Survey Identifier: A114L2
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 17080007
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19900315
Source Institution: UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
Country: USA
Platform Name: R/V ATLANTIS II
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): J. KARSON/P. RONA
Project: A114L2
Funding: NSF/NOAA
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19860517
Port of Departure: ST. GEORGES, BERMUDA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19860618
Port of Arrival: ST. GEORGES, BERMUDA
Navigation Instrumentation: GPS, OMEGA, TRANSIT SATELLITE
Geodetic Datum/Position: PRIM-GPS
Bathymetry Instrumentation: SEA BEAM vertical beam
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOG
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +33
Bottommost Latitude: +22
Leftmost Longitude: -065
Rightmost Longitude: -043
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 013
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: VAR-W-DEPTH
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Interpolation Scheme: 1 MINUTE AVERAGES
Additional Documentation: Other data reported to have been collected on this cruise were Alvin dives, bottom photography, Sea Beam backscatter.
Number of Data Records: 35047
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1986 05 16
Latitude: -89.99968
Longitude: -64.42502
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 018427
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 1387.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1986 06 16
Latitude: +32.24317
Longitude: +0.00032
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 086027
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 6554.0