Metadata details
bathy_proposedMPAs_eastantarctica
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- Citation
- Wilson, O. (2013) Bathymetry Compilation for Proposed Marine Protected Areas in East Antarctica, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/bathy_proposedMPAs_eastantarctica, Accessed: 2026-05-10
- Title
- Bathymetry Compilation for Proposed Marine Protected Areas in East Antarctica
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- Geoscience Australia, Australia
- Created Date
- 2013-09-04
- Revision Date
- 2017-04-26
- Expected Date of Data Release
- 2013-09-04
- Data Version
- 1
- Parent record
- None
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
The Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) has developed a proposal for the establishment of seven Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) located around east Antarctica for the purposes of marine ecosystem conservation. As seafloor morphology is a key component of marine ecosystems, this bathymetry compilation for the proposed MPAs was produced to support the AAD proposal. All bathymetry data available to Geoscience Australia at the time of compilation were used. This included multibeam and singlebeam acoustic data which were verified and processed to ensure the data were as accurate as possible. Processing included sound velocity corrections, navigation verification and the rejection of erroneous data points. Once processed, the data were gridded to 100m resolution and projected into suitable WGS84 UTM zones. The gridded data was exported into several formats to facilitate ease of use. The formats include xyz files, ESRI rasters, geoTIFs, CARISTM image files and soundings.
The data and the technical report are available for download from URLs below.
Quality
Refer to the technical report.
Access
The data and technical report are publicly available for download from the provided URLs.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 1979-10-19 - Stop date: 2010-12-02
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > BATHYMETRY
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE GEOPHYSICS
Additional Keywords
- multibeam
- singlebeam
Locations
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
Platforms
- SHIPS
Instruments
- Multibeam Swath Bathymetry System
Researchers
- wilson, olivia (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
- smith, david (DIF AUTHOR)
Use Constraints
This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
When using these data, Geoscience Australia must be acknowledged. If the data were obtained from the Australian Antarctic Data Centre, that must also be acknowledged.
Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=bathy_proposedMPAs_eastantarctica when using these data.
Project
ISO Topic
- OCEANS
Dataset Language
- ENGLISH
Orignating Centre
- Geoscience Australia
Dataset Progress
- COMPLETE
IDN Node
- AMD/AU
- CEOS
- AMD
Metadata Revision History
2013-09-04 - record created by David Smith. 2017-03-02 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.
