BMRG06MV: 1996 Bathymetry Survey from Fremantle to Port Hedland

A 1996 bathymetry survey was acquired by Bishop Museum, Hawaii and the University of California San Diego onboard the RV Melville from 22 February to 13 April. The dataset contains 128m-210m resolution, 32-bit geotiffs produced from processed SeaBeam data using CARIS HIPS and SIPS software. It covers the transit route from Fremantle to Port Hedland.

Use Cases

• Modeling seafloor topography based on the bathymetric survey data.
• Analyzing geological features along the Fremantle to Port Hedland transit route.
• Integrating historical bathymetric data into regional marine geoscience studies.
• Calibrating modern sonar systems using legacy high-resolution geotiff data.

Strengths

• Data resolution is specified as 128m-210m.
• Survey dates and vessel (RV Melville) are explicitly documented.
• Processing software (CARIS HIPS and SIPS) is named.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic/temporal bias inherent to the single 1996 survey.

Provenance

Source

Bishop Museum, Hawaii and the University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Collection Method

Acquired using the Seabeam 2000 sonar system onboard the RV Melville.

Time Range

22 February to 13 April 1996.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 18:53:27.771233; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Transit route from Fremantle to Port Hedland.