Approaches to Moreton Bay Bathymetry Survey, 30m Resolution (2023)

A bathymetry survey acquired for the Australian Hydrographic Office between 3 September 2023 and 16 December 2023. Fugro Australia conducted the survey using a Kongsberg EM2040P multibeam echosounder, and data was processed with CARIS HIPS and SIPS software. The final product is a 30-meter resolution, 32-bit floating point GeoTIFF grid of the survey area.

Use Cases

• Modeling seabed morphology based on high-resolution bathymetry data
• Analyzing underwater terrain for coastal zone management
• Integrating bathymetric data with other marine geospatial datasets
• Conducting change detection studies of the seafloor over time

Strengths

• Data was acquired using a Kongsberg EM2040P multibeam echosounder, a standard industry instrument
• Processed using CARIS HIPS and SIPS software, specialized for hydrographic data
• Exported as a 30-meter resolution GeoTIFF grid, providing a defined spatial detail level

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Contracted survey conducted by Fugro Australia for the Australian Hydrographic Office under the Hydroscheme Industry Partnership Program.

Time Range

3 September 2023 – 16 December 2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 08:40:06.172076; freshness should be verified

Geography

Approaches to Moreton Bay, Australia