Survey Identifier: OPR-P001
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 03090003
Parameters Surveyed Code: 50000
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): NO
Source Institution: NOAA/NOS/C&GS
Country: USA
Platform Name: MT. MITCHELL
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): CAPTAIN RICHARD W. PERMENTER, NO
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19920119
Port of Departure: NORFOLK, VA.
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19920713
Port of Arrival: JUBAYL, SAUDI ARABIA
Navigation Instrumentation: GPS (UNDIFFERENTIATED C/A CODE)
Bathymetry Instrumentation: SEABEAM (vertical beam extraction)
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +39
Bottommost Latitude: +21
Leftmost Longitude: -075
Rightmost Longitude: +039
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 010
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: VAR W/ DEPTH
Assumed Sound Velocity: 1500
Interpolation Scheme: 1 MINUTE EXTRACTIONS CLOSEST TO THE MINUTE (VERTICAL BM)
Additional Documentation: COMPLETE META DATA FOUND IN HEADER FILES ACCOMPANYING FULL RESOLUTION DATA, LOCATION:ATLANTIC OCEAN, SYSTEM: SEA BEAM, 12.158 khz, 15 BEAMS, TRANSDUCER_DRAFT_METERS 4.4, VELOCITY_SENSOR NONE (NAVOCEO, DATUMS: HORIZONTAL_DATUM NAD83; VERTICAL_DATUM MLLW, ALSO SEE NGDC NO. 03090085, SINGLE BEAM BATHYMETRY PART OF CRUISE IN PERSIAN, GULF
Number of Data Records: 40981
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1992 01 19
Latitude: +21.64114
Longitude: -74.73529
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000573
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 43.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1992 07 13
Latitude: +38.00414
Longitude: +38.77495
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 078893
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5995.0