Survey Identifier: A116
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 17080008
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): ALEXANDER SHOR
Project: A116
Funding: NSF/CANADA
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19860802
Port of Departure: WOODS HOLE, MASSACHUSETTS
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19860815
Port of Arrival: WOODS HOLE, MASSACHUSETTS
Navigation Instrumentation: GPS, LORAN-C, TRANSIT SATELLITE
Geodetic Datum/Position: PRIM-LORAN
Bathymetry Instrumentation: SEA BEAM vertical beam
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOG
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +45
Bottommost Latitude: +41
Leftmost Longitude: -067
Rightmost Longitude: -055
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 014
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, single-channel seismics, Sea Beam backscatter.
Number of Data Records: 10942
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1986 08 03
Latitude: +41.42422
Longitude: -66.29340
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 001187
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 89.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1986 08 14
Latitude: +44.54253
Longitude: -55.38538
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 053440
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 4009.0