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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.
British Geological Survey
Other details | ||
Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 26917 |
Title | The title is used to provide a brief and precise description of the dataset such as 'Date', 'Originating organisation/programme', 'Location' and 'Type of survey'. All acronyms and abbreviations should be reproduced in full. | Marine Multibeam Backscatter Data from around the UK (2005 Onwards) |
File Identifier | The File Identifier is a code, preferably a GUID, that is globally unique and remains with the same metadata record even if the record is edited or transferred between portals or tools. | c35db9dd-2a07-6c2d-e044-0003ba9b0d98 |
Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605639 |
Resource type | The resource type will likely be a dataset but could also be a series (collection of datasets with a common specification) or a service. | dataset |
Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2005 |
End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2005 |
Frequency of updates | This describes the frequency with which the resource is modified or updated i.e. a monitoring programme that samples once per year has a frequency that is described as 'annually'. | notPlanned |
Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | 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. |
Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | 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. |
Related keywords | ||
Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Geology |
Keyword title | Geology | |
Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bathymetry |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sea floor | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | UK Location (INSPIRE) | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine geology | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | MEDIN | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Geological mapping | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Geology | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | UK Location (INSPIRE) | |
Keyword title | UK Location (INSPIRE) | |
Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | MEDIN |
Keyword title | MEDIN | |
Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | NERC_DDC |
Geographical coverage | ||
North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 62 |
East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 3 |
South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 48 |
West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -18.5 |
Regional sea | BRISTOL CHANNEL [id=2001350] | |
CELTIC SEA [id=2001353] | ||
ENGLISH CHANNEL [id=2001401] | ||
IRISH SEA [id=2001430] | ||
NORTH SEA [id=2001452] | ||
NORTHEAST ATLANTIC OCEAN (40W) [id=2001453] | ||
UK CONTINENTAL SHELF [id=121701] | ||
Responsible organisations | ||
Role | The point of contact is person or organisation with responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the metadata for the resource. | pointOfContact |
Organisation name | British Geological Survey | |
Phone | +44 131 667 1000 | |
Delivery point | The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South | |
Postal code | EH14 4AP | |
City | EDINBURGH | |
Administrative area | LOTHIAN | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
Organisation name | Maritime and Coastguard Agency | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
Organisation name | British Geological Survey | |
Individual name | Enquiries | |
Phone | 0115 936 3142 | |
Fax | 0115 936 3276 | |
Delivery point | The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South | |
Postal code | EH14 4AP | |
City | EDINBURGH | |
Administrative area | LOTHIAN | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
Role | The point of contact is person or organisation with responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the metadata for the resource. | pointOfContact |
Organisation name | British Geological Survey | |
Individual name | Enquiries | |
Phone | 0115 936 3142 | |
Fax | 0115 936 3276 | |
Delivery point | The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South | |
Postal code | EH14 4AP | |
City | EDINBURGH | |
Administrative area | LOTHIAN | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
Role | The custodian is the person or organisation that accepts responsibility for the resource and ensures appropriate care and maintenance. If a dataset has been lodged with a Data Archive Centre for maintenance then this organisation is be entered here. | custodian |
Organisation name | British Geological Survey | |
Individual name | Enquiries | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
Organisation name | British Geological Survey | |
Individual name | Enquiries | |
Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
Organisation name | British Geological Survey | |
Individual name | Enquiries | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
Role | This describes the organisation or person who has the role of 'Originator', 'Custodian'(data holder), 'Distributor', 'Metadata point of contact' and 'Owner' in relation to the dataset. There are other roles in the ISO and INSPIRE codelists. | publisher |
Organisation name | British Geological Survey | |
Individual name | Enquiries | |
Country | United Kingdom | |
Resource locators | ||
Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | http://www.bgs.ac.uk/GeoIndex/offshore.htm |
Locator name | Name of the web resource | Offshore GeoIndex |
Locator function | Code that describes the function of the resource. ISO function code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | download |
Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/GeoIndex_Offshore/offshore_data/MapServer/WmsServer |
Locator name | Name of the web resource | Offshore theme |
Locator function | Code that describes the function of the resource. ISO function code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | download |
Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/GeoIndex_Offshore/offshore_cultural/MapServer/WmsServer |
Locator function | Code that describes the function of the resource. ISO function code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | download |
Dataset constraints | ||
21 Conditions for Access and Use - Use limitation | Any restrictions imposed on accessing the resource such as the need to agree to certain licence conditions. | otherRestrictions |
Version info | ||
Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2005 |
Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2024-03-26 |
Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | UK GEMINI |
Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 2.3 |
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