Survey Identifier: DNWB-ABD
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 15060007
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19811013
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: DOWNWIND LEG A(BD)
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19571021
Port of Departure: SAN DIEGO,CALIFORNIA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19571113
Port of Arrival: PAPEETE,TAHITI
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: +32
Bottommost Latitude: -20
Leftmost Longitude: -150
Rightmost Longitude: -118
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
Number of Data Records: 8274
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1957 10 22
Latitude: -19.20480
Longitude: -149.37480
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 006550
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 490.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1957 11 15
Latitude: +31.63350
Longitude: -118.53110
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 071474
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5385.0