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EMODnet Digital Bathymetry (DTM 2016) - Tile C3

The "EMODnet Digital Bathymetry (DTM) - 2016" is a multilayer bathymetric product for Europe’s sea basins covering::

• the Greater North Sea, including the Kattegat and stretches of water such as Fair Isle, Cromarty, Forth, Forties, Dover, Wight, and Portland

• the English Channel and Celtic Seas

• Western and Central Mediterranean Sea and Ionian Sea

• Bay of Biscay, Iberian coast and North-East Atlantic

• Adriatic Sea

• Aegean - Levantine Sea (Eastern Mediterranean)

• Azores - Madeira EEZ

• Canary Islands

• Baltic Sea

• Black Sea

• Norwegian – Icelandic seas

The DTM is based upon more than 7700 bathymetric survey data sets and Composite DTMs that have been gathered from 27 data providers from 18 European countries and involving 169 data originators. The gathered survey data sets can be discovered and requested for access through the Common Data Index (CDI) data discovery and access service that also contains additional European survey data sets for global waters. This discovery service makes use of SeaDataNet standards and services and have been integrated in the EMODnet portal (https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/bathymetry#bathymetry-services ). The Composite DTMs are described using the Sextant Catalogue Service that makes also use of SeaDataNet standards and services. Their metadata can retrieved through interrogating the Source Reference map in the Central Map Viewing service (https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/geoviewer/ ).

In addition, the EMODnet Map Viewer gives users wide functionality for viewing and downloading the EMODnet digital bathymetry such as:

• water depth (refering to the Lowest Astronomical Tide Datum - LAT) in gridded form

on a DTM grid of 1/8 * 1/8 arc minute of longitude and latitude (ca 230 * 230 meters)

• option to view depth parameters of individual DTM cells and references to source data

• option to download DTM in 16 tiles in different formats: EMO, EMO (without GEBCO data), ESRI ASCII, ESRI ASCII Mean Sea Level, XYZ, NetCDF (CF), RGB GeoTiff and SD

• layer with a number of high resolution DTMs for coastal regions

• layer with wrecks from the UKHO Wrecks database.

The NetCDF (CF) DTM files are fit for use in a special 3D Viewer software package which is based on the existing open source NASA World Wind JSK application. It has been developed in the frame of the EU FP7 Geo-Seas project (another sibling of SeaDataNet for marine geological and geophysical data) and is freely available. The 3D viewer also supports the ingestion of WMS overlay maps. The SD files can also be used for 3D viewing by means of the freely available iView4De(Fledermaus) software.

The original datasets themselves are not distributed but described in the metadata services, giving clear information about the background survey data used for the DTM, their access restrictions, originators and distributors and facilitating requests by users to originator.

 
Citation proposal
EMODnet Bathymetry Consortium (2016) . EMODnet Digital Bathymetry (DTM 2016) - Tile C3. EMODnet Bathymetry Consortium https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/b2fa6195-513e-4dcb-9b48-4462b14eccdf

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Date ( Publication )
2016-09-30
Identifier
DOI:10.12770/c7b53704-999d-4721-b1a3-04ec60c87238
Credit
EMODnet Bathymetry

  Publisher

EMODnet Bathymetry Consortium  
Gildeweg 7A Nootdorp 2632BD Netherlands

  +31 15 2029210  
Website
web site  

  Author

EMODnet Bathymetry Consortium  
Gildeweg 7A Nootdorp 2632BD Netherlands

  +31 15 2029210  
Website
web site  

  Point of contact

Marine Information Service  
Gildeweg 7A Nootdorp 2632BD Netherlands

  +31 15 2029210  
Website
web site  

  Originator

Baltic Sea Hydrographic Commission  
4b quai Antoine 1er PO Box 445 Monaco MC 98011 Monaco

  +377 93 10 81 00  
  +377 93 10 81 40 
Website
web site  

  Originator

British Oceanographic Data Centre  
Joseph Proudman Building 6 Brownlow Street Liverpool L3 5DA United Kingdom

Website
web site  

  Originator

Bulgarian National Oceanographic Data Centre(BGODC), Institute of Oceanology  
40 Parvi may str. PO BOX 152 Varna 9000 Bulgaria

  +359 52 370 486  
  +359 52 370 483 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Dokuz Eylul University, Institute of Marine Science and Technology  
Haydar Aliev Blv. No.10 Inciralti Izmir 35340 Turkey

Name
web site
Function
Information

  Originator

Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency  
Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 78 Hamburg 20359 Germany

  +49 40 3190 0  
  +49 40 3190 5000 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Flemish Ministry of Mobility and Public Works; Agency for Maritime and Coastal Services; Coastal Division  
Administratief Centrum Vrijhavenstraat 3 Oostende 8400 Belgium

  +32-(0)59-55 42 11  
  +32-(0)59-50 70 37 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Geological Survey of Ireland  
Beggars Bush Barracks 25 Haddington Road Dublin Dublin 4 Ireland

  +353 1 678 2000  
  +353 1 668 1782 
Website
web site  

  Originator

GGS Geo Consultancy  
Waterweegbree 78 Breda 4823 NC Netherlands

  +31 (0)6 25 32 9449  
Website
web site  

  Originator

UNEP/GRID-Arendal  
Teaterplassen 3 Postboks 183 Arendal N-4802 Norway

  +47 47 64 45 55  
  +47 37 03 50 50 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Oceanography (HCMR/IO)  
46.7 km Athinon-Souniou Av. P.O.Box 712 Anavyssos 19013 Greece

  +30-22910-76452  
  +30-22910-76347 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Hydrographic Institute of the Navy  
Plaza San Severiano, 3 Cádiz 11007 Spain

  +34 956 595500  
  +34956 258548 
Website
web site  

  Originator

IEO/Spanish Oceanographic Institute  
Corazon de Maria,8 MADRID 28002 Spain

  +34 915 107513  
  +34 914 135597 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Ifremer  
Centre IFREMER de Brest BP 70 PLOUZANE 29280 France

  +33 (0)2 98.22.49.16  
  +33 (0)2 98.22.46.44 
Website
web site  

  Originator

IHPT, Hydrographic Institute  
Rua das Trinas, 49 Lisboa 1249-093 Portugal

  +351 210943000  
  +351 210943299 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Institute of Marine Science (ISMAR) - Bologna  
Via Gobetti, 101 Bologna 40129 Italy

  (+39) 051 639 8891  
  (+39) 051 639 8939 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Institute of Marine Research (IIM-CSIC)  
Eduardo Cabello, 6 Vigo (Pontevedra) 36208 Spain

  +34 986231930  
  +34 986292762 
Website
web site  

  Originator

International Ocean Institute - Malta Operational Centre (University Of Malta) / Physical Oceanography Unit  
IOI-MOC, Rooms 314/5/6, Chemistry Building, University of Malta Msida MSD 2080 Malta

  +356 - 2144 0972  
  +356 - 2144 0972 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Jardfeingi, the Faroe Islands Earth and Energy Directorate  
Brekkutún 1 Postsmoga 3059 Tórshavn FO 110 Faroe Islands

  +298 357000  
  +298 357001 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Marine Information Service  
Gildeweg 7A Nootdorp 2632BD Netherlands

  +31 15 2029210  
Website
web site  

  Originator

Marum - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen  
Leobener Strasse Bremen 28359 Germany

  +49-421-218-65540  
  +49-421-218-65505 
Website
web site  

  Originator

National Institute of Marine Geology and Geoecology  
Dimitrie Onciu Street 23-25 Bucharest 024053 Romania

  40 21 2522594  
  40 212522594 
Website
web site  

  Originator

National Institute of Engineering and Industrial Technology, Lisbon - Department of Industrial Impact Studies  
Estrada do Paço do Lumiar, 22 Lisboa 1649-038 Portugal

  +351 210 924 600  
  +351 217 166 966 
Website
web site  

  Originator

National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool  
Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street Liverpool L3 5DA United Kingdom

  +44 (0)151 795 4800  
  +44 (0)151 795 4801 
Website
web site  

  Originator

NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research  
Landsdiep 4 P.O. Box 59 Den Burg/Texel 1790 AB Netherlands

  +31 222 369300  
  +31 222 319674 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Norwegian Hydrographic Service  
Lervigsveien 36 Stavanger 4014 Norway

  +47-51858700  
  +47-51858701 
Website
web site  

  Originator

OceanWise Limited  
Dovedale House, 16 Butts Road Alton GU34 1NB United Kingdom

  +44(0)1420768262  
Website
web site  

  Originator

OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale), Infrastructures Division  
Borgo Grotta Gigante 42/c Sgonico (Trieste) 34010 Italy

  +39 040 2140 389  
  +39 040 2140 438 
Website
web site  

  Originator

National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Division of Oceanography  
Borgo Grotta Gigante 42/c Sgonico (Trieste) 34010 Italy

Website
web site  

  Originator

National Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics, Lisbon - Division of Marine Meteorology  
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera Rua C do Aeroporto Lisboa 1749-077 Portugal

  +351 218 447 000  
  +351 218 402 370 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Royal Danish Administration of Navigation & Hydrography, Oceanographic Department  
Overgaden o.Vandet 62 B Postbox 1919 Copenhagen K DK-1023 Denmark

Website
web site  

  Originator

Royal Netherlands Navy Command, Hydrographic Office  
Frederikkazerne Gebouw 32 Van der Burchlaan 31 The Hague 2597 PC Netherlands

  +31 70 3162800  
  +31 70 3162843 
Website
web site  

  Originator

SC Marine Research SRL  
6-12, Copilului Street, Sector 1 Bucharest 012178 Romania

  +40 732 008 298  
Website
web site  

  Originator

SHOM (SERVICE HYDROGRAPHIQUE ET OCEANOGRAPHIQUE DE LA MARINE)  
13, rue du Chatellier CS92803 BREST CEDEX 2 29228 France

  +33 (0)2 98.22.05.73  
  +33 (0)2 98.22.05.91 
Website
web site  

  Originator

AZTI - Tecnalia, Headquarters Pasaia(Gipuzkoa)  
Herrera Kaia, Portualdea z/g Pasaia (Gipuzkoa) 20110 Spain

  +34 943 00 48 00  
  +34 943 00 48 01 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Directorate General of Fisheries Management - General Secretariate of the Sea  
C. Velazquez 144 Madrid 28006 Spain

  +34913476050  
  +34913476054 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Geological Survey of Israel  
30 Malkhe Israel St. Jerusalem 95501 Israel

Website
web site  

  Originator

Marine Technology Unit. Mediterranean Marine and Environmental Research Centre  
Paseo Maritimo de la Barceloneta, 37-49 Barcelona 08003 Spain

  +34 932 309500  
  +34 932 309555 
Website
web site  

  Originator

Task Group for the Extension of the Continental Shelf  
Rua Costa Pinto 165 Paco de Arcos 2770-047 Portugal

  +351 213 004 165  
  +351 213 905 225 
Website
web site  

  Originator

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD)  
Professor Olav Hanssens vei 10 Stavanger 4003 Norway

  + 47 51 87 60 00  
  + 47 51 55 15 71 
Website
web site  
Thèmes Sextant Thèmes Sextant ( Theme )
  • /Physical Environment/Bathymetry/Digital Terrain Model
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )
  • Elevation
Agreed Parameter Groups (P03) Agreed Parameter Groups (P03) ( parameter )
Parameter Discovery Vocabulary (P02) Parameter Discovery Vocabulary (P02) ( parameter )
Keywords ( Theme )
  • EMODnet , seafloor depth , ocean depth , Digital Terrain Model , DTM , grid , bathymetric data
Keywords ( Place )
  • European seas , Azores , Madeira , Canary Islands , North-East Atlantic , Bay of Biscay , Celtic Seas , English Channel , North Sea , Norvegian Sea , Iceland Sea , Baltic Sea , Mediterranean Sea , Adriatic Sea , Aegean Sea , Black Sea
Keywords ( Stratum )
  • Seabed
Keywords ( Discipline )
  • Bathymetry
Cadre Réglementaire - SIMM Cadre Réglementaire - SIMM ( Theme )
  • ,
Thématiques - SIMM Thématiques - SIMM ( Theme )
Sous-regions marines Sous-regions marines ( Place )
Use limitation
Access constraints
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
DO NOT USE FOR NAVIGATION
Spatial representation type
grid Grid
Distance
0.125  Arc second
Metadata language
English
Character set
utf8 UTF8
Topic category
  • Elevation
N
S
E
W


Reference system identifier
EPSG / WGS 84 (EPSG:4326) / 8.6
Number of dimensions
1

Axis Dimensions Properties

No information provided.
Cell geometry
Point
Distribution format
  • NetCDF ( )

  • GeoTIFF (1.0 )

  • XYZ ( )

  • ESRI ASCII ( )

  • SD ( )

OnLine resource
EMODnet viewing service  

EMODnet viewing service

OnLine resource
DOI of the EMOdnet DTM 2016  

DOI of the EMOdnet DTM 2016

OnLine resource
EMODnet Bathymetry WMTS service  
OnLine resource
emodnet:source_references  

Source references

OnLine resource
emodnet:mean_atlas_land  

Mean depth full coverage with land coverage

OnLine resource
EMODnet - DTM 2016 - TILE C3 - Format ESRI ASCII  

DTM 2016 - TILE C3 - Format ESRI ASCII

OnLine resource
EMODnet - DTM 2016 - TILE C3 - Format EMO  

DTM 2016 - TILE C3 - Format EMO

OnLine resource
EMODnet - DTM 2016 - TILE C3 - Format EMO (without GEBCO data)  

DTM 2016 - TILE C3 - Format EMO (without GEBCO data)

OnLine resource
EMODnet - DTM 2016 - TILE C3 - Format RGB GeoTiff  

DTM 2016 - TILE C3 - Format RGB GeoTiff

OnLine resource
EMODnet - DTM 2016 - TILE C3 - Format NetCDF  

DTM 2016 - TILE C3 - Format NetCDF

OnLine resource
EMODnet - DTM 2016 - TILE C3 - Format XYZ  

DTM 2016 - TILE C3 - Format XYZ

OnLine resource
EMODnet - DTM 2016 - TILE C3 - Format SD  

DTM 2016 - TILE C3 - Format SD

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Dataset
Statement

The DTM is a grid of 1/8 * 1/8 arc minute of longitude and latitude (ca 230 * 230 meters).

Each grid cell has the following information:

- x,y coordinates

- minimum waterdepth in meters to LAT

- average waterdepth in meters to LAT

- maximum waterdepth in meters to LAT

- standard deviation of waterdepth in meters

- number of values used for interpolation over the grid cell

- interpolation flag : 1 when extrapolated from the neighbouring cells

- average waterdepth smoothed by means of a spline function in meters to LAT

- an indicator of the offsets between the average and smoothed waterdepth as a % of the waterdepth

- reference to the prevailing source of data with metadata.

Source data :

The DTM values have been determined from 3 possible sources of data:

- Bathymetric surveys : More than 14000 high resolution data sets from single and multibeam surveys, managed by 27 data centres from 18 countries and originated from 169 institutes, as referenced via the CDI Data Discovery and Access service.

- Digital Terrain Model data : 78 composite data sets produced and delivered by a number of external data providers such as Hydrographic Offices derived from their internal bathymetric database and based upon historic surveys. These are referenced via the Sextant Catalogue service

- GEBCO 2014 30” gridded data, used to complete area coverage in case there are no survey data or composite data sets available to the partners.

From these a subset has been used as input for analysing and generating the EMODnet digital terrain model (DTM).

No new data has or will be collected specifically for this project.

GEBCO (General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans) is partner in the project and not only provides the latest GEBCO releases for filling gaps but also uses the EMODnet DTM for upgrading the GEBCO DTM for the Baltic Sea synergy takes place with the Baltic Sea Bathymetry Database project of the Baltic Sea Hydrographic Commission.

Additionnal QA/QC and DTM production details are available on the EMODnet Bathymetry portal.

Metadata

File identifier
b2fa6195-513e-4dcb-9b48-4462b14eccdf   XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-05-15T23:48:17.261282Z
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115-3 - SEXTANT ISO 19115-3 - SEXTANT
Metadata standard version
1.0

  Point of contact

Ifremer  
Centre IFREMER de Brest BP 70 PLOUZANE 29280 France

  +33 (0)2 98.22.49.16  
  +33 (0)2 98.22.46.44 
Website
web site  
 
 

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