The underwater depth of lake or ocean floor relative to sea level is referred to as Bathymetry. Which comprises of a geospatial framework equivalent to land topography and therefore constitutes a critical boundary condition for geophysical, geological, biological, and oceanographic systems. An initiative of the European Commission known as EMODnet Bathymetry is pleased to announce on behalf of the full consortium with all associated collaborators the release of the latest version of the EMODnet Bathymetry Digital Terrain Model (DTM). The newly improved DTM enables users to achieve greater resolution and coverage of bathymetry across European seas and beyond.
Features of the new EMODnet Bathymetry product release :
- DTM with 1/16 * 1/16 arc minutes (circa 115 * 115 metres) grid resolution covering all European
seas from the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, the North-East Atlantic Ocean, up to the Arctic Ocean and the Barents Sea;
- A source reference layer and a quality index layer pointing directly to one of the 16141 bathymetric survey data sets and 120 composite DTMs used in the 2020 version;
- Catalogues with over 32.000 unique descriptions of data surveys, composite DTMs and Satellite-Derived Bathymetry products originating and gathered from European data holders, covering
European coasts, sea regions and global oceans, in co-operation with the European Sea Data Net infrastructure;
- Snapshots of bathymetric DTM products at a higher resolution (up to approx. 10m) than the full DTM;
- Best-estimate European coastlines at LAT, MSL, and MHW, determined from satellite data in combination with the Global Tide Surge Model (GTSM)
- Inventory of official baseline and coastline data as collected from 26 national authorities’ in Europe;
- Powerful 3D visualization functionalities
