Survey Identifier: SI792


Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 08050012
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19820427
Source Institution: HAWAII INST. GEOPHYSICS FOR CCOPSOPAC
Country: U.S.A.
Platform Name: R/V MACHIAS
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): JIM V. EADE
Project: CCOP/SOPAC-UN/RAS/79/074,SI-79-2
Funding: UNDP
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19790301
Port of Departure: HONIARA,SOLOMON ISLANDS
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19790308
Port of Arrival: RABAUL,PAPUA-NEW GUINEA
Navigation Instrumentation: SATNAV MAGNAVOX 1112/RADAR/SEXTANT
Geodetic Datum/Position: 1-SATNAV/2-NEAR LAND,RADAR/3-SEXTANT
Bathymetry Instrumentation: (SEE ADD.DOC. 18)
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOG RECORDS, MICROFILM
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -04
Bottommost Latitude: -10
Leftmost Longitude: +152
Rightmost Longitude: +160
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 49
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 01 SEC/SWEEP
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: NONE.(PICKED PEAKS/TROUGHS AND 15MIN INTERVLS IF SMOOTH)
Additional Documentation: 06 RAYTHEON PTR106C,07KHZ,01 SEC/SWEEP. BATHYMETRY ACCOMPANYING A SAMPLING, 06 PROGRAM IN SEARCH OF METALLIFEROUS MUDS,SUBMARINE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 06 AND PRECIOUS CORALS.
Number of Data Records: 1726

Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1979 03 01
Latitude: -9.34483
Longitude: +152.16983
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000290
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 22.0

Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1979 03 08
Latitude: -4.20700
Longitude: +159.91717
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 053440
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 4009.0