Abstract:
We present a new bathymetric compilation of the South Shetland Islands here defined by the following bounding box: 63 to 53.3 W, 63.5 to 60.5 S.
This bathymetry grid was compiled from a variety of multibeam swath bathymetry data acquired during 76 different cruises (see lineage). The data is available as a grid of approximately 100 m resolution in two different formats: a GMT-compatible (2-D) NetCDF and Arc/Info and ArcView ASCII grid format using geographic coordinates on the WGS84 datum.
Keywords:
Bathymetry, Multibeam, South Shetland Islands
Fremand, A. (2019). A bathymetric compilation of the South Shetland Islands, 1991-2017 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/37cafd85-e84f-416c-8c09-51a5ec9b001c
| Access Constraints: | None |
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| Use Constraints: | This data is covered by a UK Open Government Licence (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/) Further by downloading this data the user acknowledges that they agree with the NERC data policy (http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/data/policy.asp), and the following conditions: 1. To cite the data Fremand, A.C. (2019). A bathymetric compilation of the South Shetland Islands, 1991-2017. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. 2. The user recognizes the limitations of data and will not use this data for navigation purposes. Use of the data is at the users' own risk, and there is no warranty as to the quality or accuracy of any data, or the fitness of the data for your intended use. The data are not necessarily fully quality assured and cannot be expected to be free from measurement uncertainty, systematic biases, or errors of interpretation or analysis, and may include inaccuracies in error margins quoted with the data. |
| Creation Date: | 2019-08-21 |
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| Dataset Progress: | Complete |
| Dataset Language: | English |
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| Personnel: | |
| Name | UK Polar Data Centre |
| Role(s) | Metadata Author |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Ms Alice C Fremand |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Parent Dataset: | N/A |
| Quality: | The grid contains both raw and processed data. | |
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| Lineage/Methodology: | The bathymetry map was compiled from a variety of different data sources. The primary data are multibeam swath bathymetry collected from scientific cruises undertaken by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), or acquired during RV Nathaniel B. Palmer, RV Surveyor, RV Maurice Ewing and RRS James Cook expeditions. The complete list of the cruises used for the compilation is described below: James Clark Ross expeditions: JR59, JR69-67, JR71, JR81, JR84, JR93, JR112, JR115, JR149, JR150, JR158, JR179, JR185, JR188, JR193-196, JR194-197, JR228, JR230, JR233, JR239-235-236, JR240, JR244, JR252-254c, JR254D-264-265, JR255A, JR276, JR279-286, JR281, JR299, JR306-307, JR312, JR15003, JR16002, JR16003, JR17003, JR17003A Ewing cruise: EW9101 James Cook cruises: JC055, JC054 NB Palmer cruises: NBP9507, NBP9902, NBP9903, NBP9904, NBP9905, NBP0001, NBP0002, NBP0003, NBP0106, NBP0107, NBP0201, NBP0202, NBP0502, NBP0602A, NBP0603, NBP0606, NBP0703, NBP0710, NBP0805, NBP0908, NBP1001, NBP1003, NBP1103, NBP1105, NBP1107, NBP1203, NBP1304, NBP1602, NBP1603, NBP1608 Surveyor cruises: AMLR95, RITS93A, RITS94B, AMLR90, AMLR92, AMLR94 The grid was created using the mbgrid program from MB-system version 5.5.2336 , using the parameters " -E0.001/0.001/degrees! -G4 -A2 -F1 -R-63/-53.3/-63.50/-60.5" for Arc/Info and ArcView ASCII grid and " -E0.001/0.001/degrees! -G3 -A2 -F1 -R-63/-53.3/-63.50/-60.5" for the netCDF file. This uses a Gaussian weighted mean filter and the bathymetry is gridded as topography (positive upwards) |
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| Temporal Coverage: | |
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| Start Date | 1990-01-01 |
| End Date | 2017-12-31 |
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| Latitude | |
| Southernmost | -63.5 |
| Northernmost | -60.5 |
| Longitude | |
| Westernmost | -63 |
| Easternmost | -53.3 |
| Altitude | |
| Min Altitude | N/A |
| Max Altitude | N/A |
| Depth | |
| Min Depth | N/A |
| Max Depth | N/A |
| Data Resolution: | |
| Latitude Resolution | 100m |
| Longitude Resolution | 100m |
| Horizontal Resolution Range | 100 meters - < 250 meters |
| Vertical Resolution | N/A |
| Vertical Resolution Range | N/A |
| Temporal Resolution | N/A |
| Temporal Resolution Range | N/A |
| Location: | |
| Location | Antarctica |
| Detailed Location | South Shetland Islands |
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| Distribution: | |
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| Distribution Media | Online Internet (HTTP) |
| Distribution Size | 271 MB |
| Distribution Format | ASCII |
| Fees | N/A |
| Distribution Media | Online Internet (HTTP) |
| Distribution Size | 112 MB |
| Distribution Format | netCDF |
| Fees | N/A |