Survey Identifier: VLCN02MV
Format Acronym: MGD77
Data Center File Number: 15020079
Parameters Surveyed Code: 51131
File Creation Date (yyyymmdd): 19820408
Source Institution: SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY
Country: USA
Platform Name: R/V MELVILLE
Platform Type Code: 1
Platform Type: SHIP
Chief Scientist(s): SCHEIDEGGER K.F.
Project: VULCAN LEG 2 <NSF OCE77-23258>
Survey Departure Date (yyyymmdd): 19801005
Port of Departure: CALLOA,PERU
Survey Arrival Date (yyyymmdd): 19801023
Port of Arrival: ANTOFAGASTA,CHILE
Navigation Instrumentation: SATNAV,AUTO LOG GYRO+2D DOPPLER SPD LOG
Geodetic Datum/Position: LINEAR INTERP.BETWEEN ADJACENT FIXES
Bathymetry Instrumentation: 3.5KHZ/PDR RECORDER/WIDE BEAM
Additional Forms of Bathymetric Data: ANALOGUE RECORDS,PUNCHED CARDS
Topmost Latitude of Survey: -12
Bottommost Latitude: -28
Leftmost Longitude: -078
Rightmost Longitude: -070
General Digitizing Rate of Bathymetry: 050
General Sampling Rate of Bathymetry: 1SECONDSWEEP
Assumed Sound Velocity: 14630
Bathymetric Datum Code: 00
Interpolation Scheme: 5 MINUTE INTERVAL
Number of Data Records: 5283
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1980 10 05
Latitude: -27.01040
Longitude: -77.28979
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 064000
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 4810.0
Min/Max Data Record:
Date: 1980 10 23
Latitude: -12.07550
Longitude: -70.50139
Bathymetry, 2- Way Traveltime: 150000
Bathymetry, Corrected Depth: 11250.0