Survey Identifier: MW8906
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 08020053
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19901217
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): HARRY BRYDEN
Project: WOCE EXPOCODE MW8903_3, P04E; 10 DEGREE NORTH TRANSECT
Funding: NSF
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19890403
Port of Departure: HONOLULU, PIER 45
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19890510
Port of Arrival: PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA
Navigation Instrumentation: GPS,TRANSIT SAT
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: +09
Leftmost Longitude: -162
Rightmost Longitude: -085
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: BATHYMETRY,ADCP
Number of Data Records: 81886
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1989 04 03
Latitude: +9.47640
Longitude: -161.17740
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 004140
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 313.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1989 05 10
Latitude: +21.16755
Longitude: -85.74928
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 079990
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 6052.0