Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) MCZ: North St Georges Channel: Multibeam and Sidescan Sonar survey nsgc_1_2012: Irish Sea (24/02/2012 to 31/03/2012)

Full coverage multibeam survey collecting bathymetry and backscatter to client specifications, namely International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) Order 1a standard, WGS84 latitude and longitude co-ordinates collected by RTG Global Positioning System (RTG-GPS), depths corrected to Chart Datum (CD), cross lines run at 20 times spacing of main lines. High and low frequency side scan sonar data collected in 2 locations (SCC1 & SCC2) Raw and processed data delivered to Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, UK (Cefas) complete with georeferenced mosaics and GeoTiffs images. These data are archived with the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) Data Archive Centres (DACs) including the British Geological Survey (BGS) DAC for geology and geophysics, The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH) and the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) bathymetry DAC. The full site data package including raw is also available on request from BGS.

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Date (Publication)
2012-03-31
Citation identifier
British Geological Survey / BGS_CMD_REF998
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey (BGS)

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

Custodian

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

offshoredata@bgs.ac.uk

Originator
Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned
Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages (L131)
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Withheld from general circulation or disclosure.
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The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.

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unrestricted use, copyright acknowledgement - Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs materials "Contains Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs materials @Crown Copyright [year]"

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Grid
Distance
5  urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
Language
English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
Anglesey

BGS Gazetteer 2024-12-21 revision

Geographic identifier
Irish Sea

Charting Progress 2: Regional Sea Boundaries 2009-06-18 creation

Geographic identifier
IRISH SEA

The SeaVoX Salt and Fresh Water Body Gazetteer: Sub-Ocean Category 1954-01-01 creation

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Begin date
2012-02-24
End date
2012-03-31
Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326

www.epsg.org 2005 revision

Distribution format
    Distributor contact
    Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

    British Geological Survey (BGS)

    enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

    		Distributor
    OnLine resource
    Protocol Linkage Name

    HTTP

         		http://mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk/geoindex_offshore/home.html?cruise=MCZ_nsgc_1_2012

    BGS Offshore Geoindex
    Hierarchy level
    Dataset

    Conformance result

    Title

    INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of unknown theme
    Date (Publication)
    2011
    Explanation

    See the referenced specification
    Pass
    No
    Statement

    Osiris Projects was contracted to undertake the survey on behalf of Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Data gathered by RV Prince Madog and SV Bibby Tethra on Osiris cruise C12004. Acquisition software = QINSy 8 and SonarPro. Processing software = QINSy 8 & Fledermaus, Coda Geosurvey and IXSEA DELPH. Acquisition hardware = Reson 7125 (@ 200khz) MBES, Klein 3000 SSS and C-NAV 3050 (RTG) GPS.

    Metadata

    File identifier
    66300234-1969-067f-e054-002128a47908 XML
    Metadata language
    English
    Hierarchy level
    Dataset
    Date stamp
    2024-12-21
    Metadata standard name

    MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard
    Metadata standard version

    Version 2.3.5
    Metadata author
    Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

    British Geological Survey (BGS)

    enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

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