Survey Identifier: MW9108


Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 08020054
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19911030
Source Institution: SOEST, UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII/LSU.
Country: U.S.A.
Platform Name: R/V MOANA WAVE
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): STEVE MURRAY
Project: MW9108, LOW LAT WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT, VITIAZ STRAIT
Funding: NSF/DMA
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19910523
Port of Departure: LAE, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19910613
Port of Arrival: LAE, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
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: -03
Bottommost Latitude: -08
Leftmost Longitude: +145
Rightmost Longitude: +155
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, CTD SAMPLING.
Number of Data Records: 38411

Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1991 05 24
Latitude: -7.28265
Longitude: +145.86632
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000090
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 7.0

Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1991 06 09
Latitude: -3.87282
Longitude: +154.36725
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 106160
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 8131.0