Survey Identifier: MW8904
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 08020052
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): ESTHER BRADY
Project: WOCE EXPOCODE MW8903_2, P04C; 10 DEGREE NORTH TRANSECT
Funding: NSF
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19890308
Port of Departure: MAJURO
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19890324
Port of Arrival: HONOLULU, PIER 45
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: +22
Bottommost Latitude: +07
Leftmost Longitude: +171
Rightmost Longitude: -157
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 039
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, XBT'S, WEATHER OBS., ADCP, CTD STATIONS (#86-119), WATER SAMPLES.
Number of Data Records: 29000
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1989 03 08
Latitude: +7.11618
Longitude: -179.99768
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000340
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 26.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1989 03 24
Latitude: +21.13162
Longitude: +179.99957
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 083600
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 6335.0