Survey Identifier: FGGE08WC
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 15270008
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19800428
Source Institution: SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY
Country: USA
Platform Name: R/V WECOMA(OSU)
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): KNOX R.
Project: NORPAX/FGGE,LEG 8 DMA,NSF(IDOE),ONR
Funding: DMA,NSF(IDOE),ONR
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19790928
Port of Departure: HONOLULU,HAWAII
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19791027
Port of Arrival: PAPEETE,TAHITI
Navigation Instrumentation: SATNAV,MANUAL ENTRY GYRO AND SPD CHANGES
Geodetic Datum/Position: LINEAR INTERP.BETWEEN ADJACENT FIXES
Bathymetry Instrumentation: 12KHZ/EPC 4100 RECORDER/WIDE(60DEG)BEAM
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOGUE RECORDS,PUNCHED CARDS
Magnetics Instrumentation: NONE COLLECTED
Gravity Instrumentation: NONE COLLECTED
Seismic Instrumentation: NONE COLLECTED
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +22
Bottommost Latitude: -18
Leftmost Longitude: -158
Rightmost Longitude: -149
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
Number of Data Records: 8198
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1979 09 29
Latitude: -17.44260
Longitude: -157.91960
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 006300
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 476.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1979 10 27
Latitude: +21.22810
Longitude: -149.62280
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 077450
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5854.0