Multibeam Report for Tran2tan


Ship Name: Ocean Alert
Chief Scientist: Clague, David
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Source Organization: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)
Start Date: 1998-05-28
End Date: 1998-05-28


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Multibeam Bathymetry

Cruise Details

Project: MBARI 1998 Mapping Project
Instrument: Simrad EM300

Data Quality

Number of Files: 5
Number of Records: 13630
BATHYMETRY DATA Quantity Percentage
Number of Beams 1840050 100%
Number of Good Beams 1531467 83.23%
Number of Zero Beams 164866 8.96%
Number of Flagged Beams 143717 7.81%

Navigation Totals

Total Time: 23.749 hours
Total Track Length: 383.2315 km
Average Speed: 16.137 km/hr (8.7133 knots)

Cruise Bounds

Northern Extent: 36.864494
Southern Extent: 36.52133
Western Extent: -125.00221
Eastern Extent: -123.21181

Limits

Minimum Sonar Depth 0.85 Maximum Sonar Depth 9.5
Minimum Altitude 3018.59 Maximum Altitude 4459.91
Minimum Depth 2994.91 Maximum Depth 4611.33

File Information

Full Resolution Bathymetry as collected (raw): 4

Files File Size Description
mbari_1998_712_msn.mb57.gz 14.21MB Simrad multibeam processing format
mbari_1998_713_msn.mb57.gz 28.64MB Simrad multibeam processing format
mbari_1998_713_msne.mb57.gz 28.45MB Simrad multibeam processing format
mbari_1998_713_msnp.mb57.gz 28.45MB Simrad multibeam processing format

Metadata Files: 1

Files File Size Description
Tran2tan_Multibeam.xml NGDC created ISO metadata