Abstract
An improved bathymetric portrayal of the Arctic Ocean: Implications for ocean modeling and geological, geophysical and oceanographic analyses
Department of Geology and Geochemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Geological Survey of Canada, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA
Science Applications International Corporation, Poulsbo, Washington, USA
Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany
Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany
Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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.
Received 3 February 2008; accepted 5 March 2008; published 3 April 2008.
Citation: (2008), An improved bathymetric portrayal of the Arctic Ocean: Implications for ocean modeling and geological, geophysical and oceanographic analyses, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L07602, doi:10.1029/2008GL033520.
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