Survey Identifier: E3A78
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 01150002
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51131
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19800715
Source Institution: LAMONT-DOHERTY GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY
Country: U.S.A.
Platform Name: EASTWARD
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): ORRIN PILREY
Project: CRUISE 3 LEG A 1978 EASTWARD
Funding: NSF AND DMA (ONR)
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19780623
Port of Departure: CADIZ, SPAIN
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19780704
Port of Arrival: BARCELONA, SPAIN
Navigation Instrumentation: SATELLITE AND LORAN C
Geodetic Datum/Position: SATELLITE AND LORAN-C AND DEAD RECK.
Bathymetry Instrumentation: TWELVE KILOHERZ
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: SOME THREE-FIVE KILOHERZ ANALOG REC.
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +41
Bottommost Latitude: +35
Leftmost Longitude: -007
Rightmost Longitude: +003
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 050
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: ONE SECOND
Assumed Sound Velocity: 14630
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: NONE
Number of Data Records: 977
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1978 06 23
Latitude: +35.87290
Longitude: -6.37500
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000900
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 68.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1978 07 04
Latitude: +40.99830
Longitude: +2.13330
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 036225
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 2769.0