Marine Multibeam Backscatter Data from around the UK (2005 Onwards)

The British Geological Survey (BGS) holds an archive of multibeam backscatter data from BGS, Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) and other organisations. The data are stored within the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC) and the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) Data Archive Centre (DAC) for Geology and Geophysics. BGS works with the partner DAC for bathymetry at the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) to archive backscatter data. The majority of the data were collected and processed for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) under the Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP). Backscatter data is useful for seabed characterisation for geological and habitat mapping. View the backscatter image layer and download backscatter data (geotiff) via the BGS Offshore GeoIndex www.bgs.ac.uk/GeoIndex/offshore.htm. The data underlying the images are available on request enquiries@bgs.ac.uk. If further backscatter processing is required, BGS can provide a quote. View and download the related bathymetry data via the UKHO INSPIRE portal https://www.gov.uk/guidance/inspire-portal-and-medin-bathymetry-data-archive-centre.
 
Citation proposal
Enquiries (British Geological Survey). Marine Multibeam Backscatter Data from around the UK (2005 Onwards). British Geological Survey https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/api/records/c35db9dd-2a07-6c2d-e044-0003ba9b0d98

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Date ( Creation )
2005
Identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605639

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  0115 936 3276 

  Point of contact

  0115 936 3276 

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  Owner

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Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned Not planned
GEMET - INSPIRE themes
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Marine geology , Bathymetry , Sea floor , Geological mapping , Geology
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Use constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
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.
Other constraints
Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
Spatial representation type
grid Grid
Metadata language
English English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
BRISTOL CHANNEL [id=2001350]

 

Date ( Revision )
2010

Geographic identifier
CELTIC SEA [id=2001353]

 

Date ( Revision )
2010

Geographic identifier
ENGLISH CHANNEL [id=2001401]

 

Date ( Revision )
2010

Geographic identifier
IRISH SEA [id=2001430]

 

Date ( Revision )
2010

Geographic identifier
NORTH SEA [id=2001452]

 

Date ( Revision )
2010

Geographic identifier
NORTHEAST ATLANTIC OCEAN (40W) [id=2001453]

 

Date ( Revision )
2010

Geographic identifier
UK CONTINENTAL SHELF [id=121701]

 

Date ( Creation )
1979

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Distribution format
  • Geotiff ()

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  0115 936 3276 

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OnLine resource
Offshore GeoIndex  
OnLine resource
Offshore theme  
OnLine resource
Offshore (cultural data) theme  

Offshore (cultural data) theme

Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Other
dataset

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2011
Explanation
See the referenced specification
Pass
false

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2010-12-08
Explanation
See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
Pass
false
Statement
For BGS multibeam surveys processed backscatter data is created using CARIS software. BGS works with the partner Data Archive Centre (DAC) for bathymetry at the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) to obtain multibeam bathymetry data mainly from the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP). The data often includes processed backscatter data which BGS will make available. In some cases if there is no backscatter data already BGS may create processed backscatter from the raw data.

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c35db9dd-2a07-6c2d-e044-0003ba9b0d98   XML
Metadata language
English English
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2021-12-03
Metadata standard version
2.3

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Dataset URI
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605639
 
 

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