Survey Identifier: 79G602GY
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 15320001
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51131
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19811007
Source Institution: SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY
Country: USA
Platform Name: R/V GYRE(TEXAS A & M)
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): JORDAN T.,GUINASSO N.L.
Project: GYRE LEG 1
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19790820
Port of Departure: PAPEETE,TAHITI
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19790831
Port of Arrival: HIVA OA,MARQUESAS ISLAND
Navigation Instrumentation: SATNAV,MANUAL ENTRY GYRO AND SPD CHANGES
Geodetic Datum/Position: LINEAR INTERP.BETWEEN ADJACENT FIXES
Bathymetry Instrumentation: 3.5-12KHZ/EDO,UGR RECORDERS/WIDE BEAM
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOGUE RECORDS,PUNCHED CARDS
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -06
Bottommost Latitude: -17
Leftmost Longitude: -150
Rightmost Longitude: -139
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 050
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 1SECONDSWEEP
Assumed Sound Velocity: 14630
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: 5 MINUTE INTERVAL
Number of Data Records: 3161
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1979 08 20
Latitude: -16.87410
Longitude: -149.49210
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 001000
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 75.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1979 08 31
Latitude: -6.98100
Longitude: -139.98070
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 077950
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5896.0