Survey Identifier: NBP96-6
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 88010039
Parameters Surveyed Code: 50000
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19970108
Source Institution: ROAVERRS
Country: USA
Platform Name: NATHANIEL B. PALMER
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): Robert Dunbar
Project: NATHANIEL B. PALMER CRUISE: NBP96-6
Funding: NSF
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19961211
Port of Departure: LYTTLETON NEW ZEALAND
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19970108
Port of Arrival: MCMURDO ANTARCTICA
Navigation Instrumentation: GPS
Geodetic Datum/Position: WGS84/PRIM - SATTELITE
Bathymetry Instrumentation: ODEC BATHY 2000 SUB-BOTTOM 3.5 KHZ CHIRP
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: NONE
Magnetics Instrumentation: NONE
Additional Forms of Magnetics Data: NONE
Gravity Instrumentation: LACOSTE & ROMBERG MARINE GRAVIMETER S-36
Additional Forms of Gravity Data: NONE
Seismic Instrumentation: NONE
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -43
Bottommost Latitude: -79
Leftmost Longitude: 163
Rightmost Longitude: -170
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 010
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 1/MINUTE
Assumed Sound Velocity: 1500
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: 1-MIN INTERVAL
General Digitizing Rate of Gravity: 1.0
General Sampling Rate of Gravity: 60
Theoretical Gravity Formula Code: 3
Theoretical Gravity Formula: IAG SYSTEM 1967
Departure Base Station Gravity: 980526
Departure Base Station Description: LYTTELTON NEW ZEALAND
Arrival Base Station Gravity: 982977
Arrival Base Station Description: LYTTELTON NEW ZEALAND
Additional Documentation: DATA PROCESSED BY ANTARCTIC SUPPORT ASSOCIATES/RAYTHEON POLAR SERVICES. Date of initial gravity tie value: 3/26/97
Number of Data Records: 40673
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1996 12 10
Latitude: -78.15346
Longitude: -180.00000
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000175
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 13.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1997 01 08
Latitude: -43.56493
Longitude: +179.99989
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 072593
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5451.0