Survey Identifier: MONS4AAR
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 15010042
Parameters Surveyed Code: 55111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19791024
Source Institution: SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY
Country: USA
Platform Name: R/V ARGO
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): FISHER R.L.
Project: MONSOON LEG 4A
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19601210
Port of Departure: MAURITIUS
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19610102
Port of Arrival: FREMANTLE
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: -20
Bottommost Latitude: -43
Leftmost Longitude: +058
Rightmost Longitude: +116
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 060
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 1SECONDSWEEP
Assumed Sound Velocity: 14630
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: 6 MINUTE INTERVAL
General Digitizing Rate of Magnetics: 050
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: 6280
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1960 12 11
Latitude: -42.18100
Longitude: +58.23810
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 015600
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 1166.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 371700
Magnetics Residual Field: -06300
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1961 01 02
Latitude: -20.32110
Longitude: +115.60470
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 068500
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5163.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 597500
Magnetics Residual Field: +11050