Survey Identifier: DI104
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 19100015
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19850130
Source Institution: INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHIC SCIENCES, UK
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Platform Name: DISCOVERY
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): N. H. KENYON
Project: DISCOVERY CRUISE 104
Funding: BRITISH GOVT.
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19790731
Port of Departure: SUEZ
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19790817
Port of Arrival: BARRY, WALES
Navigation Instrumentation: MAGNAVOX SATELLITE NAVIGATOR
Geodetic Datum/Position: PRIM-SAT PLUS DEAD RECKONING
Bathymetry Instrumentation: PRECISION ECHO SOUNDER - IOS MK 3
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOGUE
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +43
Bottommost Latitude: +33
Leftmost Longitude: -010
Rightmost Longitude: +024
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 060
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 2/SEC
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: NONE
Additional Documentation: ERROR IN NAVIGATION, AM 10TH AUGUST 1979
Number of Data Records: 12252
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1979 07 31
Latitude: +33.71550
Longitude: -9.80950
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 93.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1979 08 17
Latitude: +42.68300
Longitude: +23.36220
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 4730.0