08MV


Ship Name: Melville
Chief Scientist: Orcutt, John
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Source Organization: University of California, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (UC/SIO)
Start Date: 1994-11-16
End Date: 1994-12-04

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Multibeam Bathymetry

Cruise Details

Project: Westward Expedition
Instrument: SeaBeam 2000

Data Quality

Number of Files: 24
Number of Records: 161218
BATHYMETRY DATA Quantity Percentage
Number of Beams 19507378 100%
Number of Good Beams 13805653 70.77%
Number of Zero Beams 5389922 27.63%
Number of Flagged Beams 311803 1.6%

Navigation Totals

Total Time: 406.2826 hours
Total Track Length: 6567.047 km
Average Speed: 16.164 km/hr (8.7279 knots)

Cruise Bounds

Northern Extent: -34.538334
Southern Extent: -50.36244
Western Extent: 115.03874
Eastern Extent: 170.8337

Limits

Minimum Sonar Depth 0 Maximum Sonar Depth 0
Minimum Altitude 0 Maximum Altitude 6349
Minimum Depth 19 Maximum Depth 8654

File Information

Full Resolution Bathymetry as collected (raw): 20

Files File Size Description
SBfixavg.94dec01 2.85MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBfixavg.94dec02 2.74MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBfixavg.94dec03 3.74MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBfixavg.94dec04 4.35MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBfixavg.94nov16 4.81MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBfixavg.94nov17 27.78MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBfixavg.94nov18 3.01MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBfixavg.94nov19 2.71MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBfixavg.94nov20 3.11MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBfixavg.94nov21 3.15MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBfixavg.94nov22.ed 4.23MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBfixavg.94nov23.1.ed 2.07MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBfixavg.94nov23.ed 484.6KB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBfixavg.94nov24.ed 3.00MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBfixavg.94nov25.ed 3.26MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBfixavg.94nov26.ed 2.52MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBfixavg.94nov27.ed 2.81MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBfixavg.94nov28.ed 2.06MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBfixavg.94nov29.ed 2.65MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format
SBfixavg.94nov30.ed 2.28MB SIO Swath-bathy SeaBeam 2000 format

Products: 1

Files File Size Description
WEST08MV.sumplot.ps 45.5KB Postscript

Metadata Files: 3

Files File Size Description
WEST08MV_Multibeam.xml NGDC created ISO metadata
metadata.WEST08MV.txt 3.9KB Informal metadata text
swath_bathy_doc.rtf 210.1KB Metadata files in Rich Text Format