Brief description
The Torres Strait Reference Surfaces bathymetry survey was acquired for the Australian Hydrographic Office (AHO) on 12 Dec 2021. This surface was created from a contracted national reference survey between Goods Island and Goods Island cardinal mark, and Tuesday Island and the Herald Patches QLD, collected for the purpose of calibrating multibeam echosounders. It was conducted for the Australian Hydrographic Office as part of the Hydroscheme Industry Partnership Program, acquired using Kongsberg EM2040D, and processed using QPS Qimera. Seperate grids in 0.5m resolution are provided for the two surveyed sites within this survey area in MSL, LAT and Ellipsoid vertical datum. The dataset was then exported as a 0.5m resolution, 32 bit floating point GeoTIFF grid of the survey area.
This dataset is not to be used for navigational purposes.
Lineage
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Statement:
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Survey metadata:
aho_id: 49396294
name: AHO Reference Surface Torres Strait 2023
nb-of-points: 4
north: -10.455851
south: -10.662137
east: 142.382728
west: 142.066381
boundingbox-crs: EPSG:4326
start-date: 12/12/2021
end-date: 12/12/2021
survey area: Torres Strait
platform-class: Boat
vessel: N/A
surveyor: N/A
classification: Official
abstract: "These surfaces are derived from a contracted survey conducted for the Australian Hydrographic Office for the purpose of calibrating multibeam echosounders. It was collected as part of the Hydroscheme Industry Partnership Program. The survey areas lies between Goods Island and Goods Island cardinal mark, and Tuesday Island and the Herald Patchs, QLD.
Separate grids are provided for the two sites surveyed as part of this data collection. "
Lineage (Description): "These surfaces are 0.5 metre Shoal Depth True Position (SDTP) surfaces derived from an International Hydrographic Organisation (IHO) Special Order survey, with an 0.5 metre Combined Uncertainty and Bathymetry Estimator (CUBE) surfaces supplied to the Australian Hydrographic Office (AHO), with depth, position, density and uncertainty preserved from the original surface.
AHO Reference Surfaces are created for use as a reference surface for calibration of MBES systems. The AHO recommends using them in their native coordinate reference system, as reprojection algorithms may introduce spatial errors. This dataset is only available for download from AHO."
data-owner: Australian Hydrographic Office, Commonwealth of Australia
custodian: Geoscience Australia, Commonwealth of Australia
point-of-contact: hydro.licensing@defence.gov.au
legal-constraints: Creative Commons CC BY 4.0
geodetic-datum: WGS84
projection: UTM 54S
vertical-datum: Mean Sea Level (MSL) | Lowest Astronomical Tide (LAT) | Ellipsoidal Height (ELLIPS)
instrument-type: Multibeam Echosounder (MBES)
sensor-type: Kongsberg EM 2040D
sensor-frequency: 300 KHz
horizontal-positioning-method: Applanix POS MV Oceanmaster (Primary) and Applanix POS MV Wavemaster (secondary) Position was provided by Marine Star G4+ PPP GNSS.
vertical-reduction-method: The data was collected using a GNSS coordinate system, and converted to Ellipsoidal Height (ELL) by the contractor. The data were reduced from GNSS coordinates to Lowest Astronomical Tide (LAT) using an AHO-approved tidal model based on observed tides and adjusted to Mean Sea Level (MSL) by AHO.
accepted-soundings-accuracy (unit(m)): 0.33
accepted-positional-accuracy (unit(m)): 0.25
accepted-survey-order: Special Order
accepted-survey-order-url: https://iho.int › pubs › S-44_Edition_6.0.0_EN.pdf
usage-limitation: Not to be used for Navigation
contact-address: 8 Station St, Wollongong, NSW, Australia 2500
GCMD-keyword: EARTH SCIENCE>OCEANS>BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY
GA-keyword: AusSeabed, Bathymetry, Marine, Bathymetry Grids
name of survey contractor: N/A
statement_of_requirements: HIPP SOR v2021.2
year of installation: 2022
number of sensor heads: 2
number of soundings: 1024
beamwidth along track (degree): 1.0°
beamwidth across track (degree): 200°
pulse length (μs): 200μs
absorption (dB/km): variable dB/km
selectable depth range (m): variable
vessel speed (kt): 6-8 knots
start port: Cairns, QLD
end port: Cairns, QLD
sensor operating mode: Dual Swath Mode
sensor swath (degrees): 100° (200° total)
grid sounding density: 0.5
processing software: QPS Qimera 2.4.2
processing methodology: Processed in accordance with HIPP SOR 2021.2 using CUBE algorithm techniques, 0.5m CUBE surfaces generated as the final L3 dataset.
grid resolution (m): 0.5
number of grids: 6
Processing methodology:
This dataset was produced using CARIS HIPS & SIPS as follow:
1. Processed in accordance with HIPP SOR 2020v 1.2 using CUBE techniques, 0.5m CUBE surfaces generated as the final L3 product (a gridded surface derived from cleaned point data).
2. Data was provided to Geoscience Australia for publication.
3. The final processed grid was exported as a 32-bit floating point Geotiff at 0.5m resolution, referenced to MSL, WGS 84 (EPSG:32754).
DATA QUALITY
This dataset has been subject to independent post-production validation and testing. Tests have been performed for data completeness, correct spatial representation, attribute accuracy, logical consistency, metadata completeness and correctness, and where appropriate for compliance with Geoscience Australia's data dictionaries.
Errors found in this dataset should be reported to:
Corporate Data Manager
Geoscience Australia
GPO Box 378
Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
Email: Sales@ga.gov.au
Reported Errors will be rectified in subsequent data releases, if any.
Notes
PurposeAcquiring bathymetry dataset
Issued: 19 11 2023
Data time period: 2021-12-12 to 2021-12-12
text: westlimit=142.0664; southlimit=-10.66214; eastlimit=142.3827; northlimit=-10.45585; projection=WGS 84 / UTM zone 54S / projected (EPSG: 32754)
text: uplimit=-14; downlimit=-17; projection=MSL depth / vertical (EPSG: 5715)
Subjects
AusSeabed |
EARTH SCIENCES |
Earth Science | Oceans | Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography | Bathymetry |
HVC_144641 |
Oceans |
Published_External |
bathymetric grids |
bathymetry |
geoscientificInformation |
marine |
multibeam |
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Other Information
AHO Reference Surface (Torres Strait) 2023 0.5m (zip) [128.1 MB]
Identifiers
- DOI : 10.26186/149077
- URI : pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/149077
- global : b59ec191-1ce1-4d77-ba45-4cb83ef8571c
