MARINE OBSERVATION SOURCE · S032

GEBCO

Discover marine observations available through GEBCO, including parameters, platforms, spatial and temporal coverage, metadata, and access methods.

Operator

GEBCO / Seabed 2030

Role

Global bathymetric synthesis

Platforms

Gridded synthesis from surveys + inferred sources

Observed variables

Bathymetric elevation; source-type/TID grid

Spatial coverage

Global

Period

Versioned annual grid; 2026 current

Depth coverage

Seafloor static elevation

QC and data mode

Compilation QC

Access method

Download global/subset grid and TID grid; use as background/static prior rather than raw observation index

Indexed download targets

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