Survey Identifier: BH512G89
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 23090001
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19900529
Source Institution: Texas A+M Oceanography GERG
Country: PR CHINA
Platform Name: Bin Hai 512
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): Norman L. Guinasso, Jr.
Project: EAST CHINA SEA SNIFFING
Funding: TAMUGERG
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19890929
Port of Departure: SHANGHAI, PRC
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19891128
Port of Arrival: SHANGHAI, PRC
Navigation Instrumentation: TRANSIT SATELLITE
Geodetic Datum/Position: TRANSIT SATELLITE DR
Bathymetry Instrumentation: SHIPS FATHOMETER
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: DIGITAL RECORDS
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +32
Bottommost Latitude: +27
Leftmost Longitude: +121
Rightmost Longitude: +127
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 014
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 1/SECOND?
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: DATA DIGITIZED BY ON BOARD COMPUTER EVERY 2-3 MIN
Additional Documentation: DEPTH DATA HAVE BEEN CORRECTED BY ADDING 4.5 METERS FOR TRANSDUCER DEPTH, SUBMITTED BY, GEOCHEMICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH GROUP, 10 SOUTH GRAHAM ROAD, COLLEGE STATION TX 77845
Number of Data Records: 24500
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1989 10 06
Latitude: +27.34675
Longitude: +121.94261
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 4.5
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1989 11 26
Latitude: +31.75469
Longitude: +126.21586
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 112.5