Survey Identifier: DIS201


Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 19100045
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 R.T. POLLARD, IOSDL
Project: WOCE EXPOCODE 74DI201_1, ISS01; RRS DISCOVERY CRUISE 201
Funding: NERC
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19930327
Port of Departure: CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19930502
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: -35
Bottommost Latitude: -55
Leftmost Longitude: +019
Rightmost Longitude: +051
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 021
Number of Data Records: 26146

Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1993 03 27
Latitude: -54.50820
Longitude: +19.54439
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 001200
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 90.0

Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1993 05 02
Latitude: -35.22729
Longitude: +50.16180
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 079453
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 6009.0