Survey Identifier: TN056
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 20010035
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19960819
Source Institution: University of Washington
Country: USA
Platform Name: R/V T.G. Thompson
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): Neil Bogue
Project: Transit
Funding: none
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19960118
Port of Departure: Seychelles Islands
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19960126
Port of Arrival: Capetown, S. Africa
Navigation Instrumentation: GPS
Geodetic Datum/Position: wgs-84
Bathymetry Instrumentation: ODEC 3.5khz 30degree conical beam
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -05
Bottommost Latitude: -36
Leftmost Longitude: +021
Rightmost Longitude: +055
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 001
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 1/10seconds
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: cubic spline interp.
Number of Data Records: 9855
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1996 01 18
Latitude: -35.20020
Longitude: +21.49425
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 001509
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 113.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1996 01 26
Latitude: -5.60464
Longitude: +54.49204
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 066592
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5017.0