Survey Identifier: C2905
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 01010292
Parameters Surveyed Code: 50000
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19960111
Source Institution: UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
Country: US
Platform Name: R/V Conrad
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): J. BROZENA AND N. CHERKIS (NRL)
Funding: NRL
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19880403
Port of Departure: RIO DE JANIERO, BRAZIL
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19880526
Port of Arrival: RECIFE, BRAZIL
Navigation Instrumentation: GPS, TRANSIT SATELLITE
Bathymetry Instrumentation: SEABEAM (VERTICAL BEAM EXTRACTION)
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -07
Bottommost Latitude: -14
Leftmost Longitude: -035
Rightmost Longitude: -013
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: Navigation for the multibeam bathymetry was adjusted to match bathymetry in, the survey area. Other data reported to have been collected on this cruise were magnetics, gravity, and backscatter.
Number of Data Records: 38869
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1988 04 28
Latitude: -13.02824
Longitude: -34.85470
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 003733
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 283.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1988 05 26
Latitude: -7.96382
Longitude: -13.24472
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 080640
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 6106.0