Survey Identifier: JCR08A
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 19720004
Parameters Surveyed Code: 50000
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19941220
Source Institution: BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY / UK HO
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Platform Name: RRS JAMES CLARK ROSS
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): DR JULIAN DOWDESWELL
Project: STAF
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19940723
Port of Departure: BREMERHAVEN, GERMANY
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19940811
Port of Arrival: LONGYEARBYEN, SPITZBERGEN
Navigation Instrumentation: TRIMBLE 4000 DL GPS RECEIVER
Geodetic Datum/Position: GPS
Bathymetry Instrumentation: SIMRAD EA500
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: NONE
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +78
Bottommost Latitude: +57
Leftmost Longitude: -001
Rightmost Longitude: +017
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 010
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: NOT KNOWN
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Interpolation Scheme: AVERAGED TO ONE MINUTE INTERVALS
Additional Documentation: CRUISE DATA SUPPLIED WITH DETAILS OF PERIODS WHEN DATA COLLECTION WAS, UNRELIABLE. THESE DATA WERE REMOVED BY THE UK HO. NGDC RECEIVED DATA FROM UNITED KINGDOM HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE.
Number of Data Records: 26274
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1994 07 23
Latitude: +57.46233
Longitude: -0.00327
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 76.7
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1994 08 11
Latitude: +77.84533
Longitude: +16.60101
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 3228.1