Survey Identifier: MW8705
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 08020010
Parameters Surveyed Code: 55111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19880624
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): STEVE POULOS
Project: MW8705. TRANSIT.
Funding: HIG/DMA
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19870427
Port of Departure: KAWAIHAE, HAWAII, USA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19870508
Port of Arrival: MANZANILLO, MEXICO
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: GEOMETRICS G 801-3
Additional Forms of Magnetics Data: ANALOG, DIGITAL
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +21
Bottommost Latitude: +19
Leftmost Longitude: -156
Rightmost Longitude: -105
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 5 MIN INTERVALS IF SMOOTH)
General Digitizing Rate of Magnetics: 010
General Sampling Rate of Magnetics: 20
Magnetic Sensor Tow Distance: 0000
Sensor Depth: 00000
Horizontal Sensor Separation: 000
Reference Field Code: 04
Reference Field: IGRF-1975
Method of Applying Residual Field: FOR EACH DATA VALUE
Additional Documentation: DATA TAKEN ON BOARD: BM. XBT, CURRENT PROFILES. ARCHIVE TAPE 187.
Number of Data Records: 25166
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1987 04 27
Latitude: +19.06933
Longitude: -155.93495
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 002100
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 157.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 397870
Magnetics Residual Field: -04452
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1987 05 08
Latitude: +20.29953
Longitude: -105.24492
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 076500
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5781.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 420500
Magnetics Residual Field: +07450