Survey Identifier: DIS199
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 19100043
Parameters Surveyed Code: 50000
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19940321
Source Institution: NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Platform Name: RRS DISCOVERY
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): DR P.M. SAUNDERS, IOSDL
Project: WOCE EXPOCODE 74DI199_1, A11; RRS DISCOVERY CRUISE 199
Funding: NERC
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19921223
Port of Departure: PUNTA ARENAS, CHILE
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19930131
Port of Arrival: CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
Navigation Instrumentation: GPS
Geodetic Datum/Position: SATELLITE
Bathymetry Instrumentation: SIMRAD EA500 10KHZ ECHO-SOUNDER
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOG RECORDS
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -30
Bottommost Latitude: -53
Leftmost Longitude: -067
Rightmost Longitude: 019
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 021
Number of Data Records: 17056
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1992 12 23
Latitude: -52.04550
Longitude: -66.69200
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000280
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 21.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1993 01 31
Latitude: -30.21580
Longitude: +18.34250
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 084840
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 6408.0