A bathymetric compilation of the South Shetland Islands, 1991-2017

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.

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2019-08-21
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2019-08-21
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2019-08-21
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2019-08-21
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Please cite this item as: 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
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  British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation - Fremand, Alice ( Researcher )
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  NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre
British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road , Cambridge , Cambridgeshire , CB3 0ET , United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 221400
https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/
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  • Bathymetry
  • Multibeam
  • South Shetland Islands
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  • South Shetland Islands Antarctica
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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.
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Begin date
1990-01-01
End date
2017-12-31
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It is recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of any data, and that the author be contacted with any questions regarding appropriate use. If you find any errors or omissions, please report them to polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk.
Date (Publication)
2008-11-12
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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)

Data quality:

The grid contains both raw and processed data.
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  NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre
British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road , Cambridge , Cambridgeshire , CB3 0ET , United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 221400
https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/
 
 

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Bathymetry Multibeam South Shetland Islands
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Oceanographic geographical features
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Bathymetry EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Seafloor Topography EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Water Depth

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