Header record No.1 Character Code Description 1 I1 Record Type "1" 2 I1 "1" for No.1 record 3-10 8A1 Cruise identifer (eg. GH91-A ) 11-12 I2 Survey Departure Year (eg.91) 13-15 I3 Survey Departure Day (Julian Day, eg. 171) 16-43 28A1 Port of Departure(eg. FUNABASHI, JAPAN ) 44-45 I2 Survey Arrival Year (eg.91) 46-48 I3 Survey Arrival Day (Julian Day, eg. 186) 49-76 28A1 Port of Arrival(eg. SAKATA, JAPAN ) 77-80 4A1 Available Data Identifer "NBMG", when navigational, bathymetric, magnetic and gravity data are in the file.
Header record No.2 Character Code Description 1 I1 Record Type "1" 2 I1 "2" for No.2 record 3-40 38A1 Magnetic Reference Field, Geodesic System, Time (e.g. IGRF85TOKYO GMT) 41-49 9A1 Gravity Reference Field (e.g. IAG1967) 50-57 8A1 Gravity Reference System (e.g. IGSN71) 58-59 I2 Year at Gravity Base Station 60-62 I3 Julian Day at Gravity Base Station 63-69 I7 Absolute Gravity Value at the Base Station (×0.1mgal) 70-75 I6 Gravity Reading by the Sea Gravimeter at the Base Station(×0.1) 76-80 I5 Drift Rate of the Sea Gravimeter (×0.01/day)
Header record No.3 and No.4 Character Code Description 1 I1 Record Type "2" 2 I1 "1" for No.3 record, "2" for No.4 record 3 blank 4-5 I2 Number of 10 degrees Identifiers 6-80 15(I4,1H,) 10 degree Identifier ("9999", if no more data)
Data Record Character Code Description 1 I1 Record Type "3" 2-3 I2 Year 4-6 I3 Julian Day 7-10 I4 Time (GMT in minutes) 11 A1 "N" Navigational data 12-19 I8 Latitude 4046046 = 40.46046 degree N 20-28 I9 Longitude 13958521 = 139.58521 degree E 29 A1 "V" Velocity data 30-33 I4 Ship's speed " 374" = 3.74 kt 34-37 I4 Ship's course "2234" = 223.4 deg crockwise from North 38 A1 "B" Bathymetric data 39-43 I5 Uncorrected Depth (m), 1sec 2-way travel time=750m 44-48 I5 Corrected Depth (m) 49-50 I2 Matthews Zone Code 51 A1 "M" magnetic data 52-56 I5 Total Magnetic Force (nT) 57-61 I5 Magnetic anomaly (nT) 62 A1 "G" gravity data 63-68 I6 Gravity Reading (×0.1) 69-75 I7 Absolute Gravity Value (×0.1mgal) 76-80 I5 Free-air Anomaly (×0.1mgal)
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