Survey Identifier: RC2508
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 17120019
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19900315
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): E. BONATTI
Project: RC2508
Funding: USAID
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19840708
Port of Departure: PIRAEUS, GREECE
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19840720
Port of Arrival: L'ORIENT, FRANCE
Navigation Instrumentation: TRANSIT SATELLITE, MINI-RANGER, LORAN
Geodetic Datum/Position: PRIM-LORAN
Bathymetry Instrumentation: SEA BEAM vertical beam
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOG
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +48
Bottommost Latitude: +02
Leftmost Longitude: -010
Rightmost Longitude: +024
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 012
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: VAR W/ DEPTH
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Interpolation Scheme: 1 MINUTE AVERAGES
Additional Documentation: Other data reported to have been collected on this cruise are magnetics and, gravity.
Number of Data Records: 15122
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1984 07 08
Latitude: -60.16347
Longitude: -9.77372
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000160
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 12.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1984 07 20
Latitude: +47.67692
Longitude: +23.61500
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 064720
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 4895.0