Survey Identifier: M18


Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 83050067
Parameters Surveyed Code: 50000
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 20020222
Source Institution: INSTITUT FUER MEERESKUNDE, U. HAMBURG
Country: GERMANY
Platform Name: METEOR
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): MEINCKE
Project: WOCE EXPOCODE 06MT18_1, A01E
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19910918
Port of Departure: REYJAVIK, ICELAND
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19910925
Port of Arrival: HAMBURG, GERMANY
Navigation Instrumentation: GPS
Bathymetry Instrumentation: 150 KHZ AND PARASOUND ECHO SOUNDER
Topmost Latitude of Survey: 54
Bottommost Latitude: 49
Leftmost Longitude: -020
Rightmost Longitude: 011
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 011
Additional Documentation: NGDC REMOVED SOME BAD SOUNDINGS BUT WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE ALL QUESTIONABLE, DATA.
Number of Data Records: 9203

Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1991 09 18
Latitude: +49.63557
Longitude: -19.38255
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000164
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 12.0

Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1991 09 25
Latitude: +53.99378
Longitude: +10.01915
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 057877
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 4356.0