Survey Identifier: BFT72
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 13010003
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51511
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19800312
Source Institution: UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
Country: USA
Platform Name: USCGC GLACIER
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): E F CHIBURIS
Project: WEBSEC 72
Funding: OFFICE NAVAL RESEARC
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19720803
Port of Departure: LONG BEACH CALIF
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19720911
Port of Arrival: LONG BEACH CALIF
Navigation Instrumentation: NAV SAT
Geodetic Datum/Position: SATELLITE/DEAD RECKONING
Bathymetry Instrumentation: DEPTH RECORDER
Gravity Instrumentation: L+R S 53
Additional Forms of Gravity Data: ANALOG RECORDER
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +72
Bottommost Latitude: +70
Leftmost Longitude: -157
Rightmost Longitude: -143
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 408
General Digitizing Rate of Gravity: 339
General Sampling Rate of Gravity: 00
Theoretical Gravity Formula Code: 3
Theoretical Gravity Formula: IAG SYSTEM 1967
Reference System Code: 2
Reference System: REVISED POTSDAM
Departure Base Station Gravity: 9826852
Departure Base Station Description: POINT BARROW 26816K
Arrival Base Station Gravity: 9826852
Arrival Base Station Description: POINT BARROW 26816K
Additional Documentation: EOTVOS CORRECTION FOR FOLLOWING DATA USES ONLY 1ST DEGREE IN VELOCITY. IN OTHER WORDS, V SQUARED TERM NOT USED IN THIS EOTVOS CORRECTION.
Number of Data Records: 1291
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1972 08 03
Latitude: +70.15700
Longitude: -156.72500
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000259
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 19.0
Observed Gravity: 9825639
Free-Air Anomaly: -0610
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1972 09 11
Latitude: +71.95700
Longitude: -143.39300
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 030621
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 2245.0
Observed Gravity: 9827542
Free-Air Anomaly: +0930