Bathymetry

Data from bathymetry may be archived in different versions of processing. All data are password protected by default unless free access of the author is officialy defined through the related ticket.

Processing

 * 1) Original raw data as produced by the swath sonar system in its proprietary format. A link to a software or a description for conversion to ASCII or standard format is recommended. doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.767553
 * 2) Different versions of processing steps.
 * 3) Processed and corrected but measured values in ASCII-format (latitude/longitude/depth i.e. XYZ) - use parameter Depth, bathymetric (2268). doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.418153
 * 4) Processed digital elevation model in ASCII-format (latitude/longitude/depth) - use parameter Depth, bathymetric, interpolated (102737). doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.832573
 * 5) Final map in pdf-format; optional also in original grafic (e.g. Illustrator) and/or GIS format. doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.805734, doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.805735

Metadata
A description (Metadata) must always accompany each data set:
 * Author(s)
 * Title
 * Year of publication
 * Institute as source
 * Method: type of sonar system
 * Description of processing steps and status and possible errors
 * Abstract (for final maps or in bathymetric data publications)

Workflow
workflow for bathymetry data archiving
 * on board data are stored in ships tape-drive
 * after cruise data are stored in land tape-drive (hs/datex); overview via http://ingest.awi.de/
 * SCRIPT to validate file structures'
 * SCRIPT generates tar-archive
 * SCRIPT generates Pangaea import files
 * SCRIPT copies data to hs/usero/bathy (bathymetry) and hs/usero/para (parasound)
 * PI opens ticket at http://issues.pangaea.de/ with metadata
 * PI uploads import file to ticket
 * import to Pangaea by curator

Device description with formats at https://spaces.awi.de/
 * Bathymetrie - https://spaces.awi.de/confluence/display/PSdevices/Faecherecholot
 * Parasound - https://spaces.awi.de/confluence/display/PSdevices/Sedimentecholot

to be solved

 * Data authors do not care about the storage format
 * Data were not stored in tape-drive
 * Format problems while generating Pangaea import files