ensaio.v1.fetch_caribbean_bathymetry

ensaio.v1.fetch_caribbean_bathymetry()[source]

Single-beam bathymetry of the Caribbean

This dataset is a compilation of several public domain single-beam bathymetry surveys of the ocean in the Caribbean. The data display a wide range of tectonic activity, uneven distribution, and even clear systematic errors in some of the survey lines.

There are 1,938,095 measurements in total with 4 columns available: survey ID, longitude, latitude (geodetic), and depth (positive downwards and referenced to “sea level”).

Format: CSV with xz (lzma) compression.

Load with: pandas.read_csv

Datum: WGS84

Original source: NOAA NCEI

Original license: Public domain

Returns

fname (pathlib.Path) – Path to the downloaded file on disk.

Examples using ensaio.v1.fetch_caribbean_bathymetry