Survey Identifier: MW9604
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 08020091
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51511
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19960322
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: MW9604. PAGO PAGO TO HONOLULU TRANSIT
Funding: NSF
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19960311
Port of Departure: PAGO PAGO,AM. SAMOA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19960321
Port of Arrival: HONOLULU,HAWAII
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: -15
Leftmost Longitude: -171
Rightmost Longitude: -157
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 020
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: 9786418
Departure Base Station Description: FUEL PIER PAGO PAGO,AM.SAMOA
Arrival Base Station Description: METER DIED BEFORE PORT
Additional Documentation: DATA TAKEN ON BOARD: ADCP,WIND,NAV,BATH,GRAV.
Number of Data Records: 19595
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1996 03 11
Latitude: -14.33513
Longitude: -170.67986
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000250
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 19.0
Observed Gravity: 9780100
Free-Air Anomaly: -0286
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1996 03 21
Latitude: +21.31122
Longitude: -157.87015
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 078090
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5907.0
Observed Gravity: 9786674
Free-Air Anomaly: +3202