Survey Identifier: BFT77
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 13020003
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): P DEHLINGER
Funding: OFFICE NAVAL RESEARC
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19770820
Port of Departure: SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19770828
Port of Arrival: SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA
Navigation Instrumentation: NAV SAT
Geodetic Datum/Position: SATELLITE/DEAD RECKONING
Bathymetry Instrumentation: DEPTH RECORDER
Gravity Instrumentation: L+R S51
Additional Forms of Gravity Data: ANALOG RECORDER
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +73
Bottommost Latitude: +70
Leftmost Longitude: -157
Rightmost Longitude: -141
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 256
General Digitizing Rate of Gravity: 255
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
Number of Data Records: 411
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1977 08 20
Latitude: +70.00333
Longitude: -157.00000
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000273
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 20.0
Observed Gravity: 9825635
Free-Air Anomaly: -0780
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1977 08 28
Latitude: +72.70666
Longitude: -141.37666
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 050032
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 3695.0
Observed Gravity: 9827544
Free-Air Anomaly: +0908