Survey Identifier: COOK11MV


Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 15020207
Parameters Surveyed Code: 01511
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 20040510
Source Institution: SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY
Country: USA
Platform Name: R/V Melville
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): TRANSIT LEG
Project: Cook Expedition LEG 11
Funding: NAVY, NSF
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 20010808
Port of Departure: Lae, Papua New Guinea
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 20010817
Port of Arrival: Lae, Papua New Guinea
Navigation Instrumentation: PCODE GPS
Geodetic Datum/Position: SMOOTHED FIT TO 60 SEC FIXES
Bathymetry Instrumentation: SEABEAM 2000 12kHz, w/SIDESCAN
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANAL.REC,35MM FILM,DIGITAL MAG. TAPE
Gravity Instrumentation: BELL BGM-3 METER S/N 224
Additional Forms of Gravity Data: DIGITAL TAPE
Seismic Instrumentation: NONE COLLECTED
Topmost Latitude of Survey: 27
Bottommost Latitude: -07
Leftmost Longitude: 127
Rightmost Longitude: 148
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 010
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 1PING IN H2O
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Interpolation Scheme: 1 MINUTE VALUES EXTRACTED FROM SEABEAM VERTICAL BEAM
General Digitizing Rate of Gravity: 010
General Sampling Rate of Gravity: 01
Theoretical Gravity Formula Code: 3
Theoretical Gravity Formula: IAG SYSTEM 1967
Reference System Code: 3
Reference System: SYSTEM IGSN 71
Corrections Applied: EOTVOS AND METER DRIFT
Departure Base Station Gravity: 979102
Departure Base Station Description: DOD0238-2 MSCpier NAHA,OKINAWA
Arrival Base Station Gravity: 978698
Arrival Base Station Description: DOD2080-9 Papeete
Additional Documentation: PROCESSED BY GEOLOGICAL DATA CENTER, SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY, DEPTHS CORRECTED FOR 5 METER SHIP DRAFT, NAVIGATION: PCODE GPS
Number of Data Records: 12431

Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 2001 08 09
Latitude: -6.83603
Longitude: +127.58540
Observed Gravity: 9778930
Free-Air Anomaly: -1995

Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 2001 08 17
Latitude: +26.23723
Longitude: +147.98791
Observed Gravity: 9791772
Free-Air Anomaly: +1876