Survey Identifier: BFT73
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 13020001
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51511
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19800312
Source Institution: UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
Country: USA
Platform Name: USCGC BURTON ISLAND
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): E F CHIBURIS
Funding: OFFICE NAVAL RESEARC
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19730726
Port of Departure: WEST COAST CALIF
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19730812
Port of Arrival: WEST COAST CALIF
Navigation Instrumentation: NAV SAT
Geodetic Datum/Position: SATELLITE/DEAD RECKONING
Bathymetry Instrumentation: DEPTH RECORDER
Gravity Instrumentation: L+R
Additional Forms of Gravity Data: ANALOG RECORDER
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +72
Bottommost Latitude: +70
Leftmost Longitude: -160
Rightmost Longitude: -143
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 310
General Digitizing Rate of Gravity: 278
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: 686
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1973 07 26
Latitude: +70.22800
Longitude: -159.01800
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000246
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 18.0
Observed Gravity: 9825722
Free-Air Anomaly: -0505
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1973 08 12
Latitude: +71.68400
Longitude: -143.95600
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 007491
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 544.0
Observed Gravity: 9827609
Free-Air Anomaly: +0573