Survey Identifier: NOVA02HO
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 15080022
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51113
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19811109
Source Institution: SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY
Country: USA
Platform Name: R/V HORIZON
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): WINTERER E.L.
Project: NOVA LEG 2(HO)
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19670531
Port of Departure: NOUMEA,NEW CALEDONIA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19670701
Port of Arrival: SUVA,FIJI
Navigation Instrumentation: CELESTIAL,MANUAL ENTRY GYRO SPEED
Geodetic Datum/Position: LINEAR INTERP.BETWEEN ADJACENT FIXES
Bathymetry Instrumentation: 12KHZ/GIFFT RECORDER/WIDE(60DEG)BEAM
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOGUE RECORDS,PUNCHED CARDS
Seismic Instrumentation: 50KJOULE ARCER,RAYFLEX SLOWDRUM RECORDER
Formats of Seismic Data: ANAL.RECORDS,35MM MICROFILM
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -08
Bottommost Latitude: -23
Leftmost Longitude: +143
Rightmost Longitude: +179
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 050
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 1SECONDSWEEP
Assumed Sound Velocity: 14630
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: 5 MINUTE INTERVAL
Number of Data Records: 8515
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1967 05 31
Latitude: -22.56350
Longitude: +143.85660
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000450
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 34.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1967 06 30
Latitude: -8.23720
Longitude: +178.38520
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 070000
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5284.0