Survey Identifier: MW8606
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 08020045
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19901205
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): RICHARD YOUNG
Project: MW8606. GENESIS 8, BIOLOGY.
Funding: NSF
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19860806
Port of Departure: HONOLULU, HAWAII
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19860818
Port of Arrival: HILO, HAWAII
Navigation Instrumentation: GPS,SATNAV
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
Magnetics Instrumentation: NONE
Gravity Instrumentation: NONE
Seismic Instrumentation: NONE
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +22
Bottommost Latitude: +19
Leftmost Longitude: -159
Rightmost Longitude: -154
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 015
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. XBT, WATER SAMPLES, PLANKTON TOW, ADCP.
Number of Data Records: 25724
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1986 08 06
Latitude: +19.26488
Longitude: -158.33292
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000120
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 9.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1986 08 18
Latitude: +21.43899
Longitude: -154.10000
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 071380
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5384.0