Survey Identifier: FGGE09WC
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 15270009
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19
Source Institution: SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY
Country: USA
Platform Name: R/V WECOMA(OSU)
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): CLARKE T.
Project: NORPAX/FGGE,LEG 9
Funding: DM, NSF(IDOE),ONR
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19791031
Port of Departure: PAPEETE,TAHITI
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19791124
Port of Arrival: HONOLULU,HAWAII
Navigation Instrumentation: SATNAV,MANUAL ENTRY GYRO AND SPD CHANGES
Geodetic Datum/Position: INEAR INTERP.BETWEEN ADJACENT FIXES
Bathymetry Instrumentation: 12KHZEPC 4100 RECORDER WIDE(60DEG)BEAM
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANAL.RECORDS,PUNCHED CARDS
Magnetics Instrumentation: NONE COLLECTED
Additional Forms of Magnetics Data: NONE COLLECTED
Gravity Instrumentation: NONE COLLECTED
Additional Forms of Gravity Data: NONE COLLECTED
Seismic Instrumentation: NONE COLLECTED
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +20
Bottommost Latitude: -18
Leftmost Longitude: -159
Rightmost Longitude: -149
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 050
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 1SECONDSWEEP
Assumed Sound Velocity: 14630
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Additional Documentation: FGGE09WC was reprocessed to correct the depths which were incorrect, in the previous file(they had been off by factor of 1.875)
Number of Data Records: 5060
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1979 10 31
Latitude: -17.38166
Longitude: -158.23253
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 022280
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 1664.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1979 11 24
Latitude: +19.97000
Longitude: -149.73167
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 079600
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 6022.0