"An improved bathymetric portrayal of the Arctic Ocean: Implications for ocean modeling and geological, geophysical and oceanographic analyses" by Martin Jakobsson

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An improved bathymetric portrayal of the Arctic Ocean: Implications for ocean modeling and geological, geophysical and oceanographic analyses

Geophysical Research Letters

Martin Jakobsson, Stockholm University
Ron Macnab, Geological Survey of Canada
Larry A. Mayer, University of New Hampshire
Robert Anderson, Science Applications International Corp.
Margo Edwards, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Jorn Hatzky, Alfred Wegener Institute
Hans Werner Schenke, Alfred Wegener Institute
Paul Johnson, University of Hawaii at Hilo

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Abstract

A digital representation of ocean floor topography is essential for a broad variety of geological, geophysical and oceanographic analyses and modeling. In this paper we present a new version of the International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO) in the form of a digital grid on a Polar Stereographic projection with grid cell spacing of 2.2 km. The new IBCAO, which has been derived from an accumulated database of available bathymetric data including the recent years of multibeam mapping, significantly improves our portrayal of the Arctic Ocean seafloor.

Department

Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping

Disciplines

Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology

Publication Date

1-1-2008

Pages

L07602

Publisher Place

Washington DC, USA

Publisher

American Geophysical Union Publications

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1029/2008GL033520

Document Type

Journal Article

Citation Information

Jakobsson, M., Macnab, R., Mayer, M., Anderson, R., Edwards, M., Hatzky, J., Schenke, H-W., and Johnson, P., 2008, An improved bathymetric portrayal of the Arctic Ocean: Implications for ocean modeling and geological, geophysical and oceanographic analyses, vol. 35, L07602, Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2008GL033520.