Survey Identifier: CHIN-ABD
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 15060003
Parameters Surveyed Code: 50111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19811103
Source Institution: SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY
Country: USA
Platform Name: R/V SPENCER F. BAIRD
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): MENARD W.
Project: CHINOOK LG 1(BD)
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19560629
Port of Departure: SAN DIEGO,CALIFORNIA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19560722
Port of Arrival: ADAK,ALASKA
Navigation Instrumentation: CELESTIAL,MANUAL ENTRY GYRO SPEED
Geodetic Datum/Position: LINEAR INTERP.BETWEEN ADJACENT FIXES
Bathymetry Instrumentation: 12KHZ/PDR RECORDER/WIDE(60DEG)BEAM
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOGUE RECORDS,PUNCHED CARDS
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +49
Bottommost Latitude: +29
Leftmost Longitude: -169
Rightmost Longitude: -153
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 030
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 1SECONDSWEEP
Assumed Sound Velocity: 14630
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: 3 MINUTE INTERVAL
Additional Documentation: ALSO KNOWN AS CHINOOK-BAIRD PART A IN OLDER FILES
Number of Data Records: 3443
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1956 07 10
Latitude: +29.33830
Longitude: -168.58730
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 055524
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 4143.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1956 07 21
Latitude: +48.03460
Longitude: -153.21220
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 083350
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 6306.0