GMRT

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Multibeam Data Stewardship for the US Academic Research Fleet

  • Multibeam Advisory Committee (MAC) promotes best practices, cookbooks, and resources for multibeam data acquisition.
  • Rolling Deck to Repository (R2R) Program provides fleet-wide management of underway data to ensure preservation of, and access to data acquired with the US Academic Research Fleet.
  • Data Resources

  • Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS) a trusted data repository that provides free public access to a curated collection of marine geophysical data products and complementary data related to understanding the formation and evolution of the seafloor and sub-seafloor.
  • NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) multibeam archive.
  • IHO Data Centre for Digital Bathymetry (IHO DCDB) consists primarily of unedited single and multibeam bathymetric data contributed by industry, government, academia, and crowdsource efforts. These data are a public resource that are routinely used to produce improved, regional and global bathymetric maps and grids in support of science and exploration.
  • Compiled Elevation Data Sources

  • General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO): global ocean floor bathymetric data sets, operated under the auspices of the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC).
  • Smith & Sandwell satellite predicted bathymetry.
  • Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM).
  • NASA’s Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer global DEM (ASTER) provides 30 m resolution of terrestrial areas throughout the world
  • USGS National Elevation Dataset (NED) provides to 10 m resolution in some areas of the US.
  • International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO)
  • SCAR Subglacial Topographic Model of the Antarctic (BEDMAP).
  • Legacy Documents, Papers and Reports

  • A paper describing the tiling method and procedures used for creating and serving the GMRT (Ryan et al., 2009) was published in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems.
  • MGDS abstract about GMRT from AGU Fall 2007
  • NSF-Funded Legacy Project Summary (2005)
  • Report on Ridge Multibeam Synthesis in the April 2004 Ridge2000 Newsletter.
  • NSF Award Abstract - #9911659 New Content and Functionality for the RIDGE Multibeam Synthesis