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Ratio hard substrate to soft sediment surfaces dataset supporting the 2024 Belgian MSFD assessment of D6C4

This dataset consists of very-high-resolution multibeam echosounder (MBES) bathymetry time series collected between 2009 and 2022 in two areas of the Belgian Part of the North Sea: 1) the KWGS area between the Buiten Ratel and Kwinte sandbanks (Flemish Banks) and 2) the OH-BD area along the southwestern flank of the Oosthinder sandbank (Hinder Banks). The data originate from multiple sources, including the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Flemish Hydrography, FPS Economy, and academic surveys, using MBES systems mainly at 300 kHz (locally 100 kHz) with 1–2 m grid resolution. The data is not available freely and can be received on request via the contacts.

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Date (Creation)
2025-12-17T15:37:00Z
Date (Revision)
2025-12-17T16:02:06Z
Date (Publication)
2025-12-29T16:15:24.874Z
Date (Creation)
2016-05-19
Unique resource identifier
https://doi.org/10.24417/bmdc.be:dataset:3040
Identifier
bmdc.be:dataset:3040

Belgian Marine Data Centre

Other citation details

This dataset is composed of the following sources: Vera Van Lancker, Frederic Francken & Lars Kint (n.d.). Mutibeam files for dataset 3040.

Publisher
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium Belgium Belgique België Belgien
https://www.naturalsciences.be
Author
  Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Suspended Matter and Seabed Monitoring and Modelling (SUMO)
Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium Belgium Belgique België Belgien
https://www.bmdc.be
Owner
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium Belgium Belgique België Belgien
https://www.naturalsciences.be
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Other restrictions
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No limitations on public access.

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No conditions apply to use.

Classification
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Metadata language
English
Topic category
  • Oceans
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gml32:beginPosition
2009-02-01
gml32:endPosition
2022-07-30
Reference system identifier
EPSG / http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258
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Dataset
File identifier
bmdc.be:dataset:3040 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-12-29T16:15:24.874Z
Metadata standard name

Geographic information -- Metadata

Metadata standard version

ISO 19115:2003/19139

Point of contact
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium Belgium Belgique België Belgien
https://www.bmdc.be
 
 

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