Survey Identifier: CH017L02
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 02010005
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 1982 520
Source Institution: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION
Country: U.S.A.
Platform Name: CHAIN
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): DR.ARTHUR VOORHIS
Project: CRUISE 17, LEG 2
Funding: ONR
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19610327
Port of Departure: FREETOWN,SEIERRA LEONE
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19610416
Port of Arrival: FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE
Navigation Instrumentation: LORAN,DR, CELESTAL,RADAR
Geodetic Datum/Position: LINER INTERPOLATION BETWEEN FIXES
Bathymetry Instrumentation: PGR 12 KHZ WIDE BEAM
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOG RECORDS
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +08
Bottommost Latitude: -04
Leftmost Longitude: -019
Rightmost Longitude: -010
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 050
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: ONE/SECOND
Assumed Sound Velocity: 14630
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: 5-MINUTES AND BREAK SLOPE
Number of Data Records: 4296
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1961 03 27
Latitude: -3.48000
Longitude: -18.96670
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000200
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 15.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1961 04 16
Latitude: +7.99350
Longitude: -10.59030
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 102500
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 7842.0