EMODnet product catalogue
EMODnet Digital Bathymetry (DTM 2016) - Tile D3
The "EMODnet Digital Bathymetry (DTM) - 2016" is a multilayer bathymetric product for Europe’s sea basins covering::
• the Greater North Sea, including the Kattegat and stretches of water such as Fair Isle, Cromarty, Forth, Forties, Dover, Wight, and Portland
• the English Channel and Celtic Seas
• Western and Central Mediterranean Sea and Ionian Sea
• Bay of Biscay, Iberian coast and North-East Atlantic
• Adriatic Sea
• Aegean - Levantine Sea (Eastern Mediterranean)
• Azores - Madeira EEZ
• Canary Islands
• Baltic Sea
• Black Sea
• Norwegian – Icelandic seas
The DTM is based upon more than 7700 bathymetric survey data sets and Composite DTMs that have been gathered from 27 data providers from 18 European countries and involving 169 data originators. The gathered survey data sets can be discovered and requested for access through the Common Data Index (CDI) data discovery and access service that also contains additional European survey data sets for global waters. This discovery service makes use of SeaDataNet standards and services and have been integrated in the EMODnet portal ( https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/bathymetry#bathymetry-services ). The Composite DTMs are described using the Sextant Catalogue Service that makes also use of SeaDataNet standards and services. Their metadata can retrieved through interrogating the Source Reference map in the Central Map Viewing service ( https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/geoviewer/ ).
In addition, the EMODnet Map Viewer gives users wide functionality for viewing and downloading the EMODnet digital bathymetry such as:
• water depth (refering to the Lowest Astronomical Tide Datum - LAT) in gridded form
on a DTM grid of 1/8 * 1/8 arc minute of longitude and latitude (ca 230 * 230 meters)
• option to view depth parameters of individual DTM cells and references to source data
• option to download DTM in 16 tiles in different formats: EMO, EMO (without GEBCO data), ESRI ASCII, ESRI ASCII Mean Sea Level, XYZ, NetCDF (CF), RGB GeoTiff and SD
• layer with a number of high resolution DTMs for coastal regions
• layer with wrecks from the UKHO Wrecks database.
The NetCDF (CF) DTM files are fit for use in a special 3D Viewer software package which is based on the existing open source NASA World Wind JSK application. It has been developed in the frame of the EU FP7 Geo-Seas project (another sibling of SeaDataNet for marine geological and geophysical data) and is freely available. The 3D viewer also supports the ingestion of WMS overlay maps. The SD files can also be used for 3D viewing by means of the freely available iView4De(Fledermaus) software.
The original datasets themselves are not distributed but described in the metadata services, giving clear information about the background survey data used for the DTM, their access restrictions, originators and distributors and facilitating requests by users to originator.
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- Date (Publication)
- 2016-09-30
- Citation identifier
- DOI:10.12770/c7b53704-999d-4721-b1a3-04ec60c87238
- Credit
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EMODnet Bathymetry
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role EMODnet Bathymetry Consortium
Publisher EMODnet Bathymetry Consortium
Author Marine Information Service
Point of contact Baltic Sea Hydrographic Commission
Originator British Oceanographic Data Centre
Originator Bulgarian National Oceanographic Data Centre(BGODC), Institute of Oceanology
Originator Dokuz Eylul University, Institute of Marine Science and Technology
Originator Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency
Originator Flemish Ministry of Mobility and Public Works; Agency for Maritime and Coastal Services; Coastal Division
Originator Geological Survey of Ireland
Originator GGS Geo Consultancy
Originator UNEP/GRID-Arendal
Originator Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Oceanography (HCMR/IO)
Originator Hydrographic Institute of the Navy
Originator IEO/Spanish Oceanographic Institute
Originator Ifremer
Originator IHPT, Hydrographic Institute
Originator Institute of Marine Science (ISMAR) - Bologna
Originator Institute of Marine Research (IIM-CSIC)
Originator International Ocean Institute - Malta Operational Centre (University Of Malta) / Physical Oceanography Unit
Originator Jardfeingi, the Faroe Islands Earth and Energy Directorate
Originator Marine Information Service
Originator Marum - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen
Originator National Institute of Marine Geology and Geoecology
Originator National Institute of Engineering and Industrial Technology, Lisbon - Department of Industrial Impact Studies
Originator National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool
Originator NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Originator Norwegian Hydrographic Service
Originator OceanWise Limited
Originator OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale), Infrastructures Division
Originator National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Division of Oceanography
Originator National Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics, Lisbon - Division of Marine Meteorology
Originator Royal Danish Administration of Navigation & Hydrography, Oceanographic Department
Originator Royal Netherlands Navy Command, Hydrographic Office
Originator SC Marine Research SRL
Originator SHOM (SERVICE HYDROGRAPHIQUE ET OCEANOGRAPHIQUE DE LA MARINE)
Originator AZTI - Tecnalia, Headquarters Pasaia(Gipuzkoa)
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Originator Directorate General of Fisheries Management - General Secretariate of the Sea
Originator Geological Survey of Israel
Originator Marine Technology Unit. Mediterranean Marine and Environmental Research Centre
Originator Task Group for the Extension of the Continental Shelf
Originator The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD)
Originator
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Thèmes Sextant
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/Physical Environment/Bathymetry/Digital Terrain Model
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Elevation
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- Theme
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EMODnet
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seafloor depth
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ocean depth
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Digital Terrain Model
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DTM
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grid
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bathymetric data
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- Place
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European seas
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Azores
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Madeira
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Canary Islands
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North-East Atlantic
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Bay of Biscay
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Celtic Seas
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English Channel
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North Sea
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Norvegian Sea
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Iceland Sea
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Baltic Sea
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Mediterranean Sea
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Adriatic Sea
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Aegean Sea
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Black Sea
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- Stratum
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Seabed
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- Discipline
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Bathymetry
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Cadre Réglementaire - SIMM
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Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD)
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Maritime Spatial Planning Directive (MSP)
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- Access constraints
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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DO NOT USE FOR NAVIGATION
- Spatial representation type
- Grid
- Distance
- 0.125 Arc second
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Elevation
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- Begin date
- 1816-01-01T00:00:00
- End date
- 2016-08-31T00:00:00
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG / WGS 84 (EPSG:4326) / 8.6
- Number of dimensions
- 1
Axis Dimensions Properties
- Cell geometry
- Point
- Distribution format
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Name Version NetCDF
GeoTIFF
1.0
XYZ
ESRI ASCII
SD
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name WWW:LINK
https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/geoviewer EMODnet viewing service
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12770/18ff0d48-b203-4a65-94a9-5fd8b0ec35f6 DOI of the EMOdnet DTM 2016
WWW:LINK
https://tiles.emodnet-bathymetry.eu/ EMODnet Bathymetry WMTS service
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name OGC:WMS
https://ows.emodnet-bathymetry.eu/wms emodnet:source_references
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name OGC:WMS
https://ows.emodnet-bathymetry.eu/wms emodnet:mean_atlas_land
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name WWW:DOWNLOAD
https://downloads.emodnet-bathymetry.eu/v8/D3_2016.asc.zip EMODnet - DTM 2016 - TILE D3 - Format ESRI ASCII
WWW:DOWNLOAD
https://downloads.emodnet-bathymetry.eu/v8/D3_2016.emo.zip EMODnet - DTM 2016 - TILE D3 - Format EMO
WWW:DOWNLOAD
https://downloads.emodnet-bathymetry.eu/v8/D3_2016_no_gebco.emo.zip EMODnet - DTM 2016 - TILE D3 - Format EMO (without GEBCO data)
WWW:DOWNLOAD
https://downloads.emodnet-bathymetry.eu/v8/D3_2016_rgb.tif EMODnet - DTM 2016 - TILE D3 - Format RGB GeoTiff
WWW:DOWNLOAD
https://downloads.emodnet-bathymetry.eu/v8/D3_2016.dtm.zip EMODnet - DTM 2016 - TILE D3 - Format NetCDF
WWW:DOWNLOAD
https://downloads.emodnet-bathymetry.eu/v8/D3_2016.xyz.zip EMODnet - DTM 2016 - TILE D3 - Format XYZ
WWW:DOWNLOAD
https://downloads.emodnet-bathymetry.eu/v8/D3_2016.sd.zip EMODnet - DTM 2016 - TILE D3 - Format SD
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Statement
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The DTM is a grid of 1/8 * 1/8 arc minute of longitude and latitude (ca 230 * 230 meters).
Each grid cell has the following information:
- x,y coordinates
- minimum waterdepth in meters to LAT
- average waterdepth in meters to LAT
- maximum waterdepth in meters to LAT
- standard deviation of waterdepth in meters
- number of values used for interpolation over the grid cell
- interpolation flag : 1 when extrapolated from the neighbouring cells
- average waterdepth smoothed by means of a spline function in meters to LAT
- an indicator of the offsets between the average and smoothed waterdepth as a % of the waterdepth
- reference to the prevailing source of data with metadata.
Source data :
The DTM values have been determined from 3 possible sources of data:
- Bathymetric surveys : More than 14000 high resolution data sets from single and multibeam surveys, managed by 27 data centres from 18 countries and originated from 169 institutes, as referenced via the CDI Data Discovery and Access service.
- Digital Terrain Model data : 78 composite data sets produced and delivered by a number of external data providers such as Hydrographic Offices derived from their internal bathymetric database and based upon historic surveys. These are referenced via the Sextant Catalogue service
- GEBCO 2014 30” gridded data, used to complete area coverage in case there are no survey data or composite data sets available to the partners.
From these a subset has been used as input for analysing and generating the EMODnet digital terrain model (DTM).
No new data has or will be collected specifically for this project.
GEBCO (General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans) is partner in the project and not only provides the latest GEBCO releases for filling gaps but also uses the EMODnet DTM for upgrading the GEBCO DTM for the Baltic Sea synergy takes place with the Baltic Sea Bathymetry Database project of the Baltic Sea Hydrographic Commission.
Additionnal QA/QC and DTM production details are available on the EMODnet Bathymetry portal.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 272afeb2-ed15-4cb0-b5f4-8c781eb2e952 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-03-07T14:47:14.525683Z
- Metadata standard name
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ISO 19115:2003/19139 - SEXTANT
- Metadata standard version
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1.0
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Ifremer
Point of contact
- Other language
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Language Character encoding French UTF8 English UTF8
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