Survey Identifier: PACS03MV
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 15020175
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51131
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 20001129
Source Institution: SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY
Country: USA
Platform Name: R/V MELVILLE
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): ANDERSON & WELLER, WHOI
Project: PAN-AMERICAN CLIMATE STUDY LEG 3
Funding: NOAA
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19980908
Port of Departure: SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19980929
Port of Arrival: SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
Navigation Instrumentation: TRIMBLE TASMAN P(Y) GPS
Geodetic Datum/Position: WGS-84; LINEAR FIT TO 60 SEC FIXES
Bathymetry Instrumentation: SEABEAM 2000 w/SIDESCAN
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANAL.REC,35MM FILM,DIGITAL TAPE
Magnetics Instrumentation: NONE
Additional Forms of Magnetics Data: NONE
Gravity Instrumentation: NONE
Additional Forms of Gravity Data: NONE
Seismic Instrumentation: NONE
Formats of Seismic Data: NONE
Topmost Latitude of Survey: 33
Bottommost Latitude: -03
Leftmost Longitude: -126
Rightmost Longitude: -117
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 010
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 1PING IN H2O
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: ONE MINUTE VALUES EXTRACTED FROM SEABEAM CENTER BEAM
Additional Documentation: PROCESSED BY GEOLOGICAL DATA CENTER, SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY, DEPTHS CORRECTED FOR 5 METER SHIP DRAFT. NAVIGATION: DR.BETWEEN 1 MINUTE, INTERVAL GPS FIXES. FOLLOWING INFO FROM MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY: Heading Sensor, Sperry MK 23 Gyro; Vertical reference unit sensor Datawell Hippy Model 120; Navigation: Horizontal_Datum WGS84; Uncorrected meters, assumed SV 1500m/sec; Ship draft 5; Surface sound velocity sensor.
Number of Data Records: 30436
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1998 09 08
Latitude: -3.00336
Longitude: -125.40994
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000173
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 12.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1998 09 29
Latitude: +32.70778
Longitude: -117.22645
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 065173
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 4903.0