2014 - Ninth Annual GEBCO Bathymetric Science Day

Held as a session of the Fall Annual Geophysical Union (AGU) Meeting, San Francisco, USA

The session was titled: New Perspectives on Seafloor Morphology from High-Resolution Ocean Mapping

Posters displays

 Title Author(s) Link
Morphology of Neptune Node Sites, Barkley Canyon, Cascadia Margin Eve M Lundsten (1), Krystle Anderson (2), Charles K Paull (1), David W Caress (1), Hans J Thomas (2) and Michael Riedel (3); (1) Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Watsonville, CA, United States; (2) Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, United States; (3) Natural Resources Canada, Sidney, BC, Canada
lundsten_etal_agu14_poster.pdf
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An Atlas of Submarine Glacial Landforms: Modern, Quaternary and Ancient

Julian A. Dowdeswell (1), Miquel Canals (2), Martin Jakobsson (3), Brian J Todd (4), Evelyn K Dowdeswell (1) and Kelly A Hogan (5); (1) Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; (2) Universitat de Barcelona, GRC Geociencies Marines, Barcelona, Spain; (3) Stockholm University, Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden; (4) Geological Survey of Canada Atlantic, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; (5) NERC British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom
dowdeswell_etal_agu14_poster.pdf
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High-resolution Mapping of Offshore and Onshore Glaciogenic Features in Melville Bay, Northwestern Greenland Francis Freire (1), Richard Gyllencreutz (1), Sarah Greenwood (2), Larry A Mayer (3) and Martin Jakobsson (2); (1) Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; (2) Stockholm University, Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden; (3) University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States
freire_etal_agu14_poster.pdf
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Synthesizing Bathymetry Data within a Community Dependent Basemap for Spatial Data Display in the Arctic Ocean Caitlyn Raines and Dawn J Wright, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Redlands, CA, United States Abstract
Depositional Environments of Jeffreys Ledge, Western Gulf of Maine: Impacts of Glaciation, Sea-Level Fluctuations and Marine Processes Assessed Using High Resolution Multibeam Bathymetry, Subbottom Seismics, Videography, and Direct Sampling Larry G Ward (1), Paul D Johnson (1), Mashkoor A Malik (1),(2) and Raymond E Grizzle (3); (1) Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/ Joint Hydrographic Center, School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States; (2) NOAA Office of Coast Survey, Silver Spring, MD, United States; (3) Jackson Estuarine Laboratory, School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States
ward_etal_agu14_poster.pdf
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Submerged Humid Tropical Karst Landforms Observed By High-Resolution Multibeam Survey in Nagura Bay, Ishigaki Island, Southwestern Japan Hironobu Kan (1), Kensaku Urata (2), Masayuki Nagao (3), Nobuyuki Hori (4), Kazuhiko Fujita (5), Yusuke Yokoyama (6), Yosuke Nakashima (1), Tomoya Ohashi (1), Kazuhisa Goto (7) and Atsushi Suzuki (3); (1) Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan; (2) Osaka University of Economics and Law, Yao, Japan; (3) AIST, Tsukuba, Japan; (4) Nara University, Nara, Japan; (5) University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan; (6) University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan; (7) Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
kan_etal_agu14_poster.pdf
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Morphology of the Knipovich Ridge Area Yulia Zarayskaya, Anastasia Abramova, Ksenia Dobrolyubova, Aleksandr Mazarovich and Eugene Moroz; Russian Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Ocean Floor Geomorphology and Tectonics, Geological Institute, Moscow, Russia
zarayskaya_etal_agu14_poster.pdf
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Divergent Ridge Features on the Juan de Fuca and Gorda Ridges Mary Elizabeth Eaton, Leslie Sautter and Monica Steele; College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, United States Abstract
Repeated 1-cm Resolution Topographic and 2.5-mm Resolution Photomosiac Surveys of Benthic Communities and Fine Scale Bedforms in Monterey Canyon David W Caress (1), Brett Hobson (2), Hans J Thomas (2), Richard Henthorn (2), Eric J Martin (2), Larry Bird (2), Michael Risi (2), Giancarlo Troni (2), Charles K Paull (1), Steven Rock (3), Jose A Padial (4) and Marcus M Hammond (4); (1) Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Watsonville, CA, United States; (2) Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, United States; (3) Stanford University, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford, CA, United States; (4) Stanford University, Aerospace, Stanford, CA, United States Abstract
The Wide Bay Canyon system: A case study of canyon morphology on the east Australian continental margin Phyllis W Yu (1), Thomas Hubble (2), David Airey (3), Stephen J Gallagher (4) and Samantha L Clarke (1); (1) University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; (2) University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; (3) School of Civil Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; (4) The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia Abstract
NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research's Okeanos Explorer Program 2014 Discoveries - U.S. Atlantic Continental Margin and Gulf of Mexico Elizabeth Lobecker (1),(2), Lindsay McKenna (1),(2), Derek Sowers (1),(2), Kelley Elliott (3) and Brian Kennedy (4); (1) Earth Resources Technology, Greenbelt, MD, United States; (2) NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Durham, NH, United States; (3) NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States; (4) NOAA, Narragansett, RI, United States
lobecker_etal_agu14_poster.pdf
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Morphology and dynamics of subaqueous dunes in a tideless outer shelf (Murcia Continental Shelf, Western Mediterranean Sea) Ruth Durán (1), Jesús Rivera (2), Jorge Guillén (1), Enrique de Cárdenas (3), Araceli Muñoz (4) and Juan Acosta (2); (1) Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain; (2) Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Madrid, Spain; (3) Dirección General de Recursos Pesqueros y Acuicultura, Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente, Madrid, Spain; (4) Tragsatec S.A., Madrid, Spain Abstract
Seafloor Mapping of the Southeast Iberian Continental Slope and Western Algero-Balearic Abyssal Plain Miquel Canals (1), Galderic Lastras (1), César León (2), Elena Elvira (2), Laura Pascual (2), Araceli Muñoz (2), Enrique de Cárdenas (3) and Juan Acosta (4); (1) Universitat de Barcelona, GRC Geociencies Marines, Barcelona, Spain; (2) Tragsatec S.A., Madrid, Spain; (3) Dirección General de Recursos Pesqueros y Acuicultura, Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente, Madrid, Spain; (4) Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Madrid, Spain
canals_etal_agu14_poster.pdf
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Comparable Bathymetry Uncertainty Estimators with Kalman Filters or Linear Smoothers Paul A Elmore (1), Brian Bourgeois (1) and William E Avera (2); (1) Naval Research Lab Stennis Space Center, Marine Geosciences Division, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States; (2) Naval Research Lab Stennis Space Center, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States Abstract
Seafloor in the Expanded Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Search Area Karen M Marks (1), Robin J Beaman (2) and Walter H F Smith (1); (1) NOAA Lab Satellite Altimetry, College Park, MD, United States; (2) James Cook University, Cairns, Australia
marks_etal_agu14_poster.pdf
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The Nippon Foundation / GEBCO Indian Ocean Bathymetric Compilation Project Rochelle Anne Wigley (1), Norhizam Hassan (2), (3) Mohammad ZR Chowdhury, (4) Roshan Ranaweera, (5) Xinh Le Sy, (6) Hemanaden Runghen and (7) Jan Erik Arndt; (1) University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States; (2) National Hydrographic Center of Malaysia, Klang, Malaysia; (3) University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh; (4) National Hydrographic Office, National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency, Colombo, Sri Lanka; (5) Vietnam Maritime University, Haiphong City, Vietnam; (6) Mauritius Oceanography Institute, Specialized Unit on Ocean Matters, Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius; (7) Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany
iobc_agu14_poster.pdf
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How to change GEBCO outreach activities with Information technologies? Kyeong Park, Sungshin Womens University, Seoul, South Korea and Eunmi Chang, University of Seoul, Dept. of Geoinformatics, Seoul, South Korea
kpark_etal_agu14_poster.pdf
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The Least–Known Place on Earth David Monahan, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping Joint Hydrographic Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States Abstract
GEBCO and EMODnet-Bathymetry hand in hand: Improving global and regional bathymetric models of European waters Thierry Schmitt, French Hydrographic Service, Brest, France, Pauline Weatherall, British Oceanographic Data Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom and GEBCO and EMODnet contributors
emodnet_gebco_agu14_poster.pdf
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General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) – Mapping the Global Seafloor Pauline Weatherall, British Oceanographic Data Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom; Martin Jakobsson, Stockholm University, Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden and Karen M Marks, NOAA Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry, College Park, MD, United States
weatherall_etal_agu14_poster.pdf
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Accessing the Global Multi-Resolution Topography (GMRT) Synthesis through Gmrt Maptool Vicki Lynn Ferrini, John J Morton, Benjamin Barg and Suzanne M Carbotte; Lamont-Doherty Earth Obs, Palisades, NY, United States
ferrini_etal_agu14_poster.pdf
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Southwest Indian Ocean Bathymetric Compilation (swIOBC) Laura Jensen, Boris Dorschel, Jan Erik Arndt and Wilfried Jokat; Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany
jensen_etal_agu14_poster.pdf
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Machine Learning Approaches to Classification of Seafloor Features from High Resolution Sonar Data Denson glen Smith (1), Lawson Ed (2), Don Sofge (2), Paul A Elmore (3) and Fredrick Petry (3); (1) University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, United States; (2) Naval Research Lab DC, Information Technology Division, Washington, DC, United States; (3) Naval Research Lab Stennis Space Center, Marine Geosciences Division, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States Abstract
Ensuring Safety of Navigation: A Three-Tiered Approach Stacy Dean Johnson, Matthew Thompson and David Brazier, Naval Oceanographic Office, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States
johnson_etal_agu14_poster.pdf
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An improved multivariate analytical method to assess the accuracy of acoustic sediment classification maps Manuela Biondo, MARUM - University of Bremen, The International Research Training Group - INTERCOAST, Bremen, Germany and Alexander Bartholomä, Senckenberg am Meer, Marine Sedimentology, Wilhelmshaven, Germany Abstract
Multibeam Advisory Committee (MAC) – Three Years of Working Towards the Consistent Acquisition of High Quality Multibeam Echosounder Data Across the US Academic Fleet Paul D Johnson (1), Jonathan Daniel Beaudoin (1) and Vicki Lynn Ferrini (2); (1) Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/ Joint Hydrographic Center, School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States; (2) Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States Abstract
Preliminary Analysis of Manual and Automated Seep Detection in Multibeam Water-Column Backscatter Lindsay McKenna (1), Lydia Auner (2), Erin Weller (3), Mark Paton (4), Maurice Doucet (4) and Elizabeth Lobecker (5); (1) NOAA Office of Exploration and Research (ERT, Inc.), Durham, NH, United States; (2) Carleton College, Geology, Northfield, MN, United States; (3) NOAA Office of Coast Survey, Norfolk, VA, United States; (4) Quality Positioning Services, Inc., Portsmouth, NH, United States; (5) NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States Abstract

Presentations

 Title Author(s) Presentation
Swath sonar mapping of Earth's submarine plate boundaries Suzanne M Carbotte, Vicki Lynn Ferrini, Mollie Celnick, Frank Oliver Nitsche and William B F Ryan; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States
carbotte_etal_agu14_presentation.pdf
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Insights on Arctic Sea Ice Processes from New Seafloor and Coastline Mapping Son V Nghiem (1), Dorothy K Hall (2), Ignatius G Rigor (3), Pablo Clemente-Colon (4), Peggy Li (1) and Gregory Neumann (1); (1) Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States; (2) NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States; (3) Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington, Kenmore, WA, United States; (4) National Ice Center, Washington, DC, United States  
Processing of AUV Sidescan Sonar Images for Enhancement and Classification Chie Honsho (1),Akira Asada (2), Tamaki Ura (3), Kangsoo Kim (4); (1) Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Chiba, Japan;(2) Underwater Technology Collaborative Research Center, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; (3) Center for Socio-Robotic Synthesis, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Fukuoka, Japan;(4) National Maritime Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan Abstract
Bluefin 9M AUV Survey of the Hubbard Glacier Morainal Bank: Proof-of-Concept Study of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Investigations Proximal to a Tidewater Glacier John A Goff (1), Sean P S Gulick (1), Daniel E Lawson (2),William O'Halloran (3) ; (1) Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United State; (2) Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States;(3) Bluefin Robotics, Inc., Quincy, MA, United States Abstract
High-resolution Geophysical Mapping of Submarine Glacial Landforms Martin Jakobsson (1), Julian A. Dowdeswell (2), Miquel Canals (3), Brian J Todd (4), Evelyn K Dowdeswell (2), Kelly A Hogan (5) and Larry A Mayer (6) (1) Stockholm University, Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden; (2) Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; (3) Universitat de Barcelona, GRC Geociencies Marines, Barcelona, Spain; (4) Geological Survey of Canada Atlantic, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; (5) NERC British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom; (6) University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States
jakobsson_etal_agu14_presentation.pdf
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A 400 Day Investigation of the Arctic's Oldest Sediments over the Alpha Ridge with a Research Hovercraft John K Hall (1) and Yngve Kristoffersen (2), (1) Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel; (2)Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center - NERSC, Bergen, Norway
hall_etal_agu14_presentation.pdf
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Mapping the Surficial Geology of the Arctic Ocean David Cole Mosher (1), Martin Jakobsson (2), Catalina Gebhardt (3) and Larry A Mayer (4); (1)Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada, (2) Stockholm University, Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden; (3) Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany; (4) University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States Abstract
New insights into the past glaciation of the northeast Greenland continental shelf Jan Erik Arndt (1), Wilfried Jokat (1), Boris Dorschel (1), Dhira Matahelemual (1), Julian A. Dowdeswell (2) and Jeffrey Evans (3); (1) Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany; (2) Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; (3) University of Loughborough, Loughborough, United Kingdom  
A New Burst of Seafloor Mapping and Discovery Driven By Advances in Satellite Altimetry Dietmar Müller (1), Kara J Matthews (1) and David T Sandwell (2); (1) University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; (2)University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
muller_etal_agu14_presentation.pdf
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What a Difference a Swath Makes! Larry A Mayer and James V Gardner; Univ New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States Abstract
A new global bathymetry map at 15 arcsecond resolution for resolving seafloor fabric: SRTM15_PLUS Christopher J Olson, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States; Joseph J Becker, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States and David T Sandwell, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States Abstract
What's New in the Ocean in Google Earth and Maps Jenifer Austin, Google, Mountain View, CA, United States and David T Sandwell, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States Abstract
Quantitative characterization of abyssal seafloor with transit multibeam backscatter data Robert A Pockalny, Univ Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, United States and Vicki Lynn Ferrini, Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Marine Geology and Geophysics, Palisades, NY, United States Abstract
New R/V Falkor Multibeam Data from the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands John R Smith Jr (1), Christopher Kelley (1), Brian Boston (1), Belinda Dechnik (2), Shellie Habel (1), Lauren Harrison (3), Jason Leonard (4), Frances Lichowski (4), Daniel Luers (4), Joyce E Miller (1), Rachel Orange (1), Madhavi Anne Patterson (2), Brian Shiro (1),(5), Jeremy Taylor (4), Harrison Togia (1), Jonathan Patrick Tree (1), Joshua Tucker (4), Daniel Wagner (4), Jody Webster (2) and Nicky Wright (2); (1) Univ Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, United States; (2) University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; (3) EOAS University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; (4) NOAA Honolulu, Honolulu, HI, United States; (5) NOAA Honolulu, Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, Honolulu, HI, United States
jrsmith_etal_agu14_presentation.pdf
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High-Resolution Acoustic Imaging in the Agadir-Canyon Region, NW-Africa: Morphology, Processes and Geohazards Sebastian Krastel (1), Russell B. Wynn (2), Peter Feldens (1), Daniel Unverricht (1), Veit Huehnerbach (3), Christopher Stevenson (4), Silke Glogowski (3) and Anke Schuerer (1); (1) Inst fuer Geowissenschaften, Kiel, Germany; (2) National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom; (3) GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany; (4) The University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom Abstract
Large-scale fine-grained sediment waves over the Gulf of Valencia continental slope (northwestern Mediterranean Sea) Marta Ribo (1), Pere Puig (1), Araceli Muñoz (2), Claudio Lo Iacono (1),(3), David Van Rooij (4), Albert Palanques (1), Juan Acosta (5), Jorge Guillén (1) and Maria Gómez-Ballesteros (5); (1) ICM-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain; (2) Tragsatec S.A., Madrid, Spain; (3) National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Southampton, United Kingdom; (4) Ghent University, Geology & Soil Science, Ghent, Belgium; (5) Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Madrid, Spain Abstract