NATIONAL BANK OF BATHYMETRY : MULTIBEAM ECHO-SOUNDINGS

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General
Data holding centre	Ifremer, Scientific Information Systems for the sea
Country	France
Project	OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER(CDO)
Time period	1979 -->
Ongoing	Yes
Geographical area	Couverture mondiale - World wide coverage
Observations
Parameters	Bathymetry and Elevation
Instruments	Multi-beam echosounders
Description
Summary	French national bank of bathymetry : multibeam echosounder data from the French civil Research vessels.
Originators	Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Geophysics Department Aquitaine Observatory of Sciences of the Universe, University of Bordeaux CEA, Climate and Environmental Sciences Laboratory CEA, Dept Dase, Service TMG CNRS, COM, Physical and Biogeochemical Oceanography Laboratory (Luminy) CNRS, Institut de Geodynamique (Sophia Antipolis) CNRS, Laboratory Of Sciences Of Marine Environment CREOCEAN CSIC, Institute of Marine Sciences Direction de l'Industrie, des Mines et de l'Energie EPOC, Geology and Oceanography Department European Research and Teaching Centre for Environmental Geosciences Free University Amsterdam French Geological Survey (BRGM) French Petroleum Institute New Energies (Rueil-Malmaison) Fugro France SA GENAVIR Brest GEOAZUR Laboratory Geo-Ocean Laboratory, UMR 6538 Geosciences Montpellier Hydrographic and oceanographic service of the French navy IFREMER, Laboratory of coastal Benthic Ecology IRD, Centre de Noumea IRD, Centre de Bretagne IRD, Centre de Papeete IRD, Centre of Abidjan Ifremer Head Office Ifremer, CRELA Ifremer, Centre de Bretagne Ifremer, Centre de Méditerranée Ifremer, Deep Environment Laboratory Ifremer, Deep Sea Environment Department Ifremer, Department of Spatial and Physical Oceanography Ifremer, Ecology and Models for the Fishing Industry Ifremer, GENAVIR (La Seyne sur Mer) Ifremer, Marine Geosciences Ifremer, TSI/AS, Acoustic Seismic Ifremer, Technologicals Research and Development Institute of Earth Physics of Paris Laboratory of Oceanography and Climate, Experiments and numerical Approaches Laboratory of Oceanography of Villefranche Laboratory of Phyical Oceanography, CNRS-IFREMER-IRD-UBO Laboratory of Physical Oceanography, Universite de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO) Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Lab. Biologie des Invertebres Marins et Malacologie Roscoff Marine Station, Sorbonne Université and CNRS Scripps Institution of Oceanography The Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences at the University of Kiel UNKNOWN Universite de Bretagne-Sud, Geosciences, LAUBS Universite de Cergy-Pontoise, Laboratoire de Tectonique Universite de Corse, CEVAREN Universite de Montpellier II, Laboratoire de Geophysique et Tectonique Universite de Nantes, Laboratoire de Geologie Marine et Appliquee Universite de Nantes, Laboratoire de Petrologie Structurale Universite de Paris VI, Geosciences Azur, Site de Villefranche, OOV Universite de Paris VI, Laboratoire de Geologie Dynamique Paris Universite de Paris VI, Laboratoire de Tectonique University Rennes I, Rennes GEOSCIENCES University of Algarve, Aquatic Resources Science and Technology Unit University of Bordeaux I, Center for study of tropical geography University of Bremen, Department of Tracer-Oceanography University of Perpignan, CEFREM University of Perpignan, Institut Of Modelisation and Analysis In Marine Geo-Environment University of Rouen Normandy, M2C - Continental and Coastal Morphodynamics - UMR 6143 University of Strasbourg I (Louis Pasteur), Earth Sciences School and Observatory Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: Department of Physical Oceanography
References	Bourillet J.F, Edy C., Rambert F., Satra C., Loubrieu B. (1996) Swath mapping system processing : bathymetry and cartography, Marine Geophysical Researches, 1996, 18,487-506; RUE A., EDY C. (1992) "Les formats des fichiers" in "Informatique embarquee de l'ATALANTE" V1.0 15/01/1992 IFREMER/DITI/GEN-ATALANTE/AR/CE/92-005, 1992; Lurton X., Dugelay S., Augustin J.M. (1994) Analysis of multibeam echo-sounder signals from the deep seafloor., Oceans¿94, 1994, Vol 3,213-218; LE GAL L., EDY C. (1997) CARAIBES : an integrated software for multibeam echosounde and sidescan sonar data mapping, IEE Oceans 97, 6-9 0ct. 1997, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1997; Hammerstad E. ,Ohner F., Parthiot F. and Bennett J. (1991) Field testing of a new deep water multibeam echosounder., Oceans¿91, 1991, Vol 2,743-749; Edy Christian (1986) Automatic mapping with multibeam Echosounder Data . Proceedings Fourth Working Symp. on Oceanographic Data Systems San Diego, Computer Soc. Press, 1986,229-238
Data web site	http://www.ifremer.fr/flotte/equipements_sc/logiciels_embarques/caraibes/formats/fsi_spec.htm
Availability
Organisation	Ifremer, Scientific Information Systems for the sea
Availability	By negotiation
Contact	MOUSSAT Eric
Address	Ifremer, Scientific Information Systems for the sea IFREMER Centre de Bretagne ZI Pointe du diable CS 10070 PLOUZANE 29280 France
Telephone	+33(0)2 98.22.42.05
Facsimile	+33 (0)2 98.22.46.44
Email	eric.moussat@ifremer.fr
Administration
Collating centre	Ifremer, Scientific Information Systems for the sea
Local identifier	BATM11
Global identifier	3026
Last revised	2011-01-13

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