Survey Identifier: JCR08B
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 19720005
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: STAP
Funding: NERC
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19940812
Port of Departure: LONGYEARBYEN, SPITZBERGEN
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19940831
Port of Arrival: GRIMSBY, UK
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: +79
Bottommost Latitude: +54
Leftmost Longitude: -025
Rightmost Longitude: +016
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 SULLPIED 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: 26900
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1994 08 12
Latitude: +54.48829
Longitude: -24.76757
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 53.9
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1994 08 31
Latitude: +78.26897
Longitude: +15.65175
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 3785.0