Survey Identifier: NBP97-4
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 88010030
Parameters Surveyed Code: 55000
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19970520
Source Institution: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Country: USA
Platform Name: NATHANIEL B. PALMER
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): NONE
Project: NATHANIEL B. PALMER CRUISE: NBP97-4
Funding: NSF
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19970515
Port of Departure: LYTTLETON NEW ZEALAND
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19970520
Port of Arrival: AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND
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: PROTON MAG
Additional Forms of Magnetics Data: NONE
Gravity Instrumentation: NONE
Additional Forms of Gravity Data: NONE
Seismic Instrumentation: NONE
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -34
Bottommost Latitude: -44
Leftmost Longitude: 172
Rightmost Longitude: -178
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 011
General Digitizing Rate of Magnetics: 1.0
General Sampling Rate of Magnetics: 60
Magnetic Sensor Tow Distance: 150M
Reference Field Code: 88
Reference Field: IGRF95
Additional Documentation: DATA PROCESSED BY ANTARCTIC SUPPORT ASSOCIATES/RAYTHEON POLAR SERVICES. MULTIBEAM SEA TEST
Number of Data Records: 6865
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1997 05 15
Latitude: -43.56297
Longitude: -179.99890
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 21.2
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 519285
Magnetics Residual Field: -08770
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1997 05 19
Latitude: -34.60133
Longitude: +179.99970
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 7795.9
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 578856
Magnetics Residual Field: +04068