Survey Identifier: 8509
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 08020019
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19860411
Source Institution: HAWAII INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS
Country: U.S.A.
Platform Name: R/V MOANA WAVE
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): PETER HACKER
Project: EQUATORIAL TRANSECT, MW8509
Funding: NSF
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19850606
Port of Departure: PANAMA CITY, PANAMA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19850711
Port of Arrival: HONOLULU,HAWAII
Navigation Instrumentation: GPS,SAT NAV
Geodetic Datum/Position: PRI=GPS SEC=SAT
Bathymetry Instrumentation: 3.5KHZ 30-DEGREE BEAM
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOG,DIGITAL,MICROFILM
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +21
Bottommost Latitude: -04
Leftmost Longitude: -159
Rightmost Longitude: -079
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 019
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 1/SECOND
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: NONE.(PICK PEAKS/TROUGHS OR 15 MIN INTERVALS IF SMOOTH)
Number of Data Records: 42396
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1985 06 06
Latitude: -3.00933
Longitude: -158.01778
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000130
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 10.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1985 07 11
Latitude: +20.24181
Longitude: -79.36415
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 079760
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 6034.0