Survey Identifier: NBP95-2
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 88010010
Parameters Surveyed Code: 50500
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19950427
Source Institution: NATL.SCIENCE FOUNDATION/ANTARC.SUPPORT.
Country: USA
Platform Name: NATHANIEL B. PALMER
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): TED FOSTER
Project: NATHANIEL B. PALMER CRUISE: NBP95-2
Funding: NSF
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19950316
Port of Departure: LYTTELTON NEW ZEALAND
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19950427
Port of Arrival: HOBART TAZMANIA
Navigation Instrumentation: GPS
Geodetic Datum/Position: SATELITTE
Bathymetry Instrumentation: ODEC BATHY 2000 SUB-BOTTOM 3.5 KHZ CHIRP
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: -71
Leftmost Longitude: 143
Rightmost Longitude: 174
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 SYSTEM 1980
Reference System Code: 3
Reference System: POTSDAM SYSTEM
Additional Documentation: DATA PROCESSED BY ANTARCTIC SUPPORT ASSOCIATES/RAYTHEON POLAR SERVICES.
Number of Data Records: 58158
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1995 03 16
Latitude: -70.31932
Longitude: +143.49530
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000240
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 18.0
Observed Gravity: 9805532
Free-Air Anomaly: -1585
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1995 04 26
Latitude: -43.56287
Longitude: +173.21800
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 065670
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 4911.0
Observed Gravity: 9827057
Free-Air Anomaly: +2130