Survey Identifier: NOVA1BHO
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 15080021
Parameters Surveyed Code: 55113
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): SMITH S.M.
Project: NOVA LEG 1B(HO)
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19670506
Port of Departure: BRISBANE,AUSTRALIA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19670529
Port of Arrival: NOUMEA,NORTH 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: SCRIPPS MFD PROTON PRECESSION(VACQUIER)
Additional Forms of Magnetics Data: ANAL.RECORDS,CARDS
Seismic Instrumentation: 50KJOULE ARCER,RAYFLEX SLOWDRUM RECORDER
Formats of Seismic Data: ANAL.RECORDS,35MM MICROFILM
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -20
Bottommost Latitude: -34
Leftmost Longitude: +153
Rightmost Longitude: +176
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: 6234
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1967 05 06
Latitude: -33.24860
Longitude: +153.53450
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000674
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 51.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 550150
Magnetics Residual Field: -01100
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1967 05 28
Latitude: -20.45430
Longitude: +175.19190
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 064424
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 4853.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 575000
Magnetics Residual Field: +31500