Data · collection
Multibeam Bathymetry Database (MBBDB)
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR
Originally designed for military use, the multibeam echosounder has proved very useful for nautical charting, oceanographic research and modeling, habitat classification, maritime commerce, and recreational applications.
Description
The Multibeam Bathymetry Database at NCEI collects and archives multibeam data from the earliest commercial installations (circa 1980) through today's modern high-resolution collections. Data are acquired from a variety of primarily government and academic sources (see individual cruise metadata records for source information) and consist of the raw (as collected) sonar data files.
Datasets may also include processed or edited versions of the sonar data, ancillary data, derived products, and/or metadata for the data collection. The Multibeam Bathymetry Database provides data that span the globe and are discoverable and accesible via map interface or text-only search options.
Links
Get the data
- ngdc.noaa.gov /mgg/bathymetry/multibeam.html ↗
Information about and access to multibeam bathymetric data at NCEI
download · from NASA CMR
- maps.ngdc.noaa.gov /viewers/bathymetry ↗
Map viewer for discovery of bathymetric data - including multibeam sonar data
download · from NASA CMR
Where it is published
- DOI doi.org/10.7289/v56t0jnc ↗
DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR
Documentation and papers
- ngdc.noaa.gov /mgg/image/multibeam.gif ↗
1996: Dr. Lincoln Pratson, INSTAAR/NGDC offshore California gridded multibeam data
preview image · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 2
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2107121615-NOAA_NCEI.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2107121615-NOAA_NCEI.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Abyssal Hills/Plains · Bathymetry · Continental Margins · Fracture Zones · Not provided · Ocean Plateaus/Ridges · Seafloor Topography · Seamounts · Submarine Canyons · Trenches · Water Depth
Provenance · 1 source records, 17 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C2107121615-NOAA_NCEI | 15 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/bathymetry-seafloor-topography/abyssal-hills-plains | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/bathymetry-seafloor-topography/bathymetry | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/bathymetry-seafloor-topography/continental-margins | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/bathymetry-seafloor-topography/fracture-zones | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/bathymetry-seafloor-topography/ocean-plateaus-ridges | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/bathymetry-seafloor-topography/seafloor-topography | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/bathymetry-seafloor-topography/seamounts | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/bathymetry-seafloor-topography/submarine-canyons | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/bathymetry-seafloor-topography/trenches | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/bathymetry-seafloor-topography/water-depth | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:not-provided | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |