Survey Identifier: METEOR45
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 83050002
Parameters Surveyed Code: 50000
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19880930
Source Institution: DEUTSCHES HYDROGRAPHISCHES INSTITUT
Country: F.R. GERMANY
Platform Name: METEOR
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): WEIGEL/FLEISCHEN
Project: REISE NN. 45
Funding: DFG
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19770630
Port of Departure: HAMBURG, WEST GERMANY
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19770914
Port of Arrival: HAMBURG, WEST GERMANY
Navigation Instrumentation: SAT/LORAN/DECCA
Geodetic Datum/Position: SATELLITE/SAT-DR,INTEGRATED NAVIGATION
Bathymetry Instrumentation: KRUPP-ATLAS ECHOSOUNDER
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOG RECORDS
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +69
Bottommost Latitude: +59
Leftmost Longitude: -040
Rightmost Longitude: +013
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 050
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 1/MINUTE
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: PUTTING FROM SOUNDING SHEETS
Additional Documentation: HAMBURG-REYKJAVIK 30 JUNE - 28 JULY 1977, REYKJAVIK-TRONDHEIM 1 AUGUST - 20 AUGUST 1977, TRONDHEIM-HAMBURG 26 AUGUST - 14 SEPTEMBER 1977
Number of Data Records: 3634
Min/Max Data Record:
Latitude: +59.26530
Longitude: -39.11280
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000600
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 45.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Latitude: +68.82001
Longitude: +12.29270
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 041747
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 3083.0