Survey Identifier: MW9203
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 08020074
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19940210
Source Institution: SOEST/UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII
Country: U.S.A.
Platform Name: R/V MOANA WAVE
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): STEVE MURRAY
Project: MW9203. BUOY PLACEMENT VITIAZ STRAITS.
Funding: NSF
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19920217
Port of Departure: MADANG,PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19920301
Port of Arrival: LAE,PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Navigation Instrumentation: GPS,TRANSIT SATELLITE
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
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -04
Bottommost Latitude: -07
Leftmost Longitude: +145
Rightmost Longitude: +149
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: BATH, ADCP.
Number of Data Records: 22922
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1992 02 18
Latitude: -6.78602
Longitude: +145.82841
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000080
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 6.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1992 03 02
Latitude: -4.66607
Longitude: +148.25644
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 053210
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 3992.0