Annual GEBCO Bathymetric Science Day
The GEBCO Bathymetric Science Day is held every year during the meeting of the GEBCO Technical Sub-Committee on Ocean Mapping, TSCOM, (formerly the Sub-Committee on Digital Bathymetry). It consists of oral presentations and poster displays and attendance is open to all. We welcome contributions on topics relating to ocean-floor mapping and its applications.
The Sixth GEBCO Science Day was hosted on 4th October 2011 at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA.
Find out more about the presentations given at GEBCO's Science Days.
Hosted on 4th October 2011 at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA.
Presentations
| Title | Author(s) *presenting author if not first | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Quality control for Multibeam echosounders at the French Naval Hydrographic Service (SHOM) | Christophe Vrignaud, Sophie Loyer, Patrick Michaux and Thierry Schmitt*, Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine (SHOM), France |
|
| European bathymetric database and digital elevation model (EMODNET Hydrography initiative) | Thierry Schmitt and the EMODNET Hydrography Partners; Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine (SHOM), France |  (3 MB) Combined with presentation 1 |
| The bathymetry of the central Mediterranean Sea in the framework of the EMODnet project — a case study of bathymetric data integration and processing | Federica Foglini and Marzia Rovere, The Marine Sciences Research Institute (ISMAR) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR), Bologna, Italy | (9.4 MB) |
| Effect of the Reunion Plumehead on Indo-Atlantic tectonics in the late Cretaceous and early Cenozoic | Steve Cande and Dave Stegman, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA | (10 MB) |
| History of NOAA-Scripps collaboration in Pacific ocean mapping | Albert E. Theberge Jr., U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Corps (Ret.), NOAA
Central Library, USA |
(12 MB) |
| Marie Tharp: Portrait of a Scientist | Hali Felt, University of Pittsburgh, USA | (2 MB) |
| GEBCO-related high-Arctic activities, Summer 2011 | John Hall, Geological Survey of Israel, (Ret.) | (8.3 MB) |
| Multibeam mapping in the search for remains of the Viking-age trading center, Birka, in Lake Mälaren, south central Sweden | Martin Jakobsson, University of Stockholm, Sweden | (5 MB) |
| Improvement in global marine gravity from retracked CryoSat | Emmanuel Garcia and David Sandwell, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA and Walter Smith, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) | (2.4 MB) |
| Hydrographic survey activities in tsunami-damaged harbors of Japan | Shin Tani and Taisei Morishita, Japanese Cabinet Secretariat for Ocean Policy, Government of Japan and the
Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department, Japan Coast Guard (JHOD) |
(10 MB) |
| GEBCO Undersea Feature Names Gazetteer Enhancement Project: Part I | Maureen A. LeVoir, CIRES - National Geophysical Data Center/NOAA, USA; Lisa A. Taylor, U.S. National Geophysical Data Center; Michel Huet, International Hydrographic Bureau; John C. Cartwright, U.S. National Geophysical Data Center and Hans Werner Schenke, Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany | (591 KB) |
| Bathymetry in the Cloud with GIS | Timothy Kearns and Beata Van Esch, Esri, Inc. | (5 MB) |
Poster displays
| Title | Author(s) | Link |
|---|---|---|
| A method for quantifying digital elevation model (DEM) uncertainty introduced by interpolative gridding | Christopher Amante, Matthew Love, Barry Eakins, CIRES - National Geophysical Data Center/NOAA, USA |
|
| Prototype variable resolution bathymetry toolbox and right TIN implementation | Eric Mixon, Paul Elmore, Fred Petry, Kevin Duvieilh, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Marine Geosciences Division, USA |
|
| Updating the GEBCO_08 Grid – data sets planned for inclusion in the next release of the data set | Pauline Weatherall, British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC), UK and Colin Jacobs, National Oceanography Centre (NOC), UK | (42 MB) |
| Improvements in global bathymetry with US multibeam and CryoSat altimetry data | Alexis Shakas, Delft University of Technology and David Sandwell, Scripps Institution of Oceanography | (28 MB) |
| Comparison and evaluation of publicly available grids in the Arctic | Anastasia Abramova, Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences and University of New Hampshire, Thomas Lippmann, Brian Calder, Larry Mayer and Dave Monahan, University of New Hampshire | (7.4 MB) |
| The GEBCO Cookbook: a progress report | Karen Marks, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) | (1.4 MB) |
| Coherence between altimetric gravity and multibeam bathymetry grids | Karen Marks and Walter Smith, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) | (11 MB) |
| Rolling Deck to Repository (R2R): progress in systematically capturing underway data from the US Academic Fleet, including multibeam | Suzanne Carbotte, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University (LDEO); Stephen Miller, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO); Andrew Maffei, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI); Shawn Smith, Florida State University; Robert Arko, LDEO; Vicki Ferrini, LDEO; Karen Stocks, San Diego Supercomputer Center; Cynthia Chandler, WHOI; Mark Bourassa, Florida State University; Dru Clark, SIO; Suzanne O'Hara, LDEO and Aaron Sweeney, SIO | (2 MB) |
| The Indian Ocean GEBCO Nippon Foundation Bathymetric compilation project | Rochelle Wigley, GEBCO Nippon Scholar and Council for Geoscience, South Africa and Dave Monahan, University of New Hampshire | (2 MB) |
| Improved Continental Shelf Topography via Hydrodynamic Data Assimilation | Edward D. Zaron, Portland State University and Portland State University, Johns Hopkins University |
|
| Improved Continental Shelf Topography via Hydrodynamic Data Assimilation | Don C. Ventura, Fugro Pelagos, San Diego, USA; Chris Spencer Fugro OSAE, Bremen, Germany and Jerry C Wilson Fugro Pelagos, San Diego, USA | (2 MB) |
Hosted on 15th September 2010 by the Peruvian Directorate of Hydrography, Callao, Peru.
Presentations
| Title | Author(s) | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Some activities of the Brazilian Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation | Izabel King Jeck, Brazilian Navy, Brazil | (4998 KB) |
| Multibeam mapping reveal past collapse of the Pine Island Bay Ice Shelf, West Antarctica | Martin Jakobsson, Stockholm University, Sweden and John Anderson, Rice University, USA | (3545 KB) |
| Japanese Hydrographic Office AUV survey of a knoll | Shin Tani, Japan Cabinet Secretariat for Ocean Policy, Japan | |
| Japanese Hydrographic Office ice breaking multibeam echo-sounder | Shin Tani, Japan Cabinet Secretariat for Ocean Policy, Japan | |
| Seamount discovery tool | Megan Jones, University of California, San Diego, USA | (1390 KB) |
| Uncertainty estimation of historical bathymetric data from Bayesian networks | Paul Elmore, US Naval Research Laboratory, USA | (3592 KB) |
| New high resolution bathymetry in Google Ocean | Jenifer Austin Foulkes, Google, USA | Live demonstration |
Poster displays
| Title | Author(s) | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Interpolating across gaps in bathymetric surveys: the value of altimetry | Karen Marks and Walter Smith, NOAA, USA | (11 MB) |
| GEBCO Cookbook contribution: assessing errors in bathymetric grids | Karen Marks and Walter Smith, NOAA, USA | (5773 KB) |
| The combination of soundings and remotely sensed bathymetry in the GEBCO grid | James Daniell, Geosciences Australia, Australia | (1100 KB) |
| Spline interpolation of sparse bathymetric data for Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) | Christopher Amante and B. Eakins, University of Colorado, USA; Lisa Taylor, IHO DCDB, USA | (6247 KB) |
| Updating the GEBCO_08 Grid | Pauline Weatherall, BODC, UK; Martin Jakobsson, University of Stockholm, Sweden; Walter Smith, NOAA USA; Colin Jacobs, NOC, UK, Hans-Werner Schenke, AWI, Germany; John Hall, Geological Survey of Israel (retired) | (15 MB) |
| New soundings for SRTM30_PLUS V7.0 | Megan Jones and David Sandwell, Scripps Institiution of Oceanography, USA; Robin Beaman, James Cook University, Australia | (5038 KB) |
| A marine GIS for the Oceania region (MARGO); an exploratory project. | James Daniell, Geoscience Australia; Naoto Ujihara, Japan Coast Guard; Bernice Mahabier, Maritime Authority, Suriname; Athur Herwindya, AAAT, Indonesia; Francis Freire, University of the Philippines; Yulia Zarayskaya, Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Kurt Scwehr and David Monahan, University of New Hampshire, USA; Shereen Sharma, Fugro, Australia | (46 KB) |
| Combining varying resolution survey data to produce a robust deep seabed classification | Colin Jacobs, National Oceanography Centre, UK; Lucy Porritt, University of British Columbia, Canada and Kerry Howell, University of Plymouth, UK | (1043 KB) |
| Comparison and evaluation of publically available global bathymetry grids | Anastasia Abramova, University of New Hampshire, USA, | (23 MB) |
| Advances in Marine Seismic Refraction: Ongoing development improves visualization and usability of the data | Jim Anderson, Fugro, Australia | (1594 KB) |
| A search for UXO in Papua New Guinea: Mapping small magnetic anomalies under difficult conditions | N. Smith, Fugro, Australia | (4399 KB) |
| Anatomy of a Site Survey: Combining geophysical and environmental surveys in the Timor Sea | Tony George, Fugro, Australia | (3739 KB) |
| Geological and Geomorphological influence on some sea cucumber species in Northwest coast of Sri Lanka | S.U.P. Jinadasa and D.C.T. Dissanayake, NARA, Sri Lanka | (1505 KB) |
Held at Oceanopolis, Brest, France on 29th September 2009.
Presentations
| Title | Author(s) | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Proactive bathymetric mapping activities around Israel and in the Arctic. | J. Hall,
Geological Survey of Israel (retired), Israel |
|
| Shadows Mapping Sonar: A new tool for hydrographers, oceanographers and the survey industry. | E. Sgherri, IXSEA, France | (6417 KB) |
High resolution geoid from altimetry and bathymetry: requirements for a future mission. |
J-Y. Royer, G. Louis and M. Maia, UEB and CRNS, France; M.F. Le Quentrec-Lalancette and D. Rouxel, SHOM, France; L. Geli, Ifremer, France | (2357 KB) |
| Olex global sounding database: a phenomenal resource for regional bathymetric mapping projects, examples from the IBCAO region. | C. Jacobs, NOCS, UK; P. Weatherall, BODC, UK; M. Jakobsson, Stockholm University, Sweden |
(3498 KB) |
| Analysis of bathymetric datasets quality: a margin case study. | N. Debese and M.F. Le Quentrec-Lalancette, SHOM, France |
(2539 KB) |
| EXTRAPLAC project: Using global bathymetric models in the context of an Extended Continental Shelf submission. | S. Youssef and W. Roest, SHOM, France | (4755 KB) |
| SeaDataNet, Pan-European infrastructure for ocean and marine data management and EMODNET Preparatory Actions Hydrographic Lot. |
D.M.A. Shapp, MARIS, Netherlands and European EMODNET |
(1242 KB) |
| UNEP/GRID-Arendal's Marine Programme. | Y. Beaudoin, UNEP/GRID-Arendal, Norway |
(5173 KB) |
| Setting up a unified 100m bathymetry model for the French coastal areas: methodology and innovative outcomes. | N. Jeanné and O. Lemarchand, Geovariances; B. Loubrieu, J.F. Bourillet, E. Moussat, J. Populus, Ifremer, France; J.C. Le Gac and G. Morvan, SHOM, France | (1263 KB) |
| The French littoral geographic reference Litto3d and examples of use. | V. Donato, C. Le Roux, J.C. LeGac and P.Y. Dupuy, SHOM, France | (6169 KB) |
| New ways to share and visualize marine geophysical data. | P. Alain, IXSEA, France | (4705 KB) |
| Online services at Ifremer for marine geosciences data and product access. | V. Tosello, E. Moussat, M. Treguer and G. Maudire, Ifremer, France | (3184 KB) |
| Exploring the Ocean in Google Earth. | J. Austin Foulkes, Google, USA | Live demonstration |
Poster displays
| Title | Author(s) | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Analysis of bathymetric data sets quality: a margin case study | N. Debese and M-F. Le Quentrec-Lalancette, SHOM, France |
(15678 KB) |
| Compiling a digital bathymetric model of the North Atlantic Ocean: a new resource for ocean circulation modelling analysis | B. Hell and M. Jakobsson, Stockholm University, Sweden | (9274 KB) |
| Error analysis of the altimetric bathymetric model | K.M. Marks and W.H.F. Smith, NOAA Lab. for Satellite Altimetry, USA; D.T. Sandwell, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA | (2549 KB) |
Hosted by Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department, Japan Coast Guard, Tokyo, Japan.
28th May 2008.
Presentations
Poster displays
| Title | Author(s) | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Bathymetry Data Management in JAMSTEC | Yasunori Hanafusa and Takaki Hatayama, Marine-Earth Data and Information Department, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Japan |
(1472 KB) |
| Interaction of Tsunami wave propagation with coastal bathymetry and geomorphology; a case study in Sri Lanka | S.U.P. Jinadasa (GEBCO student), Oceanography Division, National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA), Sri Lanka | (1649 KB) |
| World’s Greatest Depth in the Challenger Deep (Mariana Trench) | Kunio Yashima, Japan Hydrographic Association, Japan | (348 KB) |
| On the visualization of geoscience data : A case study | Kiyoyuki Kisimoto, Institute of Geology and Geoinformation, Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan |
|
| Subsurface Structure of the "petit-spot" Volcanoes on the Northwestern Pacific Plate | Toshiya Fujiwara, Naoto Hirano, Natsue Abe, and Kaoru Takizawa, (JAMSTEC), Japan |
|
| Morphological and Geophysical Study of Seamounts in the Northwestern Pacific using Underway Surveys | Yuki Koike, Toshiya Fujiwara, Natsue Abe et al. (JAMSTEC), Japan |
|
| Detailed morphology of the Central Indian Ridge 15° 30'S-20°20'S, 20kHz multibeam mapping | Kyoko Okino, Ocean Research Institute, the University of Tokyo, Japan | |
| Research Tools in Ocean Mapping |
R. Wigley (GEBCO Student), Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center (CCOM/JHC), University of New Hampshire, USA | |
| An Uncertainty Model for Deep-Ocean Single and Multi-Beam Echo-soundings | K. M. Marks and W. H. F. Smith, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Lab. for Satellite Altimetry, Silver Spring, USA | |
| Prediction of Abyssal Hill Roughness Statistics from Digital Maps of Paleo-Spreading Rate, Paleo-Ridge Orientation, and Sediment Thickness | J. A. Goff and B. Arbic, Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School for Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, USA and W. H. F. Smith, NOAA Lab. for Satellite Altimetry, Silver Spring, USA |
Hosted by Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York, USA.
12th September 2007
Presentations
| Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Two Hundred Years of the US Survey of the Coast | Skip Theberge, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), USA |
| Lamont in the History of Global Ocean Mapping | John Diebold, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), USA |
| A hovercraft for geophysical investigations in the inaccessible high Arctic | John K Hall, Geological Survey of Israel (Retired) |
| An overview on the MGDS, automatic data exchange with NGDC and our experiences with web services | Suzanne Carbotte, LDEO, USA |
| An introduction to the Global Multi-Resolution Topography synthesis - approach and lessons learned | Bill Ryan, LDEO, USA |
| A sea bottom landslide identified at a foot of a volcano | Shin Tani, Japan Secretariat for Ocean Policy, Japan |
| Indonesian Tsunameter | Djoko Hartoyo, Indonesia Technology Center for Marine Survey, Indonesia |
| The IBCSO data compilation Southern Ocean GIS (SOGIS): data management and processing perspectives | Norbert Ott, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Germany |
| GeoMapApp - a web service enabled tool for visualization and analysis of multi-disciplinary marine geoscience data | Andrew Goodwillie, LDEO, USA |
| Experiences using Google Earth to serve marine geoscience data | Vicki Ferrini, LDEO, USA |
Poster displays
| Title | Author(s) | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Sensitivity of global tide models to large-scale bathymetry and smallscale roughness | Brian Arbic, Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School for Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, USA | |
| Towards an error budget for single-and multi-beam data | Karen Marks and Walter H.F. Smith, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Lab. for Satellite Altimetry, Silver Spring, USA | (1709 KB) |
| How much of the seafloor has ever been ensonified? | David Monahan, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center (CCOM/JHC), University of New Hampshire, USA | |
| Sea bottom landslide maps | Shin Tani, Japan Secretariat for Ocean Policy, Japan | |
| Historic charts of the US Coast Survey | Skip Theberge, NOAA, USA |
Hosted by Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany.
15 June 2006
Presentations
| Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Finding the Depth of the Oceans - Comments on Early Endeavours mainly in Polar Regions | Reinhard A. Krause, Dipl. Phys., Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Bremerhaven, Germany |
| Otto Krümmel (1854- 1912) German Pioneer of Oceanography and Contributor to the first GEBCO Edition | Gerhard Kortum, IfM-GEOMAR (retired), Germany |
| PANGAEA – Open access library for georeferenced data | Hannes Grobe, Rainer Sieger, AWI, Bremerhaven, Germany Michael Diepenbrock, Nicolas Dittert and Uwe Schindler, MARUM, University Bremen, Germany |
| Application of geographical information standards and internet technologies to distributed marine data management systems : Example of the Ifremer/Sismer Data Portal. | Eric Moussat, Benoît Loubrieu, Gilbert Maudire and Mikael Treguer, Ifremer, France |
| Exploring global bathymetry via the web | William B. F. Ryan, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), USA |
| Ten years as a Bathymetric Data Centre at the Bundesamt fuer Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH) – Status and Outlook | Volkmar Leimer, Bundesamt fur Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH), Germany |
| Bathymetric-Topographic Data for Visualizations: Engaging the Public | Christopher Fox and Dr. Peter W. Sloss, National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), USA |
| How rapidly can we respond to an urgent need? Producing a bathymetric map of the 2004 tsunami area | David Monahan, Michelle Weiratmueller, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping (CCOM), University of New Hampshire (UNH), USA and Brian Heap, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), USA |
| Integration of bathymetric data into existing digital terrain models (DTM) | Ingo Kruse, Institut für Kartographie und Geoinformatik, Universität Hannover, Germany |
| History and Value of Multibeam Echo-Sounder Surveys around Japan — Some Scientific Outcomes and Ship-of-Opportunity Experiences | Shin Tani, Government of Japan, Tokyo, Japan |
| Convergent Continental Margin Tectonics Revealed by Bathymetric Mapping | Wilhelm Weinrebe, Leibniz-Institute of Marine Sciences IFM-GEOMAR, Germany |
| The Yermak Slide, Artic Ocean | Daniel Winkelmann, W. Jokat, F. Niessen, R. Stein, Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany |
| Harmonizing data of different origins as an optimal way to model ocean floor geomorphology | Gleb B. Udintsev, Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry, Moscow, Russia Hans Werner Schenke, AWI, Germany |
| Tsunami Inundation Grid Development | Christopher Fox, Lisa A. Taylor, Barry W. Eakins, Robin W. Warnken, Kelly S. Carignan, George F. Sharman, David C. Schoolcraft, and Peter W. Sloss, National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), USA |
| Development of Tsunami Computational Portal | Harry Yeh and Cherri Pancake, Oregon State University, USA |
| Training and Education in Hydrography | Heinrich Hinze, AWI, Germany |
| Bathymetric mapping of the Cape Verde basin with the use of different data sources | Nataliya Turko, Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia |
Poster displays
| Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| North Fiji Basin, Nippon Foundation/GEBCO student project contour chart, 1:250,000, based on data provided by Ifremer | S. Sharma, GEBCO student, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping (CCOM), University of New Hampshire (UNH), USA |
| Rottnest Island, Western Australia, preliminary habitat map, 1:12,500 | S. Sharma, GEBCO student, CCOM/UNH, USA |
| Tonga Kermadec Arc, submersible dives on the Brothers Volcano | C. de Ronde et al. |
| Tsunami inundation grid development, principally bathymetry and topography of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, poster | Lisa Taylor et al, National Geophyiscal Data Center (NGDC), USA |
| GEBCO World Ocean Bathymetry, Mercator 1:30,000,000 | Jakobsson et al. (GEBCO world map editorial board) |
| How rapidly can we respond to an urgent need? Producing a bathymetry map of the 2004 tsunami area. | Bashir et al., Nippon Foundation/GEBCO students, CCOM, UNH, USA |
| The Mediterranean Sea as you have never seen it: results from recent systematic swath mapping, poster. Maps of the Western and Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Data on 500m grid, plotted at 1:2,000,000 scale . | Jean Mascle et al., France |
| How well can satellite altimetry resolve seamounts? | K. M. Marks and W. H. F. Smith, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), USA |
| Nautilus web portal: a gateway to Ifremer observation data, poster. June 2006. |
Ifremer, Brest, France |
| Cartography of the Bay of Douarnenez (Brittany, France), poster. | C. S. Le Bris, C. Augris and J-P Mazé, Ifremer, France |
| Bathymetry of the North-east Atlantic. Scale 1:2,400,000. | S. Monti, J-C Sibuet, B. Loubrieu and J-P Mazé, Ifremer, France |
Find out more about
- GEBCO's work
- Meetings and minutes for GEBCO's committees
- Committee membership