Presentations and publications

Access presentations, publications and videos relating to GEBCO's work and activities.

GEBCO Strategy 2024-2030

Access the GEBCO Strategy 2024 - 2030 to find out more about GEBCO's vision and mission.

gebco_strategy2024_2030_dec_2024.pdf (234 KB)

Papers and publications

Date	Publication title	Author (s)	Journal
December 2024	The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean Version 5.0	Jakobsson, M., Mohammad, R., Karlsson, M. et al.	Sci Data 11, 1420 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04278-w
June 2022	The International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean Version 2	Dorschel, B., Hehemann, L., Viquerat, S. et al.	Sci Data 9, 275 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01366-7
January 2022	Polar Region Bathymetry: Critical Knowledge for the Prediction of Global Sea Level Rise	Jakobsson, M. and Mayer, L.A.	Frontiers in Marine Science, vol. 8, (2022). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.788724
November 2020	Ryder Glacier in northwest Greenland is shielded from warm Atlantic water by a bathymetric sill	Jakobsson, M., Mayer, L.A., Nilsson, J. et al.	Commun Earth Environ 1, 45 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00043-0
July 2020	The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean Version 4.0	Jakobsson, M., Mayer, L.A., Bringensparr, C. et al.	Sci Data 7, 176 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0520-9
February 2018	The Nippon Foundation—GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project: The Quest to See the World’s Oceans Completely Mapped by 2030	Mayer, L.; Jakobsson, M.; Allen, G.; Dorschel, B.; Falconer, R.; Ferrini, V.; Lamarche, G.; Snaith, H.; Weatherall, P.	Geosciences 2018, 8(2), 63; doi:10.3390/geosciences8020063
April - June 2017	Understanding oceans	S. Tani	The UNESCO Courier, Apr-Jun 2017, pages 65 - 69
March 2017	Airline flight paths over the unmapped ocean	Smith, W. H. F., K. M. Marks, and T. Schmitt	Eos, 98, doi:10.1029/2017EO069127
November 2016	A name directory for the ocean floor	Stagpoole, V., H. W. Schenke, and Y. Ohara	Eos, 97, doi:10.1029/2016EO063177
July 2016	Ocean Floor to be Mapped by 2030	Hydro International interviews Shin Tani, chair of GEBCO Guiding Committee	Hydro International
May 2016	General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) - from the coast to the deepest trench		Hydro International
January 2016	What about the other 88%?	John K. Hall (Retd.), Geological Survey of Israel, Israel	Hydro International
January 2016	Evidence for an ice shelf covering the central Arctic Ocean during the penultimate glaciation	M. Jakobsson, J. Nilsson, L. Anderson, J. Backman, G. Björk, T. M. Cronin, N. Kirchner, A. Koshurnikov, L. Mayer, R. Noormets, M. O’Regan, C. Stranne, R. Ananiev, N. Barrientos Macho, D. Cherniykh, H. Coxall, B. Eriksson, T. Flodén, L. Gemery, Ö. Gustafsson et al.	Nature Communications 7, Article number: 10365, doi:10.1038/ncomms10365
October 2015	A new bathymetry of the Northeast Greenland continental shelf: Constraints on glacial and other processes	Arndt, J. E., W. Jokat, B. Dorschel, R. Myklebust, J. A. Dowdeswell, and J. Evans	Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 16, doi:10.1002/2015GC005931
August 2015	A new digital bathymetric model of the world's oceans	Weatherall P., K. M. Marks, M. Jakobsson, T. Schmitt, S. Tani, J. E. Arndt, M. Rovere, D. Chayes, V. Ferrini, and R. Wigley	Earth and Space Science, 2, doi: 10.1002/2015EA000107
May 2014	Seafloor in the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Search Area	Walter H. F. Smith and Karen M. Marks; Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), USA	Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, Volume 95, Issue 21, pages 173–174; DOI: 10.1002/2014EO210001
March 2014	Hovercraft as a Mobile Science Platform Over Sea Ice in the Arctic Ocean	Yngve Kristoffersen, Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Norway and Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre, Norway; John K. Hall, Geological Survey of Israel, Israel	2014, Oceanography 27(2), http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2014.33
April 2013	The International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean (IBCSO) Version 1.0 – A new bathymetric compilation covering circum-Antarctic waters	Arndt, J.E., H. W. Schenke, M. Jakobsson, F. Nitsche, G. Buys, B. Goleby, M. Rebesco, F. Bohoyo, J.K. Hong, J. Black, R. Greku, G. Udintsev, F. Barrios, W. Reynoso-Peralta, T. Morishita, R. Wigley	Geophysical Research Letters, doi: 10.1002/grl.50413
February 2013	Free “Cook Book” for gridding bathymetric data	Kumar, M., American Geophysical Union, Washington, D. C., USA	Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, News, Volume 94, Issue 9, DOI: 10.1002/2013EO090005
June 2012	The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO) Version 3.0	M. Jakobsson, L. Mayer, B. Coakley, J. A. Dowdeswell, S. Forbes, B. Fridman, H. Hodnesdal, R. Norrmeets, R. Pedersen, M. Rebesco, H.W. Schenke, Y. Zarayskaya, D. Accettella, A. Armstrong, R. M. Anderson, P. Bienhoff, A. Camerlenghi, I. Church, M. Edwards, J.V. Gardner, J.K. Hall, B. Hell, O. Hestvik, Y. Kristoffersen, C. Marcussen, R. Mohammad, D. Mosher, S. V. Nghiem, M. T. Pedrosa, P.G. Travaglini and P. Weatherall	Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 39, L12609, DOI:10.1029/2012GL05519, 2012
June 2012	Radially symmetric coherence between satellite gravity and multibeam bathymetry grids	K. M. Marks and W. H. F. Smith, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA	Marine Geophysical Research (2012) DOI: 10.1007/s11001-012-9157-1
October 2011	Gridding heterogeneous bathymetric data sets with stacked continuous curvature splines in tension	Benjamin Hell and Martin Jakobsson, Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden	Marine Geophysical Research (2011), 32:493-501, DOI: 10.1007/s11001-011-9141-1
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
October 2010	General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans	Robert Ward, IHO	Hydro International, Volume 14, Number 5
March 2010	Seamount Discovery Tool aids navigation to uncharted seafloor features	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, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2010.87
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, AbubakarAbdullahi Mustapha, Walter Reynoso Peralta, Shereen Sharma and Clive Angwenyi	International Hydrographic Review, Volume 6, number 3, Document: ihr_vol6_nov_2005.pdf (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, Summer 2004 (NERC publication)

Presentations given at GEBCO's meetings

GEBCO hosts annual meetings of its Guiding Committee and Sub-Committees. Access reports and presentations from these meetings from our meetings page.

Presentations to meetings of the IHO Regional Hydrographic Commissions (RHC)

The RHCs are made up of IHO Member States together with other regional States that wish to participate. At the regional level, the RHCs coordinate hydrographic activity and cooperation.

Meeting	Presentation title	Presenter(s)	Download
18th South-West Pacific Hydrographic Commision (SWPHC) Meeting, 17-19 February 2021	The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project	Jamie McMichael-Phillips, Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project Director	Access in PDF format from the IHO's web site
19th North Indian Ocean Hydrographic Commission (NIOHC) Meeting, Muscat, Oman, 26-28 March 2019	General Bathymetric Chart Of The Oceans (GEBCO) an IHO-IOC Joint Project	Mr David Wyatt, Permanent Secretary, GEBCO; International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)	Document: niohc_19_gebco_seabed2030.pdf (2.4 MB)
19th Meeting of the Meso American - Caribbean Sea Hydrographic Commission (MACHC), Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, 28 November - 1 December 2018	Briefing on the work of GEBCO (General Bathymetric Chart Of The Oceans)	Dr Vicki Ferrini, LDEO, USA; Head of the Seabed 2030 Atlantic/Indian Oceans Regional Data Center; Chair, GEBCO Sub-Committee on Regional Under Sea Mapping	Document: machc_ferrini_2018.pdf (5 MB)
18th North Indian Ocean Hydrographic Commission Meeting, Goa, India, 9-12 April 2018	Briefing on the work of GEBCO (General Bathymetric Chart Of The Oceans)	Mr David Wyatt, IHO	Document: niohc18_gebco_presentation.pdf (8.5 MB)
33rd North Sea Hydrographic Commission Meeting, Ostend, Belgium, 27-28 March 2018	Briefing on GEBCO and the Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project	Ms Pauline Weatherall, British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC), UK	Document: nshc33_gebco_presentation.pdf (2.1 MB)
17th North Indian Ocean Hydrographic Commission Meeting, Cairo, Egypt,17 - 21 July 2017	Briefing on the work of GEBCO (General Bathymetric Chart Of The Oceans)	Mr David Wyatt, IHO	Document: niohc_2017_gebco_presentation.pdf (2.7 MB)
14th Eastern Atlantic Hydrographic Commission (EAtHC) Conference, Cádiz, Spain, 18 to 20 October 2016	Briefing on the work of GEBCO (General Bathymetric Chart Of The Oceans)	Gustavo Adolfo Gómez-Pimpollo Crespo (IHM)	Document: gebco_eathc14_2016.pdf (22 MB)

Presentations to the IHO Inter Regional Coordination Committee (IRCC)

The Inter-Regional Coordination Committee (IRCC) is the steering committee of the IHO for inter-regional coordination and support. The main aims of the committee are to establish, coordinate and enhance cooperation in hydrographic activities amongst Member States on a regional basis and between regions.

Presentation title	Author(s)	Download
GEBCO report to the 7th IHO Inter-Regional Coordinating Committee, 1-3 June 2015, Mexico City, Mexico	Vice Admiral Shin Tani, Chair GEBCO	Document: gebco_report_for_ircc7.pdf Report (447 KB)
GEBCO report to the 4th IHO Inter-Regional Coordinating Committee, 7-8 June 2012, Singapore	Christopher G. Fox Jose Gianella, Peruvian Navy and GEBCO/Nippon Foundation Scholar	Document: gebco_report_to_ircc4.pdf Report (324 KB) Document: gebco_report_to_ircc4_presentation.pdf Presentation (433 KB)
GEBCO report to the 3rd IHO Inter-Regional Coordinating Committee, 26-27 May 2011, Niteroi, Brazil	Christopher G. Fox	Document: gebco_report_to_iho_ircc3.pdf Report (789 KB) Document: gebco_report_to_ircc3_presentation.pdf Presentation (1.7 MB)

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GEBCO report to the 7th IHO Inter-Regional Coordinating Committee, 1-3 June 2015, Mexico City, Mexico

Vice Admiral Shin Tani, Chair GEBCO

gebco_report_for_ircc7.pdf

Report (447 KB)

GEBCO report to the 4th IHO Inter-Regional Coordinating Committee, 7-8 June 2012, Singapore

Christopher G. Fox

Jose Gianella, Peruvian Navy and GEBCO/Nippon Foundation Scholar

gebco_report_to_ircc4.pdf

Report (324 KB)

gebco_report_to_ircc4_presentation.pdf

Presentation (433 KB)

GEBCO report to the 3rd IHO Inter-Regional Coordinating Committee, 26-27 May 2011, Niteroi, Brazil

Christopher G. Fox

gebco_report_to_iho_ircc3.pdf

Report (789 KB)

gebco_report_to_ircc3_presentation.pdf

Presentation (1.7 MB)

GEBCO presentations to conferences, meetings and groups

Event	Title and author(s)	Download
30th Session of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Assembly, Paris, France, July 2019	The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project, Dr Graham Allen	Document: presentation_ioc_assembly_july_2019.pdf (4.6 MB)
101st Session of the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), International Maritime Organization (IMO), London, UK, June 2019	Briefing on The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project, Dr Graham Allen	Document: presentation_imo_msc_101_june_2019.pdf (8 MB)
Meeting of the Marine Environmental Mapping Programme (MAREMAP), National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Southampton, UK, November 2011	GEBCO — General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans; Colin Jacobs, NOC, Southampton, UK	Document: clj_gebco_noc_nov11.pdf (1.4 MB)
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Open Science Conference 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 2016	General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO), a look at the world from an ocean’s perspective; Boris Dorschel (1), Martin Jakobsson (2); (1) Department of Geophysics, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany; (2) Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, Sweden	Document: scar2016_dorschel.pdf (4.5 MB)

Videos

YouTube link
On World Hydrography Day (21st June 2018), The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project is pleased to launch this short film, restating our commitment to mapping the entirety of the World’s ocean floor by 2030 and setting out how you can contribute to the Project’s success.

Events

Annual GEBCO Symposium

The GEBCO Symposium, formerly Science Day, is held every year as part of GEBCO's meetings. It consists of oral presentations and poster displays on topics relating to ocean-floor mapping and its applications. Access presentations and posters from The GEBCO Symposium.

Forum for Future Ocean Floor Mapping

The Forum was held in June 2016 and brought together over 150 senior representatives, scientists and scholars from major ocean-related and international organisations to discuss the importance of understanding the shape of the ocean floor. It will culminate in the development of a Roadmap for Future Ocean Floor Mapping.

Keynote speaker	Link to presentation (where available)
Dr Robert Ballard, Center for Ocean Exploration, Graduate School of Oceanography/URI and Ocean Exploration Trust
Dr Larry Mayer, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center, University of New Hampshire, USA	Document: forum_mayer_presentation.pdf (16 MB)
David Heydon, deep sea mining expert
Kristina M. Gjerde, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)/Wycliffe Management	Document: forum_gjerde_presentation.pdf (4 MB)
Jyotika Virmani, XPRIZE Foundation	Document: forum_virmani_presentation.pdf (18 MB)
Bjorn Jalving, Kongsberg Maritime, Subsea Division	Document: forum_jalving_presentation.pdf (10 MB)
Simon Winchester, Author

Poster title	Author(s)	Link
100 years of GEBCO bathymetric charts	A. Pharaoh, International Hydrographic Bureau, Monaco	Document: forum_gebco_history1.pdf (6.2 MB)
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge as portrayed in GEBCO charts since 1903	A. Pharaoh, International Hydrographic Bureau, Monaco	Document: forum_mid_atlantic_ridge.pdf (5.4 MB)
Mapping the Israeli Mediterranean Waters: R/V Bat-Galim. A new government RI with high performance acoustic capabilities	T. Ketter, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, National Institute of Oceanography, Haifa, Israel	Document: forum_iolr.pdf (4 MB)
Ocean mapping activities at the Alfred Wegener Institute	B. Dorschel, J.E. Arndt, P. Slabon, and L. Jensen, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany	Document: forum_awi_ocean_mapping.pdf (15 MB)
The Beams Program, a partnership among the College of Charleston, University of Washington and CARIS		Document: forums_beams_program.pdf (3 MB)
Smart solutions to seafloor mapping in New Zealand	J. Black (1), K. Mackay (2), A. Greenland (3), E. Griffin (3); (1) GNS Science, Lower Hut, New Zealand; (2) LINZ, Wellington, New Zealand; (3) NIWA, Greta Point, Wellington, New Zealand	Document: forum_new_zealand_mapping.pdf (4 MB)
The Portsmouth project, Boskalis dredging and marine experts	S. van den Brom, Boskalis	Document: forum_portsmouth_project.pdf (14 MB)
Opening the satellite toolbox data updates for coastal zones using satellite imagery	K. Hartmann, T. Heege, M. Wettle, and M. Bindel; EOMAP GmbH & Co	Document: forum_eomap.pdf (4 MB)
NASA's Oceans Melting Greenland Mission Bathymetry Mapping for Sea Level Rise Science	I. Fenty, J. Willis, E. Rignot, A. Khazendar, and M. Schodlok; Jet Propulsion Lab./California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA	Document: forum_nasa_omg.pdf (3.3 MB)
GEBCO-2014 Role in Unraveling the Mystery of the Polar Sea Ice Paradox	S. V. Nghiem (1), I. G. Rigor (2), P. Clemente-Colon (3), G. Neuman (1) and P. P. Li (1); (1) Jet Propulsion Lab., California Institute of Technology, USA; (2) University of Washington, USA; (3) U.S. Naval/National Ice Center, USA	Document: forum_jpl.pdf (6.5 MB)
Deepwater Hydrocarbon Seep Detection: Tools and Techniques using Multibeam Echosounders	G.A. Mitchell, J.J. Gharib. D.F. Doolittle and D. Millar; Fugro USA Inc., Houston, Texas, USA	Document: forum_fugro.pdf (3.2 MB)
Arctic Ocean Mapping from 1893 to 2016, IBCAO	M. Jakobsson, University of Stockholm, Sweden	Document: forum_arctic_mapping_ibcao.pdf (5.2 MB)
Southern Ocean Mapping from 1938 to 2013, IBCSO	J. E. Arndt, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany	Document: forum_ibcso.pdf (5.2 MB)
Mapping with IBRV ARAON in the Arctic and Antarctic waters	Y.K. Jin, J. Lee and H.J. Kim; Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI), Korea	Document: forum_kopri.pdf (5.3 MB)
Global seafloor geomorphic features map: a polygon for every named feature in the GEBCO Gazetteer	P. T. Harris and M. McMillan-Lawler, GRID-Arendal, Arendal, Norway	Document: forum_grid_arendal.pdf (16 MB)
History of the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO)	On behalf of GEBCO: P. Weatherall, British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC), NOC, Liverpool, UK	Document: forum_gebco_history_2.pdf (5 MB)
About the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO)	On behalf of GEBCO: P. Weatherall, British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC), NOC, Liverpool, UK	Document: forum_about_gebco.pdf (4.3 MB)
IMO and the 2030 Agenda Together for sustainable use of the oceans	J. Shiundu, International Maritime Organization (IMO)	Document: forum_imo.pdf (2 MB)
The North Atlantic Data Portal – a prototype	J. Jencks, NOAA, National Centers for Environmental Information, Boulder, Colorado, USA	Document: forum_jencks.pdf (4 MB)
Seafloor and habitat mapping at the National Oceanography Centre	V. A. I. Huvenne, C. Lo Iacono, R.B. Wynn, T. P. Le Bas, K. Robert, L. Marsh, O. T. Hogg, and L. Victorer; National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Southampton, UK	Document: forum_noc.pdf (3.2 MB)
Mapping the world with Olex	Olex	Document: forum_olex.pdf (4 MB)
ENC bathymetry plotter	SevenCs	Document: forum_enc_bathy_plotter.pdf (3 MB)
FAMOS - finalising surveys for the Baltic motorways of the sea	FAMOS project	Document: forum_famos.pdf (2 MB)
EMODnet Bathymetry of the European Seas	D. Schaap and EMODnet bathymetry project partners	Document: forum_emodnet.pdf (3.3 MB)
Linking surficial geomorphology with vertical structure in high and low energy marine environments	E. Sampaga, University of Washington and CARIS beams program	Document: forum_beams1.pdf (8 MB)
Scientific development with AGS "Cabo de Hornos" ship	Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Chilean Navy	Document: forum_shoa.pdf (3 MB)
Variable resolution surfaces	Charles de Jongh, Teledyne CARIS	Document: forum_teledyne_caris.pdf (10 MB)
Structural mapping and geomorphology of Ireland's Southwest Continental Shelf using High Resolution Sonar	S. Bowden, R. Wireman, L. Sautter, E. Beutel, N. Levine, College of Charlestown, USA	Document: forum_structual_mapping.pdf (5 MB)
Describing Alaskan Groundfish habitat using smooth sheets	M. Zimmermann (1), J. A. Reid (2) and N. Golden (2); (1) Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, USA; (2) Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, USA	Document: forum_zimmerman1.pdf (2.5 MB)
Assessing inshore habitat loss from the 1920s to the 1990s in the Chignik area of the Alaska Peninsula	M. Zimmermann (1), G. T. Ruggerone (2), J. T. Freymueller (3), N. Kinsman (4); (1) Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, USA; (2) Natural Resources Consultants Inc. Seattle, Wa., USA; (3) Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, USA; (4) National Geodetic Survey, NOS, NOAA, Anchorage, USA	Document: forum_zimmerman2.pdf (3 MB)
The Crowd Sourced Bathymetry Solution	Tim Thornton, TeamSurv	Document: forum_team_surv.pdf (581 KB)
Seabed objects detection based on side scan sonar images comparison method	Karolina Zwolak, Hydrographic Support Squadron of the Polish Navy	Document: forum_zwolak.pdf (831 KB)
Dynamic features of the Okinawa Trough Hydrothermal System - observation by km-scale to cm-scale mapping and imaging	A. Taira (1), T. Blair (2), S. Kawaguchi (1), H. Yamamoto (1), S. Hida (1), J. Kuroda (1) and Y. Adachi; (1) Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, (2) Institute of Inductrial Science, Univeristy of Tokyo	Document: forum_jamstec.pdf (1.5 MB)
Bathymetry Data utilization in Petronas	Geomatics Department, Geophysics solutions, exploration PETRONAS, upstream business	Document: forum_petronas.pdf (1.1 MB)
Overview of work	N. Abramova, Y. Zarayskaya (Nippon Foundation scholars), Laboratory of Ocean Floor Geomorphology and Tectonics, Geological Institute Russian Academy of Sciences	Document: forum_gir.pdf (2 MB)
Atlas of the Mediterranean Seamounts and Seamount-like Structures	M. Würtz and M. Rovere (eds.), IUCN	Document: forum_med_seamounts.pdf (417 KB)
From the soundings to the bathymetric products and services	Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine (SHOM), France	Document: forum_shom.pdf (408 KB)
Seafloor mapping of Graham Bank	Istituto Idrografico della Marina Militare Italiana, Italian Hydrographic Office, Italy	Document: forum_graham_bank.pdf (978 KB)
Extended continental shelf submissions to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf by the Republic of Mauritius	Department of Continental Shelf, Maritime Zones Administration and Exploration, Prime Minister's Office, Republic of Mauritius	Document: forum_mauritius.pdf (2.3 MB)
Introduction to the Japanese Scholars - Activities after the Nippon Foundation/GEBCO Training Program	D. Horiuchi, H. Saito and T. Morishita, Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department, Japan Coast Guard (JHOD)	Document: forum_scholars_from_japan.pdf (1.1 MB)
Archeological hydrography	Istituto Idrografico della Marina Militare Italiana, Italian Hydrographic Office, Italy	Document: forum_archeological_hydrography.pdf (1.1 MB)
Mission of Opportunity - Collaborative Mapping of Earth's Newest Island	V. Ferrini (1), J. Garvin (2), C. Peters (3) and H. Spier (1); (1) Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, USA; (2) NASA; (3) Schmidt Ocean Institute	Document: forum_ldeo.pdf (1.6 MB)
Nippon Foundation/GEBCO Postgraduate Certificate in Ocean Bathymetry	R. Wigley, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping (CCOM), University of New Hampshire, USA	Document: forum_gebco_nf_training.pdf (2 MB)
Alumni of the Nippon Foundation/GEBCO Postgraduate Certificate in Ocean Bathymetry	R. Wigley, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping (CCOM), University of New Hampshire, USA	Document: forum_gebco_alumni.pdf (3 MB)
Mapping the ocean - the full picture for underwater mapping	Kongsberg	Document: forum_kongsberg.pdf (2.1 MB)

IBCAO and IBCSO Arctic-Antarctic Seafloor Mapping Meeting (2011)

The first Arctic-Antarctic Seafloor Mapping Meeting was held in 2011 at the University of Stockholm, Sweden. It brought together the key experts conducting bathymetric mapping in Arctic and Antarctic waters. The aim was to work towards building the International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO) and International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean (IBCSO) data sets.

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	Document: aasmm_2011_black.pdf (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	Document: aasmm_2011_church.pdf (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	Document: aasmm_2011_coakley.pdf (13 MB)
Bathymetric Compilations of the Scotia Arc	Peter Fretwell, British Antarctic Survey, UK	Document: aasmm_2011_fretwell.pdf (1549 KB)
GEBCO overview	Robin Falconer, Chairman of GEBCO	Document: aasmm_2011_gebco_falconer.pdf (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	Document: aasmm_2011_hell.pdf (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	Document: aasmm_2011_hodnesdal.pdf (3609 KB)
Status of hydrographic surveying and nautical charting in Antarctica	Hugo Gorziglia, Director, International Hydrographic Bureau (IHB)	Document: aasmm_2011_ihb_gorziglia.pdf (6013 KB)
International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO)	Martin Jakobsson, Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, Sweden	Document: aasmm_2011_jakobsson_ibcao.pdf (7694 KB)
Multibeam mapping with Swedish icebreaker Oden	Martin Jakobsson, Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, Sweden	Document: aasmm_2011_jakobsson_oden.pdf (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	Document: aasmm_2011_krocker.pdf (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	Document: aasmm_2011_mayer.pdf (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	Document: aasmm_2011_nghiem.pdf (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	Document: aasmm_2011_nitsche.pdf (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	Document: aasmm_2011_rebesco.pdf (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	Document: aasmm_2011_solvsten_marussen.pdf (5176 KB)
Arctic seafloor mapping — Norwegian Mapping Authority Hydrographic Service	Øyvind Tappel, Norwegian Mapping Authority, Norway	Document: aasmm_2011_tappel.pdf (3748 KB)
Overview of bathymetric data collected by the British Antarctic Survey	Alex Tate, British Antarctic Survey, UK	Document: aasmm_2011_tate.pdf (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	Document: aasmm_2011_watson_wright.pdf (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	Document: aasmm_2011_wilson.pdf (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	Document: aasmm_2011_zarayskaya.pdf (10 MB)

GEBCO Data Flow Workshop (2011)

The workshop was held at the US National Geophysical Data Center (now the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)), 9-11 March 2011. The aim of the workshop was to develop a plan to allow data to flow in a predefined manner though the GEBCO community and be incorporated into GEBCO's global bathymetric grid.

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 Document: cen_conf_abstract_carpine_lancre.pdf (50 KB) Presentation Document: cen_conf_carpine_lancre.pdf (8.5 Mbytes)
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
Transfer of responsibilities to the IHB, and development and publication of the 3rd and 4th Editions	Adam J. Kerr	Abstract Document: cen_conf_abstract_kerr.pdf (256 KB) Presentation Document: cen_conf_kerr.pdf (1.5 MBytes)
Oceanography joins hydrography
Oceanography joins hydrography: co-sponsorship with the IOC	Desmond P. D. Scott	Abstract Document: cen_conf_abstract_scott.pdf (27 KB) Presentation Document: cen_conf_scott.pdf (2.6 Mbytes)
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 Document: cen_conf_abstract_laughton.pdf (32 KB) Presentation Document: cen_conf_laughton.pdf (8 Mbytes)
New approaches in GEBCO
Building the fifth edition: an exercise in cooperation	David Monahan	Abstract Document: cen_conf_abstract_monahan_1.pdf (41 KB) Presentation Document: cen_conf_monahan_1.pdf (91 KB)
Into the digital age - the GEBCO Digital Atlas (GDA)	Meirion T. Jones	Abstract Document: cen_conf_abstract_jones.pdf (47 KB) Presentation Document: cen_conf_jones.pdf (5 Mbytes)
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 Document: cen_conf_abstract_wells_grant.pdf (743 KB) Presentation Document: cen_conf_wells_grant.pdf (1.5 Mbytes)
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 Document: cen_conf_abstract_harper_sharman.pdf (24 KB) Presentation Document: cen_conf_harper_sharman.pdf (3 Mbytes)
Interpolation and contouring of sparse sounding data	Hans Werner Schenke	Abstract Document: cen_conf_abstract_schenke.pdf (1.3 Mbytes) Presentation Document: cen_conf_schenke.pdf (6 Mbytes)
Creating a Digital Terrain Model (gridded data base) from manually contoured sparse sounding data	Mike Carron, Walter Smith and William Rankin	Presentation Document: cen_conf_carron.pdf (3.4 Mbytes)
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 Document: cen_conf_abstract_guy.pdf (200 KB) Presentation Document: cen_conf_guy.pdf (1.7 Mbytes)
Bathymetric Requirements for fisheries research	Dagoberto Arcos, Ken Cooke and Aquiles Sepulveda	Abstract Document: cen_conf_abstract_arcos.pdf (800 KB) Presentation Document: cen_conf_arcos.pdf (5 Mbytes)
Commercial drivers for improved ocean floor charts	Don Hussong	Abstract Document: cen_conf_abstract_hussong.pdf (959 KB)
Geodetic datum conversion in Japan: from Tokyo Datum to WGS-84 Geodetic transformation – a case study from Tokyo Datum to WGS84	Shin Tani	Abstract Document: cen_conf_abstract_tani.pdf (395 KB) Presentation Document: cen_conf_tani.pdf (12 Mbytes)
Applications and implications of bathymetric data
Principles and Applications of ocean feature nomenclature	Michel Huet	Abstract Document: cen_conf_abstract_huet.pdf (275 KB) Presentation Document: cen_conf_huet.pdf (1.2 Mbytes)
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 Document: cen_conf_abstract_le_provost.pdf (813 KB) Presentation Document: cen_conf_le_provost.pdf (6.4 Mbytes)
Contribution of multibeam bathymetry to understanding the processes that shape mid-ocean ridges	Marie-Helene Cormier	Abstract Document: cen_conf_abstract_cormier.pdf (1.5 Mbytes) Presentation Document: cen_conf_cormier.pdf (7 Mbytes)
Bathymetry and ocean circulation	Sarah T. Gille and Stefan G. Llewellyn Smith	Abstract Document: cen_conf_abstract_gille.pdf (758 KB)
Ocean mapping in the 21st Century
A look to the future: ocean mapping in the twenty first century	David Monahan	Abstract Document: cen_conf_abstract_monahan_2.pdf (54 KB) Presentation Document: cen_conf_monahan_2.pdf (247 KB)
International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO) — a new direction for ocean mapmaking	Ron Macnab, Martin Jakobsson and Herman Varma	Abstract Document: cen_conf_abstract_macnab.pdf (757 KB) Presentation Document: cen_conf_macnab.pdf (3.3 Mbytes)
Satellite bathymetry: an aid to global bathymetric charting	Walter H.F. Smith	Abstract Document: cen_conf_abstract_smith.pdf (10 KB) Presentation Document: cen_conf_smith.pdf (4.6 Mbytes)
Acoustic imagery and seafloor characterisation	Christian de Moustier	Presentation Document: cen_conf_de_moustier.pdf (4.2 Mbytes)
New frontiers in seafloor mapping and visualization	Larry Mayer	Abstract Document: cen_conf_abstract_mayer.pdf (911 KB) Presentation Document: cen_conf_mayer.pdf (13.5 Mbytes)
Use of the GEBCO digital atlas for compilation of maps of sea fauna distribution.	Viktor Sedov	Presentation Document: cen_conf_sedov.pdf (1.6 Mbytes)

Posters

Access poster presentations about GEBCO's work given at meetings and conferences.

Date	Conference or meeting	Publication title and authors	Download
October 2016	International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems (IMDIS), Gdansk, Poland	Global bathymetric data sets - (GEBCO); on behalf of GEBCO: P. Weatherall, K. Marks and M. Jakobsson	Document: imdis_2016_gebco_poster.pdf (1.5 MB)
October 2014	Fifth Extraordinary International Hydrographic Conference, Monaco	Nippon Foundation / GEBCO Postgraduate Certificate in Ocean Bathymetry Alumni perspectives - poster 1	Document: alumni_perspective_1.pdf (3.6 MB)
October 2014	Fifth Extraordinary International Hydrographic Conference, Monaco	Nippon Foundation / GEBCO Postgraduate Certificate in Ocean Bathymetry Alumni perspectives - poster 2	Document: alumni_perspective_2.pdf (3.9 MB)
October 2014	Fifth Extraordinary International Hydrographic Conference, Monaco	Alumni of First Ten Years of Nippon Foundation / GEBCO Postgraduate Certificate in Ocean Bathymetry Training Program	Document: gebco_alumni_10_years.pdf (9 MB)
October 2014	Fifth Extraordinary International Hydrographic Conference, Monaco	Nippon Foundation / GEBCO Postgraduate Certificate in Ocean Bathymetry	Document: gebco_pcob_oct_2014.pdf (3.7 MB)
September 2014	The Challenger Society For Marine Science 2014 Conference, Plymouth University, UK, 8-11 September 2014	Managing Geophysical Data in the South West Indian Ocean using GeoMapApp	Document: poster_internship_ldeo_portrait.pdf (2 MB)
July 2014		CCOM - JHC Summer Hydro 2014	Image: (17.6 MB)
December 2012	Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), San Francisco, USA. 3-7 December 2012	IBCSO Version 1.0 — The first release of the International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean	Image: (3.5 MB)
2011		GEBCO — What? Why? How? Produced by scholars of the GEBCO/Nippon Foundation Training Programme (class of 2010/2011).	Document: gebco_nf_students_2010_11.pdf (2.5 MB)
March 2010	International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems (IMDIS). Paris, France. 29-31 March 2010	Global Gridded Bathymetry Data - General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans	Document: gebco_imdis2010.pdf (13 MB)
April 2007	XVIIth International Hydrographic Conference. Monaco. 7-11 May 2007	Improving the GEBCO grid in shallow water areas	Document: gebco_shallow_bath_20070501.pdf (1.3 MB)
December 2006	Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) Summit of International Marine Research Projects.London, UK. 7 December 2006	GEBCO (General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans) NERC's involvement in international mapping	Document: gebco_poster_20061219.pdf (1.3 MB)

Brochures

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GEBCO brochure

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