5 Minute Gridded World Elevations (ETOPO5)

Table of Contents

Identification Information
Spatial Reference Information
Distribution Information
Metadata Reference Information

1. IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION

DESCRIPTION                                                             
     Abstract:     The Earth Topography Five Minute Grid (ETOP05) is a gridded data base of
     worldwide elevations derived from several sources at a resolution of 5
     minutes of latitude and longitude. Oceanic bathymetry was compiled by
     the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office and revised in 1987. The land
     elevations of the "lower 48" United States, Japan, and Western Europe
     were compiled from gridded data supplied by the Defense Mapping Agency
     (DMA). Land elevations on New Zealand came from the Department of
     Scientific and Industrial Research of New Zealand; land elevations for
     Australia were supplied by the Bureau of Mineral Resources of
     Australia. The balance of the land elevations were interpolated from
     10-minute gridded modal height data from the U.S. Navy Fleet Numerical
     Oceanographic Center (FNOC).
     

     References:

     
     NOAA/NGDC Data Announcement 88-MGG-02. Bathymtery/Topography Data




TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT

     Beginning Date:1985-01-01



SPATIAL DOMAIN

     Bounding Coordinates:

          West Bounding Coordinate:180W

          East Bounding Coordinate:180E

          South Bounding Coordinate:90S

          North Bounding Coordinate:90N


KEYWORDS

     Theme Keyword Thesaurus:

          GCMD Parameter Keywords

     Theme Keywords:



          EARTH SCIENCE  LAND SURFACE  TOPOGRAPHY  TERRAIN ELEVATION  
          DMA

          DOD

          ETOPO5

          IDN_NODE GSFC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC

          LAND ELEVATION

          NAVY

          TOPOGRAPHY

     Place Keyword Thesaurus:

          GCMD Location Keywords



     Place Keywords:

          GLOBAL

          SEA FLOOR

6. DISTRIBUTION

DISTRIBUTOR

     Contact Organization Primary:NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC  National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA

     Contact Person:SLOSS,PETER,W
     Address:

              NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC
              Mail Code E/GC3
              325 Broadway
              Boulder, CO  80303
              USA
     Telephone:(303) 497-6119

     Telephone:FAX (303) 497-6513

     Electronic Mail Address:INTERNET  psloss@ngdc.noaa.gov


STANDARD ORDER PROCESS:
     Online Transfer Option:

          Network Address:

               Network Resource Name: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov

     Offline Medium:magnetic tapes, diskettes

7. METADATA REFERENCE INFORMATION

METADATA DATE:1995-11-20

METADATA REVIEW DATE:1995-11-20

METADATA CONTACT

     Contact Person:SLOSS,PETER,W

     Address:

           NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC
           Mail Code E/GC3
           325 Broadway
           Boulder, CO  80303
           USA


     Telephone:(303) 497-6119

     Telephone:FAX (303) 497-6513

     Electronic Mail Address:INTERNET  psloss@ngdc.noaa.gov