Survey Identifier: KI-80-2
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 08050006
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19820402
Source Institution: HAWAII INST. GEOPHYSICS FOR CCOPSOPAC
Country: U.S.A.
Platform Name: R/V MACHIAS
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): A.JOHN HALUNEN
Project: CCOP/SOPAC-UN/RAS/79/074,KI-80-2
Funding: UNDP
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19800301
Port of Departure: PAGO-PAGO,AMERICAN SAMOA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19800317
Port of Arrival: PAPEETE,FRENCH POLYNESIA
Navigation Instrumentation: SATNAV MAGNAVOX 1102A/RADAR/SEXTANT
Geodetic Datum/Position: 1-SATNAV/2-NEAR LAND,RADAR/3-SEXTANT
Bathymetry Instrumentation: (SEE ADD.DOC. 18)
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOG RECORDS, MICROFILM
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -09
Bottommost Latitude: -18
Leftmost Longitude: -171
Rightmost Longitude: -148
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 68
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 01 SEC/SWEEP
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: NONE.(PICKED PEAKS/TROUGHS AND 15MIN INTERVLS IF SMOOTH)
Additional Documentation: 06 RAYTHEON PTR-106C,07KHZ,01SEC/SWEEP. DEEP-SEA BATHYMETRY MOSTLY, 06 IN SOUTHERN LINE ISLANDS DURING TRANSITS BETWEEN SAMPLING, 06 STATIONS FOR OCCURRENCE OF MANGANESE NODULES, PHOSPHORITES, 06 AND PRECIOUS CORALS.
Number of Data Records: 3974
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1980 03 01
Latitude: -17.35383
Longitude: -170.57650
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 008030
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 608.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1980 03 17
Latitude: -9.07050
Longitude: -148.87583
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 075570
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5710.0