Survey Identifier: MW9303
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 08020080
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19930623
Source Institution: LSU, 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: MW9303. MOORINGS.
Funding: NSF
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19930404
Port of Departure: KOLONIA,POHNPEI
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19930419
Port of Arrival: LAE,PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Navigation Instrumentation: GPS,SATNAV
Geodetic Datum/Position: PRIM=GPS, SEC=SATNAV
Bathymetry Instrumentation: 3.5 KHZ 30 DEGREE BEAM, 2 SEC SWEEP
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOG, DIGITAL, MICROFILM
Magnetics Instrumentation: NONE
Gravity Instrumentation: NONE
Seismic Instrumentation: NONE
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +08
Bottommost Latitude: -08
Leftmost Longitude: +146
Rightmost Longitude: +159
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 019
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 1/SECOND
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: NONE(PICKED PEAKS/TROUGHS OR 5 MIN INTERVALS IF SMOOTH)
Additional Documentation: DATA TAKEN ON BOARD: BATH, WIND, ADCP, CTD. RECOVERED 5 MOORINGS IN VITIAZ STRAIT.
Number of Data Records: 26751
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1993 04 04
Latitude: -7.70230
Longitude: +146.89128
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000180
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 13.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1993 04 18
Latitude: +7.02354
Longitude: +158.16024
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 103390
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 7909.0