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The GEBCO_2020 Grid - the 2020 compilation of a continuous terrain model of the global oceans and land

The GEBCO_2020 Grid is a global continuous terrain model for ocean and land with a spatial resolution of 15 arc seconds. In regions outside of the Arctic Ocean area, the grid uses as a base Version 2 of the SRTM15_plus data set (Tozer, B. et al, 2019). This data set is a fusion of land topography with measured and estimated seafloor topography. Included on top of this base grid are gridded bathymetric data sets developed by the four Regional Centers of The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project. The GEBCO_2020 Grid represents all data within the 2020 compilation. The compilation of the GEBCO_2020 Grid was carried out at the Seabed 2030 Global Center, hosted at the National Oceanography Centre, UK, with the aim of producing a seamless global terrain model. Outside of Polar regions, the gridded bathymetric data sets supplied by the Regional Centers, as sparse grids, i.e. only grid cells that contain data were populated, were included on to the base grid without any blending. The data sets supplied in the form of complete grids (primarily areas north of 60N and south of 50S) were included using feather blending techniques from GlobalMapper software. The GEBCO_2020 Grid has been developed through the Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project. This is a collaborative project between the Nippon Foundation of Japan and the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO). It aims to bring together all available bathymetric data to produce the definitive map of the world ocean floor by 2030 and make it available to all. Funded by the Nippon Foundation, the four Seabed 2030 Regional Centers include the Southern Ocean - hosted at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany; South and West Pacific Ocean - hosted at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand; Atlantic and Indian Oceans - hosted at the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, USA; Arctic and North Pacific Oceans - hosted at Stockholm University, Sweden and the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping at the University of New Hampshire, USA.

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Alternate title

British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048_GEBCO_2020

Date (Publication)
2022-03-02
Date (Creation)
2020-04-02
Date (Revision)
2020-04-27
Citation identifier
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED7014
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Oceanographic Data Centre

Unknown

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Owner

British Oceanographic Data Centre

Unknown

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Originator

British Oceanographic Data Centre

enquiries@bodc.ac.uk

Custodian

British Oceanographic Data Centre

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Distributor
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

Vertical Coverages

  • unknown

INSPIRE themes

  • Elevation
  • Hydrography

MEDIN metadata record availability

  • Marine Environmental Data and Information Network
  • Natural Environment Research Council Designated Data Centres

SeaDataNet PDV

  • Bathymetry and Elevation
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
No limitations apply
Other constraints

Data are freely available

Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints

No conditions apply

Spatial representation type
Text, table
Language
English
Topic category
  • Oceans
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Geographic identifier
World

SeaVoX water bodies 2021-10-28 revision

Begin date
2019-04-01
End date
2020-03-26
Unique resource identifier
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Codespace

OGP

Distribution format
Name Version
Network Common Data Form
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://www.gebco.net/data_and_products/gridded_bathymetry_data/

Dataset Web Site

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/a29c5465-b138-234d-e053-6c86abc040b9/

Published dataset - doi:10.5285/a29c5465-b138-234d-e053-6c86abc040b9

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Title

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

BODC protocols are based on the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) model enabling BODC to iterate towards compliance with the on-going evolution and development of community requirements including FAIR (Findable,Accessible,Interoperable,Reusable), TRUST (Transparency, Responsibility, User community, Sustainability, Technology) and CARE (Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, Ethics). Data managers quality assure submissions and assemble the metadata necessary for curation. Submissions (as received) are placed in a long-term accession and stored in triplicate across multiple sites. Appropriate data are transferred into a standard internal format with source variable names mapped to controlled vocabularies, documentation assembled, and metadata loaded into BODC databases. Access to these data is through direct request, the BODC website and through partner repositories such as SeaDataNet. Access control is attained by assigning a data policy to each set of data and this policy is used to administer access when data are requested. Discovery metadata is aligned with EU INSPIRE (through MEDIN) and SeaDataNet community standards. Data are converted to open community formats including Ocean Data View ASCII and SeaDataNet NetCDF, with data described using terms from the NERC vocabulary server. BODC submission agreements are documented on the BODC website and customer service is assured with a dedicated requests team that serve data following local regulations including General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018 and Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) 2004.

Pass
Yes
Statement

The GEBCO_2020 grid has been generated from bathymetric data sets compiled by the Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Grid Compilation Team. The global grid has been assembled from these inputs by the Seabed 2030 Global Center, hosted by the National Oceanography Centre, UK at the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC). On behalf of the GEBCO project, BODC make the compilation available for publication through the BODC Published Data Library and the GEBCO Project website.

Instrument(s) used to collect data: single-beam echosounders; multi-beam echosounders.

Metadata

File identifier
c71fb3f0c44a5a0ca9486e318cfb4826 XML
Metadata language
English
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2022-03-02T12:41:14
Metadata standard name
MEDIN
Metadata standard version

3.1.1

Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Oceanographic Data Centre

Polly Hadziabdic

enquiries@bodc.ac.uk

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