SI 1021: Bathymetry Survey of Approaches to Moreton Bay, 2023

A 30-meter resolution bathymetric grid of the seafloor near Moreton Bay, Australia. The survey was conducted for the Australian Hydrographic Office by Fugro Australia between September and December 2023 using a Kongsberg EM2040P multibeam echosounder. Data was processed with CARIS HIPS and SIPS software and is provided as a 32-bit floating point GeoTIFF.

Use Cases

• Modeling coastal erosion and sediment dynamics based on high-resolution seafloor depth data.
• Creating baseline maps for marine habitat and ecosystem studies based on the bathymetric grid.
• Supporting maritime infrastructure planning and environmental impact assessments using the surveyed area data.
• Calibrating and validating regional oceanographic models with precise depth measurements.

Strengths

• Survey conducted with a specific, high-precision instrument (Kongsberg EM2040P).
• Data has a defined spatial resolution of 30 meters.
• Clear temporal coverage from 3 September 2023 to 16 December 2023.
• Processing methodology is specified (CARIS HIPS and SIPS).

Limitations

• Explicitly not for navigational purposes, limiting its primary maritime application.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and total file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data, sourced from the Australian Hydrographic Office.

Collection Method

Contracted survey conducted by Fugro Australia as part of the Hydroscheme Industry Partnership Program.

Time Range

3 September 2023 – 16 December 2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 13:20:45.453116; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Approaches to Moreton Bay, Australia