Survey Identifier: SOTW08WT
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 15040048
Parameters Surveyed Code: 55133
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19800602
Source Institution: SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY
Country: USA
Platform Name: R/V THOMAS WASHINGTON
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): ANDERSON R.
Project: SOUTHTOW LEG 8
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19720811
Port of Departure: CALLAO,PERU
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19720911
Port of Arrival: PAPEETE,TAHITI
Navigation Instrumentation: SATNAV,AUTOLOG GYRO + EMLOG
Geodetic Datum/Position: LINEAR INTERP.BETWEEN ADJACENT FIXES
Bathymetry Instrumentation: 3.5-12KHZ/GIFFT RECORDERS/WIDE 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
Seismic Instrumentation: 20TO300CU.IN.AIRGUN,10-300HZ,EDO PSR REC
Formats of Seismic Data: ANAL.RECORDS,35MM MICROFILM
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -11
Bottommost Latitude: -18
Leftmost Longitude: -150
Rightmost Longitude: -078
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: 10685
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1972 08 12
Latitude: -17.42300
Longitude: -149.32330
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 007850
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 595.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 278200
Magnetics Residual Field: -11300
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1972 09 11
Latitude: -11.94330
Longitude: -78.04660
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 078700
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5951.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 374100
Magnetics Residual Field: +04950