Survey Identifier: BMRG02MV
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 15020184
Parameters Surveyed Code: 50000
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 20031015
Source Institution: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Country: USA
Platform Name: R/V Melville
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): Lonsdale, Hawkins, and Castillo
Project: NSF OCE94-00707
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19951128
Port of Departure: Papeete, Tahiti
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19951209
Port of Arrival: Chatham Island, New Zealand
Navigation Instrumentation: GPS, Trimble Tasman P(Y)
Bathymetry Instrumentation: SeaBeam 2000
Magnetics Instrumentation: Geometrics Magnetometer Mod. G-801/3
Gravity Instrumentation: Bell BGM-3 Meter
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -17
Bottommost Latitude: -42
Leftmost Longitude: -174
Rightmost Longitude: -149
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: 13487
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1995 11 28
Latitude: -41.89674
Longitude: -173.67851
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 008627
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 646.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1995 12 09
Latitude: -17.51937
Longitude: -149.62896
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 087613
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 6645.0