Survey Identifier: AVON06MV
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 15020190
Parameters Surveyed Code: 50000
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 20031017
Source Institution: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Country: USA
Platform Name: R/V Melville
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): D. Joseph (NAVOCEANO)
Funding: NAVOCEANO & NSF
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19990428
Port of Departure: Honolulu, HI, USA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19990519
Port of Arrival: Honolulu, HI, USA
Navigation Instrumentation: GPS, Trimble Tasman P(Y)
Bathymetry Instrumentation: SeaBeam 2000
Magnetics Instrumentation: Geometrics Magnetometer Mod. G-886
Gravity Instrumentation: Bell BGM-3 Meter
Topmost Latitude of Survey: 31
Bottommost Latitude: 21
Leftmost Longitude: -180
Rightmost Longitude: -156
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 010
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: VAR W/ DEPTH
Interpolation Scheme: 1 MINUTE EXTRACTIONS CLOSEST TO THE MINUTE (VERTICAL BM)
Additional Documentation: Heading Sensor Sperry MK 23 Gyro, Vertical reference unit sensor Datawell Hippy Model 120, Navigation: Horizontal_Datum WGS84, Uncorrected meters, assumed SV 1500m/sec, Ship draft 5, Surface sound velocity sensor
Number of Data Records: 25215
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1999 04 28
Latitude: +21.10615
Longitude: -179.43325
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000080
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 6.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1999 05 19
Latitude: +30.53940
Longitude: -156.03225
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 075987
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5740.0