EasyGSH-DB: Bathymetry 2003

Definition: “Bathymetry” means the measurement of the topographical shape of the sole of a water body. The term is also often used — analogous to the word “topography” — synonymous with the shape of the water sole. Waters in this context are seas, rivers or closed inland waters. As part of the EasyGSH project, bathymetric data sets are those that represent the height distribution in the German Bay, including the estuaries of Ems, Weser and Elbe. Through morphological activities of the water soil, such a bathymetric model is only valid for a certain period of time or time. Data generation: The basis for bathymetric products are gridded bathymetric models, which are created using the Functional Ground Model, a data-based hindcast simulation model, via spatial-time interpolation methods from a database of sea and land surveys of various data types. For each year from 1996 to inclusive 2016, a gridded bathymetric model in 10 m resolution for the German Bay and in addition in 250 m resolution for the Exclusive Economic Zone for the year 1996 is produced. Product: One 10 m grid of the German Bay valid on 01.07. for the years from 1996 to 2016, with each grid node lying down the height. 250 m grid of the Exclusive Economic Zone (1996). The product is provided in GeoTiff and Shapefile format. English Download: The data for download can be found under References, where the data can be downloaded directly or via the web page redirection to the EasyGSH-DB portal. For further information, please refer to the download portal (https://mdi-de.baw.de/easygsh/EasyEN_index.html).