Survey Identifier: CRUISE5
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 29160004
Parameters Surveyed Code: 50000
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 20000301
Source Institution: GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE,RUSSIAN ACADEMY SC
Country: RUSSIA
Platform Name: AK NIKOLAY STRAKHOV
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Project: EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19870518
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19870705
Navigation Instrumentation: NAVOS 625 INTEGRATED NAVIGATION SYSTEM
Bathymetry Instrumentation: 15 BEAM HOLLMING EKHOS II MULTIBEAM
Topmost Latitude of Survey: 36
Bottommost Latitude: 32
Leftmost Longitude: 030
Rightmost Longitude: 036
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 006
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Additional Documentation: MULTIBEAM DATA PROCESSED BY DR. JOHN K. HALL, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL. DEPTH VALUES IN MGD77 FILE ARE FROM BEAM CLOSEST TO VERTICAL. DATA WERE SUB-SAMPLED BY NGDC TO CHOOSE POINTS NO CLOSER THAN 0.05 NAUTICAL, MILES. MULTIBEAM DATA FILES ARE AVAILABLE FROM NGDC.
Number of Data Records: 76345
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1987 05 18
Latitude: +32.98472
Longitude: +30.34933
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000400
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 30.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1987 07 05
Latitude: +35.72168
Longitude: +35.89873
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 036867
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 2823.0