Survey Identifier: WEST00MV
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 15020183
Parameters Surveyed Code: 50000
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 20031009
Source Institution: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Country: USA
Platform Name: R/V Melville
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): T. Althouse (Scripps)
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19931117
Port of Departure: San Diego, CA, USA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19931120
Port of Arrival: San Diego, CA, USA
Navigation Instrumentation: GPS, Trimble Mod. 4000AX
Bathymetry Instrumentation: SeaBeam 2000
Magnetics Instrumentation: Geometrics Magnetometer Mod. G-801/3
Gravity Instrumentation: Bell BGM-3 Meter
Seismic Instrumentation: Airgun
Topmost Latitude of Survey: 33
Bottommost Latitude: 32
Leftmost Longitude: -119
Rightmost Longitude: -117
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 010
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: VAR W/ DEPTH
Interpolation Scheme: 1 MINUTE EXTRACTIONS CLOSEST TO THE MINUTE (VERTICAL BM)
Additional Documentation: 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: 3341
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1993 11 17
Latitude: +32.53553
Longitude: -118.14884
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000200
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 15.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1993 11 20
Latitude: +32.74657
Longitude: -117.22611
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 027693
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 2055.0