Survey Identifier: NOVA04AR
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 15010051
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): WINTERER E.L.
Project: NOVA LEG 4(AR)
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19670712
Port of Departure: SUVA,FIJI
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19670808
Port of Arrival: NOUMEA,NEW CALEDONIA
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: VARIAN MFD PROTON PRECESSION MOD 4970
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: -08
Bottommost Latitude: -23
Leftmost Longitude: +144
Rightmost Longitude: +178
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: 06
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: 7083
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1967 07 12
Latitude: -22.54140
Longitude: +144.01860
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000174
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 13.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 424500
Magnetics Residual Field: -05500
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1967 08 07
Latitude: -8.57990
Longitude: +177.89450
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 087224
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 6628.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 488850
Magnetics Residual Field: +07150