Survey Identifier: BNFC01MV
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 15020014
Parameters Surveyed Code: 55111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19791024
Source Institution: SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY
Country: USA
Platform Name: R/V MELVILLE
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): VACQUIER V.
Project: BENTHIFACE LEG 1
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19730521
Port of Departure: SAN DIEGO
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19730603
Port of Arrival: MANZANILLO
Navigation Instrumentation: SATNAV,AUTOLOG GYRO + EMLOG
Geodetic Datum/Position: LINEAR INTERP.BETWEEN ADJACENT FIXES
Bathymetry Instrumentation: 12KHZ/GIFFT RECORDER/WIDE(60DEG)BEAM
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOGUE RECORDS,PUNCHED CARDS
Magnetics Instrumentation: VARIAN MFD PROTON PRECESSION MOD 4970
Additional Forms of Magnetics Data: ANAL.RECORDS,CARDS
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +33
Bottommost Latitude: +19
Leftmost Longitude: -118
Rightmost Longitude: -104
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 050
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 1SECONDSWEEP
Assumed Sound Velocity: 14630
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: 5 MINUTE INTERVAL
General Digitizing Rate of Magnetics: 050
General Sampling Rate of Magnetics: 06
Reference Field Code: 03
Reference Field: IGRF 1965
Method of Applying Residual Field: LIN. INTERP.POINTS WITHIN ONE DEGREE SQUARE
Number of Data Records: 3579
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1973 05 22
Latitude: +19.03510
Longitude: -117.39830
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 002404
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 180.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 423760
Magnetics Residual Field: -00510
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1973 06 03
Latitude: +32.14030
Longitude: -104.38790
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 065000
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 4890.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 438970
Magnetics Residual Field: +06670