Survey Identifier: PLRSEA90
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 09870001
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19920414
Source Institution: U S NAVAL RESEARCH LAB CODE 5110
Country: USA
Platform Name: USCGC POLAR SEA
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): ROBERT K PERRY
Project: ARCTIC EAST 1990
Funding: USNARL
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19900803
Port of Departure: REYKJAVIK, ICELAND
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19900828
Port of Arrival: REYKJAVIK, ICELAND
Navigation Instrumentation: GPS-15 SEC FIXES, LORAN C
Geodetic Datum/Position: PRIM-GPS SEC-LORANC
Bathymetry Instrumentation: UNIVERSAL GRAPHIC RECORDER 12KHZ NB
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOG RECORDS
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +78
Bottommost Latitude: +64
Leftmost Longitude: -025
Rightmost Longitude: -004
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 1 SECOND
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: 1-MINUTE INTERVALS, PEAKS, TROUGHS AND CHANGE OF SLOPE
Additional Documentation: PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY ON EAST GREENLAND SHELF
Number of Data Records: 2988
Min/Max Data Record:
Latitude: +64.17750
Longitude: -24.97499
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 42.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Latitude: +77.86970
Longitude: -4.69750
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 3322.0