Survey Identifier: RC2506


Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 17120001
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19860409
Source Institution: UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
Country: USA
Platform Name: R/V ROBERT D. CONRAD
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): KIM A. KASTENS
Project: RC2506
Funding: NSF
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19840418
Port of Departure: NICE, FRANCE
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19840519
Port of Arrival: PIREAUS, GREECE
Navigation Instrumentation: LORAN C, transit satellite
Geodetic Datum/Position: PRIM-LORAN C
Bathymetry Instrumentation: SEA BEAM, 3.5kHz ECHO SOUNDER
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOG
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +41
Bottommost Latitude: +32
Leftmost Longitude: +014
Rightmost Longitude: +028
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 10
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: VAR W/ DEPTH
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: 1 MINUTE EXTRACTIONS CLOSEST TO THE MINUTE (VERTICAL BM)
Additional Documentation: Single beam bathymetric data for this survey is the vertical beam from URI, processed multibeam data. Other data collected on this cruise were Sea Marc I, and camera tows.
Number of Data Records: 38172

Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1984 04 20
Latitude: +9.41996
Longitude: -178.68888
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 001080
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 81.0

Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1984 05 18
Latitude: +40.11247
Longitude: +178.44176
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 060120
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 4649.0