Survey Identifier: BRAN_789
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 19420015
Parameters Surveyed Code: 50113
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19991207
Source Institution: BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Platform Name: R.R.S. BRANSFIELD
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): P.BARKER
Funding: NERC
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19781229
Port of Departure: PORT STANLEY
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19790507
Port of Arrival: RIO DA JANEIRO
Navigation Instrumentation: SAT NAV (REDIFON RSN-1/MAGNAVOX 702)
Geodetic Datum/Position: SATNAV
Bathymetry Instrumentation: PDR (KELVIN HUGHES MS38)
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOGUE RECORDS
Magnetics Instrumentation: PROTON MAG. (VARIAN V75)
Additional Forms of Magnetics Data: ANALOGUE RECORDS
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -47
Bottommost Latitude: -76
Leftmost Longitude: -072
Rightmost Longitude: -007
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 050
General Digitizing Rate of Magnetics: 010
Reference Field Code: 88
Reference Field: DGRF
Method of Applying Residual Field: CALCULATED AT STATION POSITION
Number of Data Records: 67160
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1979 01 03
Latitude: -75.36110
Longitude: -71.99830
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 76.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1979 05 02
Latitude: -47.84900
Longitude: -7.01500
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 7202.0