Survey Identifier: BFT74
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 13020002
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 + P DEHLINGER
Funding: OFFICE NAVAL RESEARC
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19740818
Port of Departure: WEST COAST CALIF
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19740917
Port of Arrival: WEST COAST CALIF
Navigation Instrumentation: NAV SAT
Geodetic Datum/Position: SATELLITE/DEAD RECKONING
Bathymetry Instrumentation: DEPTH RECORDER
Gravity Instrumentation: L+R 51
Additional Forms of Gravity Data: ANALOG RECORDER
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +72
Bottommost Latitude: +69
Leftmost Longitude: -157
Rightmost Longitude: -141
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 464
General Digitizing Rate of Gravity: 460
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: 528
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1974 08 18
Latitude: +69.97780
Longitude: -156.78330
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000246
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 18.0
Observed Gravity: 9825641
Free-Air Anomaly: -0708
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1974 09 17
Latitude: +71.94970
Longitude: -141.00120
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 042623
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 3139.0
Observed Gravity: 9828063
Free-Air Anomaly: +0902