Survey Identifier: GECS-FMV
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 15020039
Parameters Surveyed Code: 55111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19811013
Source Institution: SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY
Country: USA
Platform Name: R/V MELVILLE
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): BISCAYE P.
Project: GEOSECS LEG F
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19740103
Port of Departure: PAGO PAGO
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19740128
Port of Arrival: WELLINGTON
Navigation Instrumentation: SATNAV,MANUAL ENTRY GYRO AND SPD CHANGES
Geodetic Datum/Position: LINEAR INTERP.BETWEEN ADJACENT FIXES
Bathymetry Instrumentation: 12KHZ/GIFFT RECORDER/WIDE(60DEG)BEAM
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOGUE RECORDS,PUNCHED CARDS
Magnetics Instrumentation: VARIAN MFD PROTON PRECESSION MOD 4970
Additional Forms of Magnetics Data: ANAL.RECORDS,CARDS
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -09
Bottommost Latitude: -39
Leftmost Longitude: +179
Rightmost Longitude: -164
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
General Digitizing Rate of Magnetics: 050
General Sampling Rate of Magnetics: 06
Reference Field Code: 03
Reference Field: IGRF 1965
Method of Applying Residual Field: LIN. INTERP.POINTS WITHIN ONE DEGREE SQUARE
Number of Data Records: 6909
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1974 01 03
Latitude: -38.29200
Longitude: -179.99890
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 013516
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 1015.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 366590
Magnetics Residual Field: -04170
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1974 01 27
Latitude: -9.17830
Longitude: +179.99260
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 077672
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5873.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 552460
Magnetics Residual Field: +07270