Survey Identifier: MW9204
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 08020084
Parameters Surveyed Code: 55513
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19960823
Source Institution: SOEST,UNIV.HAWAII/UCSC/ANU/SJSU.
Country: U.S.A.,AUSTRALIA
Platform Name: R/V MOANA WAVE
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): ELI SILVER, DON REED
Project: MW9204. SOLOMON SEA COLLISION ZONE.
Funding: NSF
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19920305
Port of Departure: LAE,PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19920412
Port of Arrival: AGANA,GUAM
Navigation Instrumentation: GPS,TRANSIT SATELLITE
Geodetic Datum/Position: PRIM=GPS
Bathymetry Instrumentation: 3.5 KHZ 30 DEGREE BEAM, 1 SEC SWEEP
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOG, DIGITAL, MICROFILM
Magnetics Instrumentation: GEOMETRIC
Additional Forms of Magnetics Data: ANALOG,DIGITAL
Gravity Instrumentation: LACOSTE ROMBERG S-33
Additional Forms of Gravity Data: ANALOG,DIGITAL
Seismic Instrumentation: 120,300 CU IN AIRGUNS
Formats of Seismic Data: ANALOG,DIGITAL,MICROFILM
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +11
Bottommost Latitude: -09
Leftmost Longitude: +144
Rightmost Longitude: +151
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)
General Digitizing Rate of Magnetics: 010
General Sampling Rate of Magnetics: 20
Magnetic Sensor Tow Distance: 0000
Sensor Depth: 00000
Horizontal Sensor Separation: 000
Reference Field Code: 88
Reference Field: IGRF-90
Method of Applying Residual Field: FOR EACH DATA VALUE
General Digitizing Rate of Gravity: 010
General Sampling Rate of Gravity: 30
Theoretical Gravity Formula Code: 8
Theoretical Gravity Formula: IAG SYSTEM 1974
Reference System Code: 3
Reference System: IGSN 71
Corrections Applied: NONE APPLIED
Departure Base Station Gravity: 9779948
Departure Base Station Description: LAE (SITE M) OLD AIRPORT
Arrival Base Station Gravity: 9785267
Arrival Base Station Description: AGANA,GUAM NAVY BASE V-6
Additional Documentation: DATA TAKEN ON BOARD: BATH,MAG,GRAV,12KHZ,SEISMICS(DIGITAL & ANALOG), XBT'S, MR1 SIDESCAN, ADCP, STATIONS 1-16; PC,RD,BC,FFG.
Number of Data Records: 88214
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1992 03 05
Latitude: -8.17496
Longitude: +144.68595
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000270
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 20.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 406980
Magnetics Residual Field: -03829
Observed Gravity: 9778056
Free-Air Anomaly: -2939
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1992 04 12
Latitude: +10.98841
Longitude: +150.64182
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 090750
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 6905.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 429630
Magnetics Residual Field: +08133
Observed Gravity: 9783025
Free-Air Anomaly: +0992