Survey Identifier: WEST14MV
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 15020180
Parameters Surveyed Code: 55111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 20001129
Source Institution: SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY
Country: USA
Platform Name: R/V MELVILLE
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): P.LONSDALE
Project: WESTWARD EXPEDITION LEG 14 NSF&ONR&UC SHIP FU
Funding: NDS
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19950622
Port of Departure: ACAPULCO,MEXICO
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19950705
Port of Arrival: SAN DIEGO,CALIF
Navigation Instrumentation: GPS,TRIMBLE MOD. 4000AX
Geodetic Datum/Position: WGS-84; LINEAR INTERP. BETWEEN FIXES
Bathymetry Instrumentation: SEABEAM 2000 w/ SIDESCAN
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANAL.REC,35MM FILM,DIGITAL MAG. TAPE
Magnetics Instrumentation: GEOMETRICS MAGNETOMETER MOD-G801/3
Additional Forms of Magnetics Data: ANAL.REC,35MM FILM,DIGITAL MAG. TAPE
Gravity Instrumentation: NONE COLLECTED
Seismic Instrumentation: NONE COLLECTED
Topmost Latitude of Survey: 33
Bottommost Latitude: 09
Leftmost Longitude: -118
Rightmost Longitude: -095
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 010
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 1PING IN H2O
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: ONE MINUTE VALUES EXTRACTED FROM SEABEAM CENTER BEAM
General Digitizing Rate of Magnetics: 010
General Sampling Rate of Magnetics: 06
Reference Field Code: 13
Reference Field: IGRF-1990
Method of Applying Residual Field: LIN.INTERP.POINTS WITHIN ONE DEGREE SQUARE
Additional Documentation: PROCESSED BY GEOLOGICAL DATA CENTER, SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY, DEPTHS CORRECTED FOR 5 METER SHIP DRAFT. NAVIGATION: DR BETWEEN 1 MINUTE INTERVAL GPS FIXES. GPS PRESENT 24 HRS/DAY
Number of Data Records: 18301
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1995 06 22
Latitude: +9.96656
Longitude: -117.24565
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000347
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 26.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 361980
Magnetics Residual Field: -08424
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1995 07 05
Latitude: +32.70514
Longitude: -95.69546
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 074013
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5586.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 449090
Magnetics Residual Field: +05123