Survey Identifier: AU9407
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 24110004
Parameters Surveyed Code: 50000
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 20020315
Source Institution: CSIRO, DIV. OCEANOGRAPHY; ANTARCTIC CRC
Country: AUSTRALIA
Platform Name: AURORA AUSTRALIS
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): TILBROOK, BINDOFF
Project: WOCE EXPOCODE 09AR9407_1, SR03
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19940101
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19940301
Navigation Instrumentation: GPS
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -42
Bottommost Latitude: -70
Leftmost Longitude: 062
Rightmost Longitude: 148
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 007
Assumed Sound Velocity: 14980
Additional Documentation: NGDC REMOVED SOUNDING VALUES OF 2558 M TO 1891 M IN RECORDS FROM DATE/TIME, 19940223881 TO 19940223909. DATA WERE SUBSAMPLED BY NGDC, REDUCING 505909 POINTS TO 114911 POINTS, CHOOSING POINTS NO CLOSER THAN 0.04 NAUTICAL MILES.
Number of Data Records: 114911
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1994 01 01
Latitude: -69.35600
Longitude: +62.79660
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000103
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 8.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1994 03 01
Latitude: -42.88370
Longitude: +147.52860
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 068781
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5151.0