Survey Identifier: TN058
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 20010039
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51111
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19961106
Source Institution: University of Washington
Country: USA
Platform Name: R/V T.G. Thompson
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): George White
Project: transit
Funding: NSF / ONR
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19960313
Port of Departure: Capetown, S. Africa
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19960402
Port of Arrival: Darwin, Australia
Navigation Instrumentation: GPS
Geodetic Datum/Position: wgs-84
Bathymetry Instrumentation: ODEC 3.5khz 30degree conical beam
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -12
Bottommost Latitude: -40
Leftmost Longitude: +018
Rightmost Longitude: +131
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: 27562
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1996 03 13
Latitude: -39.53610
Longitude: +18.22172
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 000413
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 31.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1996 04 02
Latitude: -12.24692
Longitude: +130.45513
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 080448
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 6084.0