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Item 859

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id 859
restitle MCZ: Farnes East: Multibeam survey FRNE_26_2012: Southern North Sea (01/03/2012 to 20/03/2012)
geophys_equip_type None
terms_of_use Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs materials "Contains Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs materials @Crown Copyright [year]"
ship MV Neptune
samp_equip_type None
terms_of_use_url http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
client Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
start_date 2012-03-01 00:00:00
contractor EGS (International) Ltd
start_date_est Real
cruise_data_url http://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item44249
mdfileid_nerc_guid 0d05a2ba-42c3-7526-e054-002128a47908
cruise_area CP2 Regional Sea Boundaries: Northern North Sea, Offshore 1:250k: Farne, SeaVoX Sub-Ocean: NORTH SEA
end_date 2012-03-20 00:00:00
abstract EGS (International) Ltd was contracted to carry out an acoustic bathymetric survey of Lot 26 (Farnes East) during February and March 2012. The survey was conducted to acquire seabed data in order to later assess the suitability of the survey area as a Marine Conservation Zone. Full coverage multibeam survey collecting bathymetry and backscatter to client specifications, namely International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) Order 1a standard, WGS84 latitude and longitude co-ordinates collected by Differential Global Positioning System (D-GPS), depths corrected to Chart Datum (CD). Raw and processed data delivered to Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, UK (Cefas) complete with georeferenced mosaics and GeoTiffs images. These data are archived with the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) Data Archive Centres (DACs) including the British Geological Survey (BGS) DAC for geology and geophysics, The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH) and the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) bathymetry DAC. The full site data package including raw is also available on request from BGS.
end_date_est Real
cruise MCZ_FRNE_26_2012
additional_info Data gathered on Cefas cruise code FAR(E) 02/12. Acquisiton software = QPS QINSy. Processing software = Caris HIPS.
confidentiality unclassified (open file)
cruise_alias None
nav_equip_type None
accessuse_restric unrestricted use, copyright acknowledgement