Survey Identifier: DIS202
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 19100046
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 J.D.M. GORDON, DML
Project: WOCE EXPOCODE 74DI202_1, AR09/ACM04; DISCOVERY CRUISE 202
Funding: NERC
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19930507
Port of Departure: CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19930601
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: -28
Bottommost Latitude: -38
Leftmost Longitude: -003
Rightmost Longitude: +019
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 021
Number of Data Records: 18220
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1993 05 07
Latitude: -37.42690
Longitude: -2.01850
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000186
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 14.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1993 06 01
Latitude: -28.64560
Longitude: +18.45330
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 072973
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5508.0