Survey Identifier: BMRG09MV
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 15020186
Parameters Surveyed Code: 50000
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 20031016
Source Institution: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Country: USA
Platform Name: R/V Melville
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): P. Lonsdale
Project: NSF OCE94-00707
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19960611
Port of Departure: Pago Pago, Samoa
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19960629
Port of Arrival: San Diego, CA, USA
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: 33
Bottommost Latitude: -19
Leftmost Longitude: -172
Rightmost Longitude: -117
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: 26483
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1996 06 11
Latitude: -18.86004
Longitude: -171.89299
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000307
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 23.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1996 06 29
Latitude: +32.48817
Longitude: -117.31370
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 080733
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 6111.0