Survey Identifier: KI803
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 08050011
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19820908
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): KEITH B. LEWIS
Project: CCOP/SOPAC-UN/RAS/79/074 PROJECT, CRUISE KI-80-3
Funding: UNDP
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19800502
Port of Departure: PENRHYN, COOK ISLANDS
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19800520
Port of Arrival: HONOLULU, U.S.A.
Navigation Instrumentation: SATNAV MAGNAVOX 1102A,RADAR,SEXTANT
Geodetic Datum/Position: 1-SATNAV,2-RADAR,3-SEXTANT
Bathymetry Instrumentation: (SEE ADD.DOC. 18)
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOG RECORDS, MICROFILM
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +22
Bottommost Latitude: -10
Leftmost Longitude: -159
Rightmost Longitude: -149
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 80
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 01SEC/SWEEP
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: NONE.(PICKED PEAKS/TROUGHS,15-MIN.INTERVALS IF SMOOTH.)
Additional Documentation: 06 7KHZ,36-DEGREE BEAM WIDTH, 01SEC/SWEEP. DEEP-SEA BATHYMETRY, 06 FROM PENRHYN (NORTHERN COOK ISLANDS) TO HAWAII ALONG EAST OF, 06 LINE ISLANDS, ACCOMPANYING A SAMPLING PROGRAMME IN SEARCH OF, 06 MANGANESE NODULES.
Number of Data Records: 3908
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1980 05 02
Latitude: -9.35183
Longitude: -158.14750
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000580
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 43.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1980 05 20
Latitude: +21.24933
Longitude: -149.71567
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 078450
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5932.0