Multibeam bathymetry processed data (dataset compilation) of RV METEOR, RV MARIA S. MERIAN, RV POLARSTERN & RV SONNE during 99 cruises from 1984 to 2019, Northwest African continental margin, North Atlantic Ocean

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Over the past three decades, numerous German research cruises have been conducted along the northwestern African continental margin, between the Azores–Gibraltar Fracture Zone in the north and the St. Paul–Las Palmas Fracture Zone in the south (North Atlantic Ocean). During 99 expeditions with RV Polarstern, Sonne, Maria S. Merian, and Meteor, multibeam echosounder data were acquired. From these raw datasets, a compiled gridded bathymetry was generated using an automated workflow, covering the region 9°-34°N and 30°-9°W. The data product integrates archive data from six multibeam systems with heterogeneous raw formats. Processing followed a script-driven workflow with three stages: (1) pre-processing (GPS outlier removal; filter design and application with MB-System), (2) processing with MB-System (mbprocess program), and (3) post-processing (interpolation to a regular grid using Generic Mapping Tools, GMT). The final dataset is provided as GeoTIFF (gridline registration) with a spatial resolution of 50 m × 50 m; spatial coverage is incomplete across parts of the study area.

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Provenance
Creator Tang, Qinqin ORCID logo; Krastel, Sebastian ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2026
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; Data access is restricted (moratorium, sensitive data, license constraints); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess false
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Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 12 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (-79.860W, -62.111S, 18.990E, 78.300N); Bremerhaven, Germany; Cape Town, South Africa; Funchal, Portugal; Praia, Cape Verde; Las Palmas, Spain; Hamburg, Germany; Bremen, Germany; Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Bergen, Norway; Salvador, Brazil; Lisbon, Portugal; Viana do Castelo, Portugal; Malaga, Spain; Recife, Brazil; Warnemünde; Limassol, Cyprus; Mindelo, Cape Verde; Kiel, Germany; Fort-de-France, Martinique; Dakar, Senegal; Cristobal, Panama; Walvis Bay, Namibia; Rostock, Germany; Ponta Delgada, Portugal; Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe; Cadiz; Northeast Atlantic; Celtic Sea; Canarias Sea; Atlantic, transit cruise; North Atlantic Ocean; North Sea
Temporal Coverage Begin 1984-07-19T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2019-11-25T00:00:00Z