Survey Identifier: ICEX02MV
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 15020118
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19850724
Source Institution: SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY
Country: USA
Platform Name: R/V MELVILLE
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): TRANSIT (G.BOUCHARD,TECH) 0
Project: ICE LEG 2
Funding: NGDC 50RANE600049
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19851230
Port of Departure: MANZANILLO,MEXICO
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19860119
Port of Arrival: PUNTA ARENAS,CHILE
Navigation Instrumentation: SATNAV, GPS,AUTO LOG GYRO+2D DOPPLER SPD
Geodetic Datum/Position: LINEAR INTERP.BETWEEN ADJACENT FIXES
Bathymetry Instrumentation: 12KHZ EDO
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANAL.RECORDS,35MMFILM
Magnetics Instrumentation: NONE COLLECTED
Additional Forms of Magnetics Data: NONE COLLECTED
Gravity Instrumentation: NONE COLLECTED
Additional Forms of Gravity Data: NONE COLLECTED
Seismic Instrumentation: NONE COLLECTED
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +20
Bottommost Latitude: -54
Leftmost Longitude: -105
Rightmost Longitude: -070
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 32
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 2SECONDSWEEP
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: PEAKS AND TROUGHS OR NO MORE THAN 10 MINUTES.
Additional Documentation: DEPTHS COLLECTED ON UNATTENDED WATCH CAUSED SOME LOSS OF DATA. DEPTHS DIGITIZED ON BENDIX XY DIGITIZER BY SIO GEOLOGICAL DATA CENTER STAFF.
Number of Data Records: 7896
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1985 12 30
Latitude: -53.90557
Longitude: -104.31966
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 020093
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 1493.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1986 01 19
Latitude: +19.05833
Longitude: -70.84608
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 061573
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 4626.0