Survey Identifier: SO127
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 83030006
Parameters Surveyed Code: 50000
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 20010426
Source Institution: INSTITUT FUER MEERESKUNDE DER U.HAMBURG
Country: GERMANY
Platform Name: FS SONNE
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): DETLEF QUADFASEL
Project: WOCE EXPOCODE 06BE127_1, IR1E/IR1W/IR4/IR5
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19971217
Port of Departure: PORT KLANG, MALAYSIA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19980105
Port of Arrival: MALE, MALDIVES
Navigation Instrumentation: RACAL SKYFIX AND MULTIFIX DGPS
Bathymetry Instrumentation: ATLAS HYDROSWEEP DS (CENTER BEAM)
Topmost Latitude of Survey: 11
Bottommost Latitude: 04
Leftmost Longitude: 070
Rightmost Longitude: 099
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 010
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Additional Documentation: ESTIMATED GEOGRAPHICAL ACCURACY OF 95 PERCENT OF THE NAVIGATIONAL FIXES IS, SMALLER THAN 10 METERS.
Number of Data Records: 25200
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1997 12 18
Latitude: +4.16711
Longitude: +69.99916
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000557
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 42.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1998 01 05
Latitude: +10.26721
Longitude: +98.54604
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 059463
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 4479.0