Survey Identifier: CHIL19VG
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 93010001
Parameters Surveyed Code: 50000
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19970819
Source Institution: SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY
Country: CHILE
Platform Name: R/V Vidal Gormaz
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): Lt. Rodrigo Nunez
Project: Chilean Cruise 19
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19921016
Port of Departure: San Diego, CA, USA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19921107
Port of Arrival: Valparaiso, Chile
Navigation Instrumentation: Trimble GPS Receiver, Mod 4000
Bathymetry Instrumentation: SeaBeam
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +30
Bottommost Latitude: -04
Leftmost Longitude: -118
Rightmost Longitude: -093
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: PROCESSED BY GEOLOGICAL DATA CENTER, SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY, NAVI_INSTR Amatec-Straza 2-D Doppler speed log, Sperry MK-27 Gyro. SYST_COMMENTS DRAFT = 5 METERS, 12.158 kHz, 16 BEAMS, time instrumentation =, Hewlett-Packard HP-5065A rubidium frequency standard. This ship was previously the R/V Thomas Washingtion and renamed the AGOR Vidal, Gormaz after being purchased by the Chilean Navy.
Number of Data Records: 15280
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1992 10 17
Latitude: -3.61558
Longitude: -117.39267
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 017173
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 1281.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1992 10 28
Latitude: +29.91317
Longitude: -93.44659
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 072013
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5432.0