Survey Identifier: NOVA03AR
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 15010050
Parameters Surveyed Code: 55113
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19800212
Source Institution: SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY
Country: USA
Platform Name: R/V ARGO
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): CRAIG H.
Project: NOVA LEG 3(AR)
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19670616
Port of Departure: HONOLULU,HAWAII
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19670708
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
Magnetics Instrumentation: SCRIPPS MFD PROTON PRECESSION(VACQUIER)
Additional Forms of Magnetics Data: ANAL.RECORDS,CARDS
Seismic Instrumentation: 40CU.IN.AIRGUN,10-300HZ,GIFFT RECORDER
Formats of Seismic Data: ANAL.RECORDS,35MM MICROFILM
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +22
Bottommost Latitude: -19
Leftmost Longitude: +178
Rightmost Longitude: -158
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
General Digitizing Rate of Magnetics: 050
General Sampling Rate of Magnetics: 15
Reference Field Code: 03
Reference Field: IGRF 1965
Method of Applying Residual Field: LIN.INTERP.AT 30DEG C/C OR 500MI ALONG TRACK
Number of Data Records: 3707
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1967 06 17
Latitude: -18.22200
Longitude: -179.99650
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 005000
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 382.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 338250
Magnetics Residual Field: -07200
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1967 07 08
Latitude: +21.25590
Longitude: +179.98650
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 091774
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 6980.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 354650
Magnetics Residual Field: +03750