Survey Identifier: NOVA04HO
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 15080024
Parameters Surveyed Code: 55111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19800211
Source Institution: SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY
Country: USA
Platform Name: R/V HORIZON
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): MENARD H.W.
Project: NOVA LEG 4(HO)
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19670713
Port of Departure: SUVA,FIJI
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19670807
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
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -12
Bottommost Latitude: -25
Leftmost Longitude: +166
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
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: 5956
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1967 07 12
Latitude: -24.09980
Longitude: +166.38440
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000250
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 19.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 404200
Magnetics Residual Field: -10600
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1967 08 07
Latitude: -12.23690
Longitude: +178.98350
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 095124
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 7250.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 495400
Magnetics Residual Field: +13750