Survey Identifier: A118L3
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 17080003
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19891111
Source Institution: UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
Country: USA
Platform Name: R/V ATLANTIS II
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): C. PAULL
Project: A118L3
Funding: NSF
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19861026
Port of Departure: MIAMI, FLORIDA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19861108
Port of Arrival: MIAMI, FLORIDA
Navigation Instrumentation: LORAN C
Geodetic Datum/Position: PRIM-LORAN C
Bathymetry Instrumentation: SEA BEAM vertical beam
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOG
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +27
Bottommost Latitude: +24
Leftmost Longitude: -086
Rightmost Longitude: -083
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 010
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: VAR W/ DEPTH
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Interpolation Scheme: 1 MINUTE EXTRACTIONS CLOSEST TO THE MINUTE (VERTICAL BM)
Additional Documentation: Single beam bathymetric data for this survey is the vertical beam from URI, processed multibeam data. Alvin dives
Number of Data Records: 15674
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1986 10 27
Latitude: +4.06614
Longitude: -96.17603
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 001853
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 139.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1986 11 07
Latitude: +26.86318
Longitude: +150.91643
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 046227
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 3475.0