dataset · United Kingdom
Marine multibeam backscatter data from around the UK (2005 onwards)
The British Geological Survey (BGS) holds an archive of multibeam backscatter data from BGS, the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) and other organisations. The data are stored within the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC) as the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) Data Archive Centre (DAC) for geology and geophysics. The majority of the data were collected and processed for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) under the Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP). Backscatte
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Licence: ["The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in an
Evidence quality: 29.5
Listed in data.gov.uk public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).
Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z
Evidence
- https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/GeoIndex_Offshore/offshore_cultural/MapServer/WmsServer?
- https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/c69f3e18-072d-469b-80d0-65aae16654ac/marine-multibeam-backscatter-data-from-around-the-uk-2005-onwards1
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