Survey Identifier: MW9602


Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 08020089
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51511
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19960220
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: MW9602. TRANSIT TO SUVA, FIJI
Funding: NSF
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19960128
Port of Departure: HONOLULU, HAWAII
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19960208
Port of Arrival: SUVA, FIJI
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
Gravity Instrumentation: LACOSTE ROMBERG S-33
Additional Forms of Gravity Data: ANALOG, DIGITAL
Topmost Latitude of Survey: 22
Bottommost Latitude: -19
Leftmost Longitude: 178
Rightmost Longitude: -157
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)
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 NEEDED
Departure Base Station Gravity: 9789234
Departure Base Station Description: HONOLULU PIER 45
Arrival Base Station Gravity: 9786092
Arrival Base Station Description: SUVA,FIJI; KINGS WHARF
Additional Documentation: DATA TAKEN ON BOARD: ADCP,WIND,NAV,BATH,GRAV.
Number of Data Records: 22592

Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1996 01 28
Latitude: -18.24200
Longitude: -179.99999
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 004270
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 324.0
Observed Gravity: 9780066
Free-Air Anomaly: -1027

Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1996 02 08
Latitude: +21.30116
Longitude: +179.99862
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 079140
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5989.0
Observed Gravity: 9789253
Free-Air Anomaly: +2092