Survey Identifier: E3H78
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 01150009
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51117
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): GREG MILLER
Project: TRANSIT LEG CRUISE 3 LEG H 1978 EASTWARD
Funding: NSF AND ONR (DMA)
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19781014
Port of Departure: CADIZ, SPAIN
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19781018
Port of Arrival: PUNTA DELGADO, CANARY ISLANDS
Navigation Instrumentation: SATELLITE, SEXTANT
Bathymetry Instrumentation: TWELVE KHZ AND THREE FIVE KHZ
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOG
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +38
Bottommost Latitude: +36
Leftmost Longitude: -026
Rightmost Longitude: -006
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: 1123
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1978 10 14
Latitude: +36.56330
Longitude: -25.34170
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 003050
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 231.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1978 10 18
Latitude: +37.64670
Longitude: -6.43000
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 071875
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5450.0