Survey Identifier: DODO08AR
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 15010021
Parameters Surveyed Code: 55111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19800923
Source Institution: SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY
Country: USA
Platform Name: R/V ARGO
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): VACQUIER V.
Project: DODO LEG 8
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19640911
Port of Departure: PORT LOUIS,MAURITIUS
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19641009
Port of Arrival: CEYLON,COLOMBO
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
Magnetics Instrumentation: SCRIPPS MFD PROTON PRECESSION(VACQUIER)
Additional Forms of Magnetics Data: ANAL.RECORDS,CARDS
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +07
Bottommost Latitude: -32
Leftmost Longitude: +057
Rightmost Longitude: +080
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 060
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 1SECONDSWEEP
Assumed Sound Velocity: 14630
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: 6 MINUTE INTERVAL
General Digitizing Rate of Magnetics: 050
General Sampling Rate of Magnetics: 15
Reference Field Code: 03
Reference Field: IGRF 1965
Method of Applying Residual Field: LIN.INTERP.AT 30DEG C/C OR 500MI ALONG TRACK
Number of Data Records: 8947
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1964 09 11
Latitude: -31.06530
Longitude: +57.10720
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 001000
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 75.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 369000
Magnetics Residual Field: -03500
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1964 10 09
Latitude: +6.50290
Longitude: +79.67990
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 075550
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5713.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 465100
Magnetics Residual Field: +06350