Survey Identifier: M30-2
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 83050068
Parameters Surveyed Code: 50000
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 20020225
Source Institution: BUNDESAMT FUR SEESCHIFFAHRT HYDROGRAPHI
Country: GERMANY
Platform Name: METEOR
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): KOLTERMANN
Project: WOCE EXPOCODE 06MT30_2, A02
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19941015
Port of Departure: HAMBURG
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19941112
Port of Arrival: ST. JOHN'S
Navigation Instrumentation: GPS
Bathymetry Instrumentation: PARASOUND ECHOSOUNDER; HYDROSWEEP; 33KHZ
Topmost Latitude of Survey: 49
Bottommost Latitude: 42
Leftmost Longitude: -053
Rightmost Longitude: -011
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 011
Additional Documentation: VALUES IN MGD77 CORRECTED DEPTH FIELD ARE FROM HYDROSWEEP. TWO WAY TRAVEL, TIMES ARE FROM PARASOUND AND 33 KHZ. NGDC REMOVED SOME BAD SOUNDINGS BUT WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE ALL QUESTIONABLE, DATA.
Number of Data Records: 31652
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1994 10 15
Latitude: +41.99150
Longitude: -52.70578
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000004
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 0.3
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1994 11 12
Latitude: +48.16310
Longitude: -11.77927
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 067936
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5130.0