Survey Identifier: TR163
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 17010023
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51131
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19771200
Source Institution: UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
Country: USA
Platform Name: R/V TRIDENT
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): JAMES KENNETT
Project: TR163
Funding: NSF
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19750212
Port of Departure: BALBOA PANAMA
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19750302
Port of Arrival: GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR
Navigation Instrumentation: SAT/LORAN/CELES/DR
Geodetic Datum/Position: PRIN-SATELLITE, SEC-LORAN
Bathymetry Instrumentation: 3.5KHZ,1/2 BEAM 20DEG, PRIM SWEEP 2 SECA
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: NALOG RECORD
Topmost Latitude of Survey: +09
Bottommost Latitude: -04
Leftmost Longitude: -094
Rightmost Longitude: -081
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 060
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 1/SECOND
Assumed Sound Velocity: 15000
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: 6 MINUTE,PLUS PEAKS AND TROUGHS,10 - 60 MINS ON STATIONS
Number of Data Records: 5722
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1975 02 12
Latitude: -3.64160
Longitude: -93.84970
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 5.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1975 03 02
Latitude: +8.89490
Longitude: -81.17040
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 3837.0