Survey Identifier: MONS08AR
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 15010047
Parameters Surveyed Code: 55111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19790913
Source Institution: SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY
Country: USA
Platform Name: R/V ARGO
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): MENARD H.W.
Project: MONSOON LEG 8
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19610323
Port of Departure: PAPEETE
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19610418
Port of Arrival: SAN DIEGO
Navigation Instrumentation: CELESTIAL,MANUAL ENTRY GYRO SPEED
Geodetic Datum/Position: LINEAR INTERP.BETWEEN ADJACENT FIXES
Bathymetry Instrumentation: 12KHZ/PDR RECORDER/WIDE(60DEG)BEAM
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOGUE RECORDS,PUNCHED CARDS
Magnetics Instrumentation: SCRIPPS MFD PROTON PRECESSION(VACQUIER)
Additional Forms of Magnetics Data: ANAL.RECORDS,CARDS
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +33
Bottommost Latitude: -18
Leftmost Longitude: -152
Rightmost Longitude: -118
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 030
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 1SECONDSWEEP
Assumed Sound Velocity: 14630
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: 3 MINUTE INTERVAL
General Digitizing Rate of Magnetics: 060
General Sampling Rate of Magnetics: 15
Reference Field Code: 03
Reference Field: IGRF 1965
Method of Applying Residual Field: LIN.INTERP.AT 30DEG C/C OR 500MI ALONG TRACK
Number of Data Records: 7925
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1961 03 24
Latitude: -17.49280
Longitude: -151.87670
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 008274
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 619.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 330900
Magnetics Residual Field: -07300
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1961 04 18
Latitude: +32.64380
Longitude: -118.52440
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 075274
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5688.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 494100
Magnetics Residual Field: +06100