Survey Identifier: 8516TR
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 08020021
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19860410
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): SHARON WARLOP
Project: MW8516 TRANSIT
Funding: DMA/NGDC
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19851116
Port of Departure: HONOLULU,HAWAII
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19851128
Port of Arrival: HONIARA,GUADALCANAL
Navigation Instrumentation: GPS,SATELLITE NAVIGATOR
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: +22
Bottommost Latitude: -10
Leftmost Longitude: +159
Rightmost Longitude: -158
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 015
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 1/SECOND
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: NONE.(PICK PEAKS/TROUGHS OR 5-MIN INTERVALS IF SMOOTH)
Number of Data Records: 12192
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1985 11 16
Latitude: -9.28623
Longitude: -179.99864
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000160
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 12.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1985 11 28
Latitude: +21.13473
Longitude: +179.99688
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 083860
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 6355.0