Seafloor Imagery from the Totten Seafloor, East Antarctica, 2014

Seafloor imagery was collected aboard the RVIB Nathaniel B Palmer during the NBP14-02 expedition from 29 January to 16 March 2014 across an area greater than 3000 km2. A downward-facing digital still camera was deployed to image approximately 4.8 m2 of seafloor per shot, triggered 2.5 m above the bottom. The imagery is hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network and available via the National Computing Infrastructure (NCI) THREDDS catalog.

Use Cases

• Classifying seafloor habitat types based on annotated still images mentioned in the description
• Training object detection models for marine fauna using seafloor imagery
• Conducting geospatial analysis of benthic communities across the surveyed area
• Developing image segmentation algorithms for underwater environments

Strengths

• Imagery covers a surveyed area greater than 3000 km2
• Camera specifications are detailed (10.2 megapixel, F-8, ASA-400)
• Each image captures a known area of approximately 4.8 m2 of seafloor

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Deployed via a 'yoyo' camera system with a digital still camera and strobe on a coaxial cable from the RVIB Nathaniel B Palmer.

Time Range

29 January – 16 March 2014

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 18:00:49.272440; freshness should be verified

Geography

Totten seafloor, East Antarctica