Survey Identifier: MW8903
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 08020051
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19901218
Source Institution: HAWAII INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS/WHOI
Country: U.S.A.
Platform Name: R/V MOANA WAVE
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): JOHN TOOLE
Project: WOCE EXPOCODE MW8903_1, P04W; 10 DEGREE NORTH TRANSECT
Funding: NSF
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19890205
Port of Departure: PALAU
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19890304
Port of Arrival: MAJURO
Navigation Instrumentation: GPS,TRANSIT SATELLITE
Geodetic Datum/Position: PRIM=GPS, SEC=SAT
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: +11
Bottommost Latitude: +07
Leftmost Longitude: +126
Rightmost Longitude: +172
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 032
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: BATHYMETRY, WIND SPEED & HEADING, ADCP, XBT'S, 12 KHZ, CTD STATIONS, WATER TEMPERATURE & CONDUCTIVITY, NISKIN WATER BOTTLE SAMPLES.
Number of Data Records: 50684
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1989 02 06
Latitude: +7.20828
Longitude: +126.09980
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000480
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 36.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1989 03 04
Latitude: +10.00470
Longitude: +171.34890
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 124750
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 9624.0