Survey Identifier: MW9506
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 08020088
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19950713
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): SHARON STAHL
Project: MW9506. TRANSIT TO JAPAN
Funding: NSF
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19950512
Port of Departure: HONOLULU, HAWAII
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19950526
Port of Arrival: YOKOSUKA,JAPAN NAVY BASE
Navigation Instrumentation: GPS
Geodetic Datum/Position: PRIM=GPS
Bathymetry Instrumentation: 3.5 KHZ 30 DEGREE BEAM, 1 SEC SWEEP
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOG, DIGITAL
Magnetics Instrumentation: NONE
Gravity Instrumentation: NONE
Topmost Latitude of Survey: 34
Bottommost Latitude: 21
Leftmost Longitude: 143
Rightmost Longitude: -157
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 022
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)
Additional Documentation: DATA TAKEN ON BOARD: Nav, Bathy, Wind, ADCP
Number of Data Records: 24161
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1995 05 12
Latitude: +21.25162
Longitude: -179.99858
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 017600
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 1314.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1995 05 24
Latitude: +33.03616
Longitude: +179.99937
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 083030
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 6290.0