Dataset: Bathymetry/Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)/NOAA/NCEI 180-m Bathymetry: Mariana Trench
Data format: netCDF
Data type: GRID
Naming Authority: org.pacioos
ID: ngdc_bathy_180m_mariana
Documentation:
summary: A 180-m (6 arc-second) resolution gridded digital elevation model (DEM) for the bathymetry (ocean depth) of the Western Pacific Ocean surrounding the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the Earth's oceans. The extent of the DEM encompasses not only the Mariana Trench, but also the West Mariana Ridge and the East Mariana Ridge, the island of Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). It was compiled by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), formerly the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), from various data sources including international, federal, and academic partners. Not to be used for navigational purposes. For a grayscale hillshade image layer of this dataset, see "mp_ngdc_all_bathy180m_hillshade" in the distribution links listed in the metadata.
citation: Lim, E., M.G. Sutherland, D.Z. Friday, B.W. Eakins, and S.J. McLean. 2013. Bathymetric Digital Elevation Model of the Mariana Trench. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Technical Report, Dept. of Commerce, Boulder, CO, 4 pp. https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/dat/dems/regional_tr/mariana_trench_6_msl_2012.pdf.
rights: These data were generated as part of an academic research project and acknowledgment is requested in any publications arising therefrom. The data are provided free of charge, without warranty of any kind.
funding: The Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) is funded through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as a Regional Association within the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). PacIOOS is coordinated by the University of Hawaii School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST).
