Survey Identifier: TOGA92T
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 03030064
Parameters Surveyed Code: 50000
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19
Source Institution: NOAA/NOS/C&GS
Country: USA
Platform Name: DISCOVERER
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): CAPTAIN ROBERT SMART, NOAA
Project: DI-92-03
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19921016
Port of Departure: MANZANILLO, MEXICO
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19921204
Port of Arrival: PORT SALINAS, ECUADOR
Navigation Instrumentation: GPS
Geodetic Datum/Position: NONE
Bathymetry Instrumentation: SEA BEAM (vertical beam extraction)
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +21
Bottommost Latitude: -14
Leftmost Longitude: -114
Rightmost Longitude: -088
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 010
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: VAR W/ DEPTH
Interpolation Scheme: 1 MINUTE EXTRACTIONS CLOSEST TO THE MINUTE (VERTICAL BM)
Additional Documentation: COMPLETE META DATA FOUND IN HEADER FILES ACCOMPANYING FULL RESOLUTION DATA, LOCATION:EASTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC, SYSTEM: SEA BEAM, 12.158 kHz, 15 BEAMS, TRANSDUCER_DRAFT_METERS 5.5, VELOCITY_SENSOR NONE (MATHEWS tables), DATUMS: HORIZONTAL_DATUM NAD83 VERTICAL_DATUM MLLW, DEPTHS CORRECTED USING SOUND VELOCITY PROFILE FROM CTD, TOGA92 - 1992 Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere Project
Number of Data Records: 14697
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1992 10 29
Latitude: -13.99709
Longitude: -113.80528
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 998.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1992 12 04
Latitude: +20.50248
Longitude: -88.52984
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 4639.0