Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) MCZ: Beachy Head East: Multibeam Survey bhea_14_2012: English Channel (20/02/2012 to 23/03/2012)

Full coverage multibeam survey collecting bathymetry and backscatter to client specifications, namely International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) Order 1a standard, UTM-31N co-ordinates collected by Differential Global Positioning System (D-GPS), depths corrected to Chart Datum (CD).Raw and processed data delivered to Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, UK (Cefas) complete with georeferenced mosaics and GeoTiffs images. Ship Wessex Explorer / EGS Pioneer. These data are archived with the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) Data Archive Centres (DACs) including the British Geological Survey (BGS) DAC for geology and geophysics, The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH) and the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) bathymetry DAC. The full site data package including raw is also available on request from BGS.
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British Geological Survey : BGS_CMD_REF886
English
Geoscientific information
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0: SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages (L131):
Free:
0.2347, 50.7124, 0.5773, 50.8524
Dungeness-Boulogne, Eastern Channel, DOVER STRAIT, ENGLISH CHANNEL
publication: 2012-03-23
2012-02-20 - 2012-03-23
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British Geological Survey (BGS)
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South, Edinburgh, EH14 4AP, UK
tel: +44 (0)131 667 1000
email: enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
Role: custodian
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
email: offshoredata@bgs.ac.uk
Role: originator

Data Quality

EGS (International) Ltd was contracted to undertake the survey on behalf of Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Acquisition software = Kongsberg SIS. Processing software = Caris HIPS.
Minimal Distance: 5 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
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Constraints

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British Geological Survey (BGS)
The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South, Edinburgh, EH14 4AP, UK
tel: +44 (0)131 667 1000
email: enquiries@bgs.ac.uk
Role: point of contact
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