Survey Identifier: MW8601
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 08020038
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19901101
Source Institution: HAWAII INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS
Country: U.S.A.
Platform Name: R/V MOANA WAVE
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): TSUCHIYA, LUKAS
Project: MW8601. WEPOCS II.
Funding: NSF
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19860112
Port of Departure: POHNPEI
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19860213
Port of Arrival: POHNPEI
Navigation Instrumentation: GPS,SATNAV,RADAR,SEXTANT
Geodetic Datum/Position: PRIM=GPS, SEC=SATNAV
Bathymetry Instrumentation: 3.5 KHZ 30 DEGREE BEAM, 1 SEC SWEEP
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOG, DIGITAL, MICROFILM
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +07
Bottommost Latitude: -09
Leftmost Longitude: +142
Rightmost Longitude: +158
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 029
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 1/SECOND
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: NONE(PICKED PEAKS/TROUGHS OR 15 MIN INTERVALS IF SMOOTH)
Additional Documentation: DATA TAKEN ON BOARD: B. THIS OCEANOGRAPHIC CRUISE ALSO INCLUDED, SALINITY AND CONDUCTIVITY DIGITAL DATA, XBT DIGITAL DATA, CTD CASTS #999-103, ADCP.
Number of Data Records: 57448
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1986 01 13
Latitude: -8.36767
Longitude: +142.95893
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000130
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 10.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1986 02 13
Latitude: +6.83520
Longitude: +157.88138
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 109320
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 8385.0