Survey Identifier: WI330381
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 09780041
Parameters Surveyed Code: 55000
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19
Source Institution: US NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE
Country: US
Platform Name: USNS WILKES
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): M. L. PARKE
Project: TRANSIT TO ROTA AND DJIBOUTI (INDIAN OCEAN LEG 34)
Funding: NAVOCEANO
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19810206
Port of Departure: SOUTHAMPTON,UK
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19810315
Port of Arrival: MOMBASA,KENYA
Navigation Instrumentation: SATNAV
Bathymetry Instrumentation: 12KHZ NARROW BEAM
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: 3.5KHZ WIDE BEAM
Magnetics Instrumentation: PROTON PRECESSION MAGNETOMETER
Seismic Instrumentation: 20KJ SPARKERS(3 X 30KJ SPARKERS)
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +39
Bottommost Latitude: -04
Leftmost Longitude: -005
Rightmost Longitude: +059
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 12
General Digitizing Rate of Magnetics: 12
Additional Documentation: THIS SURVEY INCLUDES A TRANSIT FROM SOUTHAMPTON,UK TO ROTA,SPAIN FOLLOWED BY, AN INTERMEDIATE INPORT FROM 1-6 FEB 81. THE WILKES CONTINUED ON A TRANSIT, FROM ROTA TO DJIBOUTI FROM 21-23 FEB 81. FINALLY, INDIAN OCEAN LEG 34 TOOK, PLACE AND ENDED IN MOMBASA, KENYA.
Number of Data Records: 40179
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1981 02 06
Latitude: -3.67829
Longitude: -4.96499
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000826
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 62.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 341760
Magnetics Residual Field: -09990
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1981 03 15
Latitude: +38.15000
Longitude: +58.23670
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 069226
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5224.0
Magnetics Total Field, 1st Sensor: 700000
Magnetics Residual Field: +84660