Survey Identifier: MW8907
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 08020032
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19900226
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): MIKE SIMPSON
Project: MW8907. TRANSIT VIA PANAMA CANAL
Funding: NSF & HIG
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19890513
Port of Departure: PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19890521
Port of Arrival: JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
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: NONE
Gravity Instrumentation: NONE
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +31
Bottommost Latitude: +07
Leftmost Longitude: -086
Rightmost Longitude: -079
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 05 MIN INTERVALS IF SMOOTH)
Additional Documentation: DATA TAKEN ON BOARD: BATHYMETRY,ADCP
Number of Data Records: 18348
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1989 05 13
Latitude: +7.15088
Longitude: -85.18138
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000160
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 12.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1989 05 21
Latitude: +30.39158
Longitude: -79.44862
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 075850
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5765.0