Survey Identifier: TN059
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 20010040
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19961108
Source Institution: University of Washington
Country: USA
Platform Name: R/V T.G. Thompson
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): George White
Project: transit
Funding: NSF / ONR
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19960403
Port of Departure: Darwin, Australia
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19960411
Port of Arrival: Noumea, New Caledonia
Navigation Instrumentation: GPS
Geodetic Datum/Position: wgs-84
Bathymetry Instrumentation: ODEC 3.5khz 30degree conical beam
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -09
Bottommost Latitude: -23
Leftmost Longitude: +131
Rightmost Longitude: +167
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 001
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 1/10seconds
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: cubic spline interp.
Number of Data Records: 10543
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1996 04 03
Latitude: -22.52696
Longitude: +131.01162
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000220
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 16.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1996 04 11
Latitude: -9.19103
Longitude: +166.43680
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 062321
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 4690.0