Survey Identifier: MW8807
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 08020029
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19891023
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): ROBERT THUNELL
Project: SEDIMENTATION, MW8807.
Funding: NSF
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19880804
Port of Departure: SUBIC BAY, MANILA, PHILIPPINES
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19880825
Port of Arrival: AGANA, GUAM
Navigation Instrumentation: GPS, SAT NAV
Geodetic Datum/Position: PRI=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
Additional Forms of Magnetics Data: NONE
Gravity Instrumentation: NONE
Additional Forms of Gravity Data: NONE
Seismic Instrumentation: NONE
Formats of Seismic Data: NONE
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +15
Bottommost Latitude: +05
Leftmost Longitude: +115
Rightmost Longitude: +143
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 017
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 1/SECOND
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: NONE(PICKED PEAKS/TROUGHS OR 05-MIN INTERVALS IF SMOOTH)
Additional Documentation: DATA TAKEN ON BOARD:BATHYMETRY; 44 GIANT GRAVITY CORES; 21 BOX CORES.
Number of Data Records: 43948
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1988 08 04
Latitude: +5.49278
Longitude: +115.65262
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000470
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 35.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1988 08 24
Latitude: +14.26750
Longitude: +142.72712
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 139610
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 10845.0