Presentations and publications
The following are presentations and publications relating to GEBCO and regional mapping project activities.
Posters and presentations given at the annual GEBCO Science Day are available from the Science Days web page.
- Presentations and events
- Third meeting of the IHO Inter-Regional Coordination Committee (IHO IRCC3)
- MAREMAP (Marine Environmental Mapping) meeting, National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Southampton, UK, 1-2 November 2011
- IBCAO and IBCSO Arctic-Antarctic Seafloor Mapping Meeting, University of Stockholm, 3-5 May 2011
- GEBCO Centenary Conference, Monaco, 14-16 April 2003
- Publications
Presentations and events
Third meeting of the IHO Inter-Regional Coordination Committee (IHO IRCC)
The main aims of the IHO IRCC are to establish, coordinate and enhance cooperation in hydrographic activities amongst Member States on a regional basis and between regions. It's third meeting (IHO IRCC3) was held in Niteroi, Brazil, 26-27 May 2011.
| Presentation title | Author(s) | Download |
|---|---|---|
| GEBCO report to the IHO Inter-Regional Coordinating Committee | Christopher G. Fox, Vice-Chair GEBCO |  (881 KB) |
MAREMAP (Marine Environmental Mapping) meeting
MAREMAP is a UK initiative to develop an integrated approach to seabed and habitat mapping in UK waters. A meeting was held at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Southampton, UK, 1-2 November 2011
| Presentation title | Author(s) | Download |
|---|---|---|
| GEBCO — General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans | Colin Jacobs, NOC, Southampton, UK | (1400 KB) |
IBCAO and IBCSO Arctic-Antarctic Seafloor Mapping Meeting
To bring together the key experts conducting bathymetric mapping in Arctic and Antarctic waters, the International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO) and International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean (IBCSO) held a meeting in May 2011 at the University of Stockholm, Sweden.
| Presentation title | Author(s) | Download |
|---|---|---|
| Compiling a bathymetry map of the Ross Sea and adjacent Southern Ocean | Jenny Black, Derek Woodward, Vaughan Stagpoole, Stuart Henrys, Fred Davey, GNS Science, New Zealand | (3735 KB) |
| Mapping within the Canadian Arctic Archipelago | Ian Church, John Hughes Clarke, Doug Cartwright, Steve Brucker, James Muggah, Ocean Mapping Group, University of New Brunswick, Canada and Steve Blasco, Geological Survey of Canada | (12.7 MB) |
| Initial cross-over analysis of Amerasian Basin gravity and bathymetry datasets | Bernard Coakley, Geophysical Institute University of Alaska, USA and Larry Mayer, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, University of New Hampshire, USA |
(13 MB) |
| Bathymetric Compilations of the Scotia Arc | Peter Fretwell, British Antarctic Survey, UK | (1549 KB) |
| GEBCO overview | Robin Falconer, Chairman of GEBCO | (3474 KB) |
| Gridding heterogeneous bathymetric data with stacked continuous curvature splines in tension | Benjamin Hell and Martin Jakobsson, Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, Sweden |
(6188 KB) |
| MAREANO program — Detailed mapping of seabed topography, sediments, bottom fauna and pollutants in Norwegian waters | Hanne Hodnesdal, Norwegian Mapping Authority Hydrographic Service (NHS), Norway | (3609 KB) |
| Status of hydrographic surveying and nautical charting in Antarctica |
Hugo Gorziglia, Director, International Hydrographic Bureau (IHB) | (6013 KB) |
| International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO) | Martin Jakobsson, Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, Sweden | (7694 KB) |
| Multibeam mapping with Swedish icebreaker Oden | Martin Jakobsson, Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, Sweden | (8077 KB) |
| Production of Navigational Chart INT-905 — "Northern Weddell Sea" | Ralf Krocker and Hans Werner Schenke, Alfred Wegener Institute für Polar und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany and Sylvia Spohn, Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie, Rostock, Germany |
(3594 KB) |
| Status of U.S. Arctic ECS mapping activities | Larry Mayer, Professor and Director, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, University of New Hampshire, USA | (12.8 MB) |
| Important role of bathymetry in polar sea ice formation and evolution | S. V. Nghiem and G. Neumann, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, USA; P. Clemente-Colón, National Ice Center, Washington, DC, USA and I. G. Rigor, Polar Science Center, University of Washington, WA, USA | (4421 KB) |
| The Antarctic and Southern Ocean Data Synthesis and its use for bathymetric compilations | Frank O. Nitsche, S. Carbotte, V. Ferrini and W.B.F. Ryan, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, USA | (5764 KB) |
| Seafloor Morphology of the Storfjorden and Kveithola Palaeo-Ice Streams (NW Barents Sea): joint Italian and Spanish dataset | Michele Rebesco (1), Angelo Camerlenghi (2,3), Mayte Pedrosa (3), Daniela Accettella (1), Ben DeMol (4), Roger Urgeles (5), Renata Giulia Lucchi (1,3), Andrea Caburlotto (1); 1 — OGS, Trieste, Italy; 2 — Istitució Catalana de Recerca Estudis i Avançats, Barcelona, Spain; 3 — Universitat de Barcelona, Spain; 4 — Parc Científic, Barcelona, Spain; 5 — Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain | (4133 KB) |
| Bathymetric data acquisition in Arctic waters within the Danish Continental Shelf Project | Morten Sølvsten, Uni Bull, Richard Pedersen and Christian Marcussen, Danish Maritime Safety Administration, Denmark | (5176 KB) |
| Arctic seafloor mapping — Norwegian Mapping Authority Hydrographic Service | Øyvind Tappel, Norwegian Mapping Authority, Norway | (3748 KB) |
| Overview of bathymetric data collected by the British Antarctic Survey | Alex Tate, British Antarctic Survey, UK | (1483 KB) |
| Why do we need to learn more about the Arctic and Southern Oceans? | Wendy Watson-Wright, Executive Secretary and Assistant Director General, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO | (3434 KB) |
| Neotectonic and Glacial History of the Southwestern Ross Sea, Antarctica: Enhanced Interpretation from Integrated Seafloor Bathymetry and Terrestrial DEMs |
Terry Wilson, Jamey Stutz, William Magee, Christopher Gordon, and Stuart Henrys, the Byrd Polar Research Center at The Ohio State University, USA; GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand | (3085 KB) |
| Arctic cruises of R/V “Akademik Nikolaj Strakhov” 2006-2010 | Yulia Zarayskaya, Geological Institute RAS, Laboratory of Ocean Floor Geomorphology and Tectonics, Russia | (10 MB) |
GEBCO Centenary Conference
The conference was held in Monaco in April 2003 to mark the 100th anniversary of the initiation of the GEBCO chart series.
Presentations were given on a wide range of topics from the early years of GEBCO; the development of bathymetric mapping through the 20th Century and beyond and the applications and implications of bathymetry data.
| Presentation title | Author(s) | Download |
|---|---|---|
| GEBCO — the beginning and early years | ||
| Chronology of the main events related to the origins, and the 1st and 2nd editions of La Carte Generale Bathymetrique des Oceans | Jacqueline Carpine-Lancre | Abstract Presentation |
| Knowledge of the deep ocean by the end of the 19th century, leading up to the decision taken in 1899 to compile a world series of bathymetric charts | Margaret Deacon |
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| Transfer of responsibilities to the IHB, and development and publication of the 3rd and 4th Editions | Adam J. Kerr | Abstract Presentation |
| Oceanography joins hydrography | ||
| Oceanography joins hydrography: co-sponsorship with the IOC | Desmond P. D. Scott | Abstract Presentation |
| The impact on ocean mapping of the post war revolution in marine geology and the work of SCOR working group 41 | Anthony S. Laughton | Abstract Presentation |
| New approaches in GEBCO | ||
| Building the fifth edition: an exercise in cooperation | David Monahan | Abstract Presentation |
| Into the digital age - the GEBCO Digital Atlas (GDA) | Meirion T. Jones | Abstract Presentation |
| Interaction of ocean mapping and science and technology | ||
| The contribution of multibeam bathymetry and acoustic imagery to the understanding of geological processes: the example of the Mediterranean | Jean Mascle | |
| Technical developments in depth measurement techniques and position determination from 1960 to 1980 | David Wells and Steve Grant | Abstract Presentation |
| Data management and manipulation | ||
| Leadline to multibeam, sextant to GPS, crow quill to computer: bathymetric data collection, compilation, archiving and distribution in the past century | Brian Harper and George Sharman | Abstract Presentation |
| Interpolation and contouring of sparse sounding data | Hans Werner Schenke | Abstract Presentation |
| Creating a Digital Terrain Model (gridded data base) from manually contoured sparse sounding data | Mike Carron, Walter Smith and William Rankin | Presentation |
| Bathymetry in law, commerce and fisheries | ||
| The role of bathymetry in international maritime law and in the provisions of the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea | Neil Guy | Abstract Presentation |
| Bathymetric Requirements for fisheries research | Dagoberto Arcos, Ken Cooke and Aquiles Sepulveda | Abstract (5 Mbytes) |
| Commercial drivers for improved ocean floor charts | Don Hussong | Abstract |
Geodetic datum conversion in Japan: from Tokyo Datum to WGS-84 Geodetic transformation – a case study from Tokyo Datum to WGS84 |
Shin Tani | Abstract Presentation |
| Applications and implications of bathymetric data | ||
| Principles and Applications of ocean feature nomenclature | Michel Huet | Abstract Presentation |
| The impact of ocean bottom morphology on the modelling of long gravity waves, from tides and tsunami to climate | Christian Le Provost and Florent Lyard | Abstract Presentation |
| Contribution of multibeam bathymetry to understanding the processes that shape mid-ocean ridges | Marie-Helene Cormier | Abstract Presentation |
| Bathymetry and ocean circulation | Sarah T. Gille and Stefan G. Llewellyn Smith | Abstract |
| Ocean mapping in the 21st Century | ||
| A look to the future: ocean mapping in the twenty first century | David Monahan | Abstract Presentation |
| International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO) — a new direction for ocean mapmaking | Ron Macnab, Martin Jakobsson and Herman Varma | Abstract Presentation |
| Satellite bathymetry: an aid to global bathymetric charting | Walter H.F. Smith | Abstract Presentation |
| Acoustic imagery and seafloor characterisation | Christian de Moustier | Presentation |
| New frontiers in seafloor mapping and visualization | Larry Mayer | Abstract Presentation |
| Use of the GEBCO digital atlas for compilation of maps of sea fauna distribution. | Viktor Sedov | Presentation (1.6 Mbytes) |
Publications
| Date | Publication title | Author(s) | Journal |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2011 | Gridding heterogeneous bathymetric data sets with stacked continuous curvature splines in tension | Benjamin Hell and Martin Jakobsson, Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden | Marine Geophysical Research (2011), 32:493-501, DOI: 10.1007/s11001-011-9141-1 |
| March 2010 | Seamount Discovery Tool Aids Navigation to Uncharted Seafloor Features (http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2010.87) | David T. Sandwell, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego; Paul Wessel, Department of Geology and Geophysics, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawai'i | Oceanography, Volume 23, No. 1 |
| May 2011 | Geological record of ice shelf break-up and grounding line retreat, Pine Island Bay, West Antarctica (doi:10.1130/G32153.1) | Martin Jakobsson, John B. Anderson, Frank O. Nitsche, Julian A. Dowdeswell, Richard Gyllencreutz, Nina Kirchner, Rezwan Mohammad, Matthew O'Regan, Richard B. Alley, Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Bjorn Eriksson, Alexandra Kirshner, Rodrigo Fernandez, Travis Stolldorf, Rebecca Minzoni and Wojciech Majewski | Geology, May 24 2011, 2011G32152.1 |
| September/October 2010 | General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans | Robert Ward, IHC | Hydro International, Volume 14, Number 5 |
| Jan-Feb-Mar 2008 | Application of the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) Digital Atlas in the delineation of continental shelves under Article 76 | David Monahan, University of New Hampshire | Journal of Ocean Technology, v. 3, p. 24-29 |
| Jan-Feb-Mar 2008 | Mapping the floor of the entire world ocean: the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans |
David Monahan, University of New Hampshire | Journal of Ocean Technology, v. 3, p. 108 |
| March 2007 | GEBCO and Deep Water. Data Assembler, Converter, Interpreter and Disseminator | David Monahan, University of New Hampshire | Hydro International, Volume 11, number 3 |
| November 2005 | Capacity Building in Ocean Bathymetry. The Nippon Foundation GEBCO Training Programme at the University of New Hampshire | Srinivas Karlapati, Dave Monahan, Hugo Montoro Caceres, Taisei Morishita, Abubakar Abdullahi Mustapha, Walter Reynoso Peralta, Shereen Sharma and Clive Angwenyi |
International Hydrographic Review, Volume 6, number 3, (56 KB) |
| November 2004 | GEBCO: the Second Century | David Monahan, University of New Hampshire | Hydro International, Volume 8, number 9 |
| June 2004 | The Bottom Line - Studying the contours of the ocean floor | Pauline Weatherall and Ray Cramer, BODC | Planet Earth (NERC publication) |