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Field Activity Details for field activity H170NP

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AKA: H-1-70-NP

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Roland VonHuene

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Vincent Bouchet

Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Sparker, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Adak, Alaska

End Port/Location: Oakland, California

Start Date: 1970-06-10

End Date: 1970-06-12

Equipment Used: magnetometer, LoranC, transitsatellite, Sparker, sparker, 12khz

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: ! Converted to time format with year at start.
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DATA COLLECTION OVERVIEW (use NGDC GEODAS CD to retrieve data)

MCG Data Collection ID --- H170NP
Institution Data Collection ID --- HU931005
NGDC ID --- 09040022
Funding --- NAVOCEANO
Project, Cruise & Leg --- LEG 1,2,3.
Study region --- +52.00000,+34.00000,+140.00000,-122.00000
Chief Scientist(s) --- NAVOCEANO CODE 3432
Name of vessel --- R/V HUNT (surface ship)
Date field data collection started --- 10/02/70 YOKOYAMA
Date field data collection ended --- 12/18/70 SAN FRANCISCO
Parameters surveyed ---
Bathymetry: surveyed, contained in data file
Magnetics: surveyed, contained in data file
Gravity: not surveyed
High-resolution seismics: surveyed, but not contained in data file
Deep penetration seismics: surveyed, but not contained in data file
Format ---

(I1,A8,F5.2,4I2,F5.3,F8.5,F9.5,I1,F6.4,F6.1,I2,i1,3F6.1,I1,F5.1,F6.0,F7.1,F6.1,F5.1,A8,4I1)
Date of data input to NGDC --- 10/15/79
Contributing institution --- US NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE
Country --- USA

Navigation instrumentation --- MX-702 SATNAV,LORAN A/C
Position determination method --- (unspecified)

Bathymetry instrumentation --- 12 KHZ 45 DEG EDO TOWED XDUCER 1-SEC
SW
Additional forms of bathymetric data --- ANALOG, MICROFILM
General rate of bathymetry in file --- 5.0 minutes
General collection rate of bathymetry --- 1/SECOND
Assumed sound velocity --- 1430.0 m/sec
Bathymetric datum code --- No correction applied (sea level)
Bathmetry interpolation scheme --- SCALED 5- MIN VALUES COMPUTER
CONVERTED TO SONIC METERS

Magnetics instrumentation --- PROTON PRECESSION - VARAIN SYST
Additional forms of magnetics data --- ANALOG, MICROFILM
General rate of magnetics in file --- 5.1 minutes
General collection rate of magnetics --- (unspecified)
Magnetic sensor tow distance --- (unspecified)
Magnetic sensor depth --- (unspecified)
Two sensor horizontal separation --- (unspecified)
Residual magnetics reference field --- (unspecified)
Method of applying residual field --- (unspecified)

Seismic instrumentation --- TELEDYNE 30 KJ SPARKER, 4- SEC SWEEP
Formats of seismic data --- ANALOG , MICROFILM

Notes ---
3.5 KHZ PROFILES COLLECTED EDO 240 SYSTEM
IN PORT ADAK ADAK701022-701028,OAKLAND 701128-701204.

Location:

Northern Pacific

Boundaries
North: 41.92843755 South: 39.42843755 West: -146.34293715 East: -143.84293715

Platform(s):

photo of Hunt
Hunt

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
magnetometer --- Magnetics
LoranC --- Navigation
transitsatellite --- Navigation
Sparker --- Sparker
sparker --- Sparker
12khz --- Single Beam

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