Survey Identifier: SI81-2
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 08050023
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19851216
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): NEVILLE EXON
Project: CCOP/SOPAC RAS 79/074; SI81-2
Funding: UNDP
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19810123
Port of Departure: HONIARA, GUADALCANAL
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19810201
Port of Arrival: HONIARA, GUADALCANAL
Navigation Instrumentation: (SEE ADD.DOC. 18)
Geodetic Datum/Position: 1-SATNAV 2-RADAR 3-SEXTANT
Bathymetry Instrumentation: RAYTHEON PTR 106C-1 7 KHZ
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOG RECORDS, MICROFILM
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -05
Bottommost Latitude: -10
Leftmost Longitude: +156
Rightmost Longitude: +161
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 53
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 1 PER SECOND
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: NONE/PICKED PEAKS & TROUGHS + 15MIN INTERVALS IF SMOOTH
Additional Documentation: 05 MAGNAVOX 1102A; RADAR X, 05 THIS CRUISE WAS DESIGNED TO HELP DEFINE THE POTENTIALS OF THE SOLOMON, 05 ISLANDS FOR SUBMERGED PHOSPHATES & METALLIFEROUS SEDIMENT. 8 SAMPLE, 05 STATIONS.
Number of Data Records: 2969
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1981 01 23
Latitude: -9.43350
Longitude: +156.90417
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000050
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 4.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1981 02 01
Latitude: -5.41583
Longitude: +160.76083
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 050430
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 3780.0