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Multibeam Report for lophelia2009


Ship Name: NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN (R104)
Chief Scientist: Fisher, Charles
Pennsylvania State University
Source Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Start Date: 2009-08-20
End Date: 2009-09-12

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Multibeam Bathymetry

Cruise Details

Project: Lophelia II 2009 Deepwater Coral Expedition
Instrument: SeaBeam 2112

Data Quality

Number of Files: 19
Number of Records: 3091
BATHYMETRY DATA Quantity Percentage
Number of Beams 466741 100%
Number of Good Beams 438509 93.95%
Number of Zero Beams 28232 6.05%
Number of Flagged Beams 0 0%

Navigation Totals

Total Time: 4.7031 hours
Total Track Length: 79.0918 km
Average Speed: 16.817 km/hr (9.0805 knots)

Cruise Bounds

Northern Extent: 28.67992
Southern Extent: 27.646154
Western Extent: -91.19247
Eastern Extent: -87.31107

Limits

Minimum Sonar Depth 0 Maximum Sonar Depth 5.37
Minimum Altitude 0 Maximum Altitude 2660.0295
Minimum Depth 277.9552 Maximum Depth 2708.0442

File Information

Full Resolution Bathymetry as collected (raw): 15

Files File Size Description
20090822134031_005.xse.mb94.gz 5.93MB ELAC/SeaBeam XSE vendor format
20090822140914_006.xse.mb94.gz 2.92MB ELAC/SeaBeam XSE vendor format
20090823193118_007.xse.mb94.gz 5.55MB ELAC/SeaBeam XSE vendor format
20090823195434_008.xse.mb94.gz 5.43MB ELAC/SeaBeam XSE vendor format
20090825183921_009.xse.mb94.gz 6.40MB ELAC/SeaBeam XSE vendor format
20090825185241_010.xse.mb94.gz 6.23MB ELAC/SeaBeam XSE vendor format
20090825190646_011.xse.mb94.gz 2.01MB ELAC/SeaBeam XSE vendor format
20090830073133_007.xse.mb94.gz 6.77MB ELAC/SeaBeam XSE vendor format
20090830075043_008.xse.mb94.gz 0.57MB ELAC/SeaBeam XSE vendor format
sb200908221257.mb94.gz 6.62MB ELAC/SeaBeam XSE vendor format
sb200908231848.mb94.gz 7.66MB ELAC/SeaBeam XSE vendor format
sb200908231930.mb94.gz 0.62MB ELAC/SeaBeam XSE vendor format
sb200908251755.mb94.gz 7.27MB ELAC/SeaBeam XSE vendor format
sb200908251815.mb94.gz 4.15MB ELAC/SeaBeam XSE vendor format
sb200908300646.mb94.gz 6.03MB ELAC/SeaBeam XSE vendor format

Metadata Files: 3

Files File Size Description
lophelia2009_Multibeam.xml NCEI created ISO metadata
Lophelia_2009_Cruise_Level.xml 4.1KB XML metadata file
Lophelia_2009_Seabeam_Multibeam_Data.xml 6.5KB XML metadata file

Ancillary Files: 1

Files File Size Description
svp.tar.gz 4.85MB Sound Speed Profiles (SSP or SVP)