WEST10MV: Bathymetry Survey of the Southeast Indian Ridge, 1995

From 29 January to 12 March 1995, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography's R/V Melville collected this bathymetry data using a SeaBeam 2000 sonar system. The dataset contains 8-210 meter resolution, 32-bit geotiff files processed with CARIS HIPS and SIPS software. It was contributed by scientists including David Christie and is managed by the Marine Geoscience Data System.

Use Cases

• Modeling seafloor topography based on high-resolution bathymetric data.
• Analyzing tectonic features of the Southeast Indian Ridge based on the survey location.
• Creating base maps for oceanographic research based on processed geotiff files.

Strengths

• Data resolution is specified as 8-210 meters.
• Survey has a precise temporal coverage from 29 January to 12 March 1995.
• Processing methodology is documented, using CARIS HIPS and SIPS software.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Oregon State University and Scripps Institution of Oceanography (UC/SIO), via the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Collection Method

Acquired via ship-based SeaBeam 2000 sonar system and processed with CARIS software.

Time Range

29 January 1995 to 12 March 1995

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-16 09:33:37.927753; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Transit from Fremantle, Australia, to the Southeast Indian Ridge, to Hobart, Australia.