Survey Identifier: E9308
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 01210037
Parameters Surveyed Code: 53300
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19940526
Source Institution: Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory
Country: United States
Platform Name: Maurice Ewing
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): Silvia L. Garzoli
Project: BEST-3 Program
Funding: unknown
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19931024
Port of Departure: Cape Town, South Africa
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 1993
Port of Arrival: 16Cape Town, South Africa
Navigation Instrumentation: Furuno speed log, Magnavox GPS 4200D and
Geodetic Datum/Position: 1-min DR positions between GPS positio
Bathymetry Instrumentation: VERTICAL BEAM FROM ATLAS HYDROSWEEP
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -29
Bottommost Latitude: -38
Leftmost Longitude: +002
Rightmost Longitude: +019
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 10
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: every ping
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Bathymetric Datum Code: 0
Number of Data Records: 25701
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1993 10 24
Latitude: -37.60183
Longitude: +2.86625
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000193
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 14.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1993 11 11
Latitude: -29.77838
Longitude: +18.44264
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 071966
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5429.0