Survey Identifier: DI96


Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 19100011
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19850129
Source Institution: INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHIC SCIENCES, UK
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Platform Name: DISCOVERY
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): R. H. BELDERSON
Project: DISCOVERY CRUISE 96
Funding: BRITISH GOVT.
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19781121
Port of Departure: RECIFE, BRAZIL
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19781202
Port of Arrival: RECIFE, BRAZIL
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: +00
Bottommost Latitude: -08
Leftmost Longitude: -035
Rightmost Longitude: -018
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 060
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 2/SEC
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: NONE
Number of Data Records: 7829

Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1978 11 21
Latitude: -7.54800
Longitude: -34.54930
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 40.0

Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1978 12 02
Latitude: -0.04220
Longitude: -18.31450
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 7506.0