Survey Identifier: NBP94-6
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 88010037
Parameters Surveyed Code: 50000
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19941219
Source Institution: UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
Country: USA
Platform Name: NATHANIEL B. PALMER
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): WALKER SMITH/ ROBIN ROSS
Project: NATHANIEL B. PALMER CRUISE: NBP94-6
Funding: NSF
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19941103
Port of Departure: LYTTELTON NEW ZEALAND
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19941219
Port of Arrival: LYTTELTON NEW ZEALAND
Navigation Instrumentation: GPS
Geodetic Datum/Position: SATELLITE
Bathymetry Instrumentation: ODEC 3.5 KHZ
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: NONE
Magnetics Instrumentation: PROTON MAG
Additional Forms of Magnetics Data: NONE
Gravity Instrumentation: LACOSTE & ROMBERG MARINE GRAVIMETER S-36
Additional Forms of Gravity Data: NONE
Formats of Seismic Data: DIGITAL
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -43
Bottommost Latitude: -78
Leftmost Longitude: 165
Rightmost Longitude: -175
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 1.0
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 1/MINUTE
Assumed Sound Velocity: 1500
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: 1-MIN INTERVAL
General Digitizing Rate of Magnetics: 1.0
General Sampling Rate of Magnetics: 60
Magnetic Sensor Tow Distance: 150
Reference Field Code: 12
General Digitizing Rate of Gravity: 1.0
General Sampling Rate of Gravity: 60
Theoretical Gravity Formula Code: 4
Theoretical Gravity Formula: IAG SYTEM 1980
Reference System Code: 3
Reference System: POSTDAM SYSTEM
Additional Documentation: DATA PROCESSED BY ANTARCTIC SUPPORT ASSOCIATES/RAYTHEON POLAR SERVICES.
Number of Data Records: 62467
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1994 11 03
Latitude: -77.34061
Longitude: -180.00000
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000164
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 12.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1994 12 19
Latitude: -43.56582
Longitude: +179.99989
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 080027
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 6028.0