The Creation of High Resolution Bathymetry Grids for Christmas Island

Christmas Island is located approximately 2,600 North West of Perth. It is the surface expression of an emergent seamount uplifted by tectonics. Bathymetry data are required in this area to help identify major seabed processes and habitats. The data are also required to enable modelling of tsunami as they interact with the shelf around the island and the coast. This report describes the methodology employed in creating detailed bathymetry data grids of the Christmas Island region. It covers data collection, quality control and gridding. Descriptions are provided of each dataset employed, the methods used to integrate the different datasets and the attributes of the new bathymetric models. Five new bathymetry grids are presented, including grids that integrate bathymetry with the island's topography.<p><p>This dataset is not to be used for navigational purposes.

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Date (Publication)
2010-01-01T00:00:00
Citation identifier
Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/70652

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Geoscience Australia

 Canberra
Author

Mleczko, R.

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Record

Issue identification

2010/037

ISBN

9781921781414

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Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Custodian

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

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Point of contact

Spinoccia, M.

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  • Geoscientific information

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As needed

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Product data repository: Various Formats

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Data Store directory containing the digital product files

Data Store directory containing one or more files, possibly in a variety of formats, accessible to Geoscience Australia staff only for internal purposes

Keywords

  • HVC_144641

Project

  • AusSeabed

Keywords

  • GA Publication Record

Theme

  • 3D model

Theme

  • DEM

Theme

  • bathymetry

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  • multibeam

Theme

  • seabed

Theme

  • marine

Keywords

  • CX

Keywords

  • Published_External

Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)

  • Earth Sciences

Instrument

  • Compilation

Instrument

  • Multibeam

Instrument

  • Singlebeam

Instrument

  • Chart-derived

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence

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CC-BY

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4.0

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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/

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License

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Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem

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2018-11-01T00:00:00
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Unclassified
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English
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UTF8

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Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

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OnLine resource

Download the Record (pdf)

Download the Record (pdf)

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  • pdf

OnLine resource

Christmas Island Bathymetry 2010 50m-250m (zip) [7.4 MB]

Christmas Island Bathymetry 2010 50m-250m (zip) [7.4 MB]

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    unzip

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The grids are derived from data in Geoscience Australia databases and recent sources which will eventually be entered into those databases. Three swath datasets acquired between 2004 and 2008 were used. Both surveys supply extensive regional coverage. Topography data of Christmas were obtained from the GEMD GIS. Eleven singlebeam surveys from the GA MARDAT database. These data range in vintage from 1959 to 2000 and were edited to remove suspect datapoints, but were left uncorrected with regards speed of sound issues. Chart data from the AHS was used in both deep and shallow water. One singlebeam survey commissioned by DoTaRS in 2002 that was previously unknown to GA was used.

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Non geographic dataset
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Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem

Edition date
2018-11-01T00:00:00
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https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

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Unclassified

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urn:uuid/a05f7892-f858-7506-e044-00144fdd4fa6

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English
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UTF8
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Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

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Document
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GA Record

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Geoscience Australia - short identifier for metadata record with

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Citation identifier
eCatId/70652

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https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/a05f7892-f858-7506-e044-00144fdd4fa6

Date info (Revision)
2018-04-20T06:13:41
Date info (Creation)
2010-07-01T00:00:00

Metadata standard

Title

AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-3

Title

Geoscience Australia Community Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-1:2014

Edition

Version 2.0, September 2018

Citation identifier
https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/122551

 
 

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Keywords

3D model AusSeabed CX Chart-derived Compilation DEM GA Publication Record HVC_144641 Multibeam Published_External Singlebeam bathymetry marine multibeam seabed

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