Global Depth to Bedrock Geospatial Dataset

In this file, the necessary technical details of the dataset is explained.

Location of the Global Depth to Bedrock Dataset Files

The Global Depth to Bedrock geospatial dataset files are located under the following directory accessible from multiple clusters:

# DRAC Graham HPC location
/project/rpp-kshook/Model_Output/DTB # Graham's rpp-kshook allocation

# DRAC Fir HPC location
/project/rrg-alpie/data/geospatial-data/DTB # rrg-alpie allocation

# UCalgary ARC HPC location
/work/comphyd_lab/data/geospatial-data/DTB # comphyd_lab allocation

And the structure of the files is as following:

/path/to/dataset/dir/DTB
├── BDRICM_M_10km_ll.zip
├── BDRICM_M_1km_ll.zip
├── BDRICM_M_250m_ll.zip
├── BDRLOG_M_10km_ll.zip
├── BDRLOG_M_1km_ll.zip
├── BDRLOG_M_250m_ll.zip
├── BDTICM_M_10km_ll.zip
├── BDTICM_M_1km_ll.zip
└── BDTICM_M_250m_ll.zip

Spatial and Temporal Extents

The spatial extent of this dataset covers longitudes from -180 to +180 degress and latitudes from -90 to +90 degress. This dataset is static and does not vary with time.

Dataset Variables

This variables of this dataset are detailed in the table below:

#

Variable Name (used in gistool)

Description

Comments

1

BDRICM_M_10km_ll

censored DTB [1] in cm

5-minute resolution

2

BDRLOG_M_10km_ll

occurrence of R horizon in %

5-minute resolution

3

BDTICM_M_10km_ll

absolute DTB in cm

5-minute resolution

4

BDRICM_M_1km_ll

censored DTB in cm

30-second resolution

5

BDRLOG_M_1km_ll

occurrence of R horizon in %

30-second resolution

6

BDTICM_M_1km_ll

absolute DTB in cm

30-second resolution

7

BDRICM_M_250m_ll

censored DTB in cm

7.5-second resolution

8

BDRLOG_M_250m_ll

occurrence of R horizon in %

7.5-second resolution

9

BDTICM_M_250m_ll

absolute DTB in cm

7.5-second resolution

The following link and paper provide extensive details of the mentioned variables.