OS004
Beyond Hydrography: Seafloor Mapping as Critical Data for Understanding Our Oceans

Session ID#: 81525

Session Description:
Global seafloor mapping provides fundamental datasets for ocean science. Aside from better understanding the shape of the seafloor, mapping data are important in modeling, geohazard assessments, and habitat studies. They are crucial to forming baseline characterizations, establishing marine protected areas, and prioritizing exploration and monitoring. The lack of detailed knowledge of the seafloor has limited the development of marine spatial planning, ecosystem-based management, and the designation of reserve areas associated with exploration leases for seabed mining. As the need to accommodate multi-sectoral use of the ocean grows, the demand for high-quality mapping data will increase.


This session showcases varied uses for mapping data by illustrating the benefits of: data-sharing within and across different communities and establishing programs to increase mapping coverage; increasing use of integrated ocean data observations through emerging technologies, innovative solutions incorporating AI, machine learning, and autonomous modalities; and establishing best-practices that maximize data quality, acquisition, and integration.

Index Terms:

3045 Seafloor morphology, geology, and geophysics [MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS]
4260 Ocean data assimilation and reanalysis [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4262 Ocean observing systems [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4894 Instruments, sensors, and techniques [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL]

Primary Convener:  Nicole Raineault, Ocean Exploration Trust, Narragansett, RI, United States
Conveners:  Vicki Lynn Ferrini, LDEO, Palisades, NY, United States, Rachel Medley, NOAA Office of Exploration and Research, Silver Spring, United States and Maria T Judge, Geological Survey of Ireland, Marine Geology, Dublin, Ireland
Primary Liaison:  Nicole Raineault, Ocean Exploration Trust Inc., Narragansett, RI, United States
 
First High-Resolution Seafloor Model and Habitat Map from the West Greenland Continental Shelf (496966)
Diana Krawczyk1, Martin Blicher1, Chris Yesson2 and Zyad Al-Hamdani3, (1)Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Nuuk, Greenland, (2)Zoological Society of London, London, United Kingdom, (3)Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, København K, Denmark
 
Mapping the Landslides Susceptibility in the European Seas (506064)
Carlo Innocenti, Silvana D'Angelo, Andrea Fiorentino and Loredana Battaglini, Geological Survey of Italy - ISPRA, Rome, Italy
 
Utilizing Machine and Deep Learning to Predict Bathymetry (506918)
Benjamin J Phrampus, US Naval Research Laboratory, Ocean Sciences Division, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States and Warren T Wood, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Ctr, MS, United States
 
Applications of EMODnet Geology harmonized maps of geological events (518265)
Andrea Fiorentino, Loredana Battaglini and Silvana D'Angelo, Geological Survey of Italy - ISPRA, Rome, Italy
 
Using High Resolution Bathymetry as a Habitat and Biodiversity Conservation Tool (520737)
Hayley Caitlin Drennon, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, United States, Vicki Lynn Ferrini, LDEO, Palisades, NY, United States and Leslie Sautter, College of Charleston, Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Charleston, SC, United States
 
Utilizing Available Bathymetric Data To Create A Geomorphologic Classification Scheme In Understudied Regions Of The Southern Atlantic Ocean (521027)
Mikayla Drost, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, United States, Vicki Lynn Ferrini, LDEO, Palisades, NY, United States and Leslie Sautter, College of Charleston, Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Charleston, SC, United States
 
Perspectives on the Use of Ocean Mapping Data in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans (541101)
Tinah Martin1, Vicki Lynn Ferrini2, Muhammad Bashir3, Aileen Bohan4, Mohammad ZR Chowdhury5, Cecilia Zuleima Cortina Guzman6, Mekayla Dale7, Mohamed Elsaied Abou-Mahmoud8, Djoko Hartoyo9, Athur yordan Herwindya10, Xinh Le Sy11, Vasudev P. Mahale12, Mohammad Muslem Uddin5, Frank Oliver Nitsche13, Victoria Obura14, Eunice Nuerkie Ofoli-Anum15, Walter Reynoso-Peralta16, Jaya A Roperez17, Indra Budi Prasetyawan18, Hemanaden Runghen19, Bernice Mahabier20, Seeboruth Shailesh Sattiabaruth21, Shereen Sharma22, Rochelle Anne Wigley23 and Nilton Jair Sanchez Espinosa24, (1)Columbia University, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, (2)LDEO, Palisades, NY, United States, (3)Faculty of maritime studies King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, (4)Geological Survey of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, (5)University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh, (6)Hydrography Directorate, Hydrographic Surveys Subdirection, Veracruz, Mexico, (7)INtegrated Mapping FOr the Sustainable Development of Ireland's MArine Resource (INFOMAR), Galway, Ireland, (8)Faculty of Petroleum and Mining Science Matrouh University, Petroleum Geology Department, Matrouh, Egypt, (9)Ministry for Maritime Affairs, Jakarta, Indonesia, (10)Technology Center for Marine Survey, Agency for the Application and Accessment of Technology, Jakarta, Indonesia, (11)Vietnam Maritime University, Haiphong City, Vietnam, (12)CSIR - National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India, (13)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States, (14)Ministry of lands and physical planning, Hydrography Division, Department of Survey, Nairobi, Kenya, (15)Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Fisheries commission, Tema, Ghana, (16)Naval Hydrography Service, Ministry of Defense, Buenos Aires, Argentina, (17)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, Durham, NH, United States, (18)Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, Diponegoro University (Universitas Diponegoro), Department of Oceanography, Semarang, Indonesia, (19)Department for Continental Shelf, Maritime Zones Administration and Exploration, Port-Louis, Mauritius, (20)Maritieme Autoriteit Suriname, Pamaribo, Suriname, (21)Ministry of housing and lands, Quatre Bornes, Mauritius, (22)Fugro, Perth, Australia, (23)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States, (24)Oceanographic Institute Navy of Ecuador, Oceanographic Institute, Guayaquil, Ecuador
 
Collaborative Remote Bathymetric Data Processing in Support to the Nippon Foundation - GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project (546684)
Jaya A Roperez, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, Durham, NH, United States, Rochelle Anne Wigley, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States, Wetherbee Bryan Dorshow, Puente Institute, Santa Fe, NM, United States, Jonathan Beaudoin, QPS, Fredericton, NB, Canada and Cecilia Zuleima Cortina Guzman, Hydrography Directorate, Hydrographic Surveys Subdirection, Veracruz, Mexico
 
Alternative models of guyot formation on mid-Cretaceous Pacific seafloor (549497)
Robert A. Pockalny, University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI, United States, Kevin Konrad, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States, Jennifer Humphreys, University of California Riverside, Earth Sciences, Riverside, CA, United States, Steven Auscavitch, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States and Allison Fundis, Ocean Exploration Trust, Narragansett, RI, United States
 
New Seafloor Mapping on the Cascadia Margin (550501)
James E Conrad1, Peter Dartnell1, Janet Tilden Watt1, Jenna C Hill1, Brian D Andrews2, Nathaniel C Miller2, Daniel S Brothers1, Jason D Chaytor2, Jared Kluesner1 and Uri S Ten Brink2, (1)USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (2)USGS Coastal and Marine Science Center Woods Hole, Woods Hole, MA, United States
 
NOAA Earth-Ocean Interactions Program Seafloor and Water Column Mapping Efforts in Multiple Ocean Environments Including Spreading Centers, Hot Spots, Arcs, Back Arcs, Continental Margins, Oceanic Trenches and Inland Seas (556528)
Susan G Merle, Oregon State University CIMRS Program / NOAA PMEL Earth Ocean Interactions Program, Newport, OR, United States, William W. Chadwick Jr, NOAA PMEL Earth Ocean Interactions Program, Newport, OR, United States and Robert W. Embley, Oregon State University, CIMRS Program / NOAA PMEL Earth Ocean Interactions Program, Newport, OR, United States
 
Comparative geomorphology of coral reefs from a joint analysis of ICESat-2 bathymetry and multi-spectral imagery using machine learning (560024)
Karan Sunil, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States and Adrian A Borsa, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
 
Use of 1-M Scale AUV and 1-Cm Scale ROV Surveys to Guide Exploration and Sampling of the Auka Hydrothermal Vent Field, South Pescadero Basin, Gulf of California (560228)
David W Caress1, Robert A Zierenberg2, David A Clague1, Shana Goffredi3, Robert N Harris4, Eric J Martin1, Raquel Negrete-Aranda5, Florian Neumann5, Victoria J Orphan6, Jennifer Brophy Paduan1, Greg W. Rouse7, Ronald Michael Spelz8, Hans J Thomas1 and Sharon L Walker9, (1)Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, United States, (2)Univ California, Davis, CA, United States, (3)Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (4)Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States, (5)Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Geología, Ensenada, Mexico, (6)California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (7)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, (8)Autonomous University of Baja California, Geology, Ensenada, Mexico, (9)NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA, United States
 
Evolving Arctic Bathymetry: The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO) Version 4.0 Compiled Under the Auspices of the Nippon Foundation-GEBCO-Seabed 2030 Project (575093)
Martin Jakobsson, Stockholm University, Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm, Sweden, Larry A Mayer, Univ of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States and IBCAO Version 4.0 Compilation Team
 
Atomic Bombs at Bikini- Seafloor Mapping of the Nuclear Battlefield of Operation Crossroads and Castle Bravo Craters (580698)
Arthur C Trembanis and Carter DuVal, University of Delaware, School of Marine Science and Policy, Newark, DE, United States
 
IBCSO V2.0: An updated Antarctic bathymetry product of Seabed 2030 (587365)
Laura Hehemann1, Boris Dorschel1, Jan Erik Arndt2 and IBCSO Editorial Board, (1)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany, (2)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven, Marine Geosciences, Bremerhaven, Germany
 
A New Toolkit for Determining Optimal Locations for Multibeam Echosounder System Calibration (587835)
Paul D Johnson, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping Joint Hydrographic Center, Durham, NH, United States, Kevin Jerram, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States and Vicki Lynn Ferrini, LDEO, Palisades, NY, United States
 
Seabed Mapping on the Brazilian Equatorial Margin: A Great Brazilian Barrier Reef? (587836)
Helenice Vital1, Ruy K Kikuchi2, Beatrice Ferreira3, Zelinda Leão2, Jorge Eduardo Lins Oliveira4, Mauro Maida5, Moab Praxedes Gomes1, Andre Giskard Aquino da Silva1, Patricia Eichler1 and Mary Lucia da Silva Nogueira1, (1)UFRN Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Geologia, Natal, Brazil, (2)UFBA Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil, (3)Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Oceanografia, Recife, Brazil, (4)UFRN Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Oceanografia e limnologia, Natal, Brazil, (5)UFPE Federal University of Pernambuco, Oceanografia, Recife, Brazil
 
Why Map? (589162)
H. Gary Greene, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Geological Oceanography, Moss Landing, CA, United States and Edward J Saade, Fugro, Houston, TX, United States
 
Submarine Canyons Geomorphology off the Shelf Edge on the Eastern Continental Margin of India (589957)
Vasudev P. Mahale1,2, Pawan Dewangan1,2, Prattipati S Rao3 and Ramprasad Tammisetti3, (1)CSIR - National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India, (2)Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India, (3)CSIR - National Institute of Oceanography, (Retd.), Goa, India
 
Seafloor Mapping for Marine Heritage: Potential Submarine UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the High Seas (595005)
Megan Lubetkin1, Nicole Raineault2, Sarah M Gaines3, Robert A. Pockalny1 and Emil T Petruncio4, (1)University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI, United States, (2)Ocean Exploration Trust Inc., Narragansett, RI, United States, (3)UNESCO, Paris, France, (4)US Naval Acad-Oceanography, Annapolis, MD, United States
 
Discovering the Apollo Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vent Field at Northern Gorda Ridge, Using Bathymetric Data (597175)
Ashley Shields1, Angela Garcia1, Shannon Kobs Nawotniak1, Darlene Sze Shien Lim2 and Nicole Raineault3, (1)Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, United States, (2)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (3)Ocean Exploration Trust Inc., Narragansett, RI, United States
 
New Method for Combining Optical and Acoustic Mapping Products (603929)
Abigail McGraw Hode1, Edward F Braithwaite III2, Ryan Phillip2, Charles Key2 and Joe Calantoni3, (1)US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States, (2)U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, (3)U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, DC, United States
 
Seabed habitat mapping using available regional bathymetric data along the Eastern Brazilian Margin (609755)
Valeria Quaresma1, Alex Bastos1, Fernanda Vedoato2, Natacha Oliveira3 and Ana Carolina Lavagnino2, (1)UFES Federal University of Espírito Santo, Vitoria, Brazil, (2)UFES, Vitória, Brazil, (3)Ufes, Vitoria, Brazil
 
A machine learning approach to data editing and rescue for global bathymetry models (612368)
Brook Tozer, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, Julaiti Alafate, University of California San Diego, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, La Jolla, United States, David T Sandwell, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, La Jolla, CA, United States and Yoav Freund, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
 
Adding Value to Broad-scale Ocean Exploration Mapping Data Through Standardized Geomorphic Classification and Backscatter Data Analysis (613245)
Derek Sowers, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research via Cherokee Nation Strategic Programs, Durham, NH, United States, Giuseppe Masetti, University of New Hampshire, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, Durham, NH, United States, Larry A Mayer, Univ of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States, Paul D Johnson, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States, James V Gardner, Univ New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States and Andrew Armstrong III, NOAA National Ocean Service, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center, Silver Spring, United States
 
E/V Nautilus Mapping and Multibeam Data from 2019 Expeditions in the Pacific Ocean - Finding and Filling the Gaps (619503)
Lindsay J Gee1, Vicki Lynn Ferrini2, Paul D Johnson3, Caitlyn Raines4, Nicole Raineault5, Renato Kane1, Erin Heffron6, Miles Saunders1 and Colleen Peters7, (1)Ocean Exploration Trust, Narragansett, RI, United States, (2)LDEO, Palisades, NY, United States, (3)University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States, (4)ESRI, Redlands, CA, United States, (5)Ocean Exploration Trust Inc., Narragansett, RI, United States, (6)Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping Joint Hydrographic Center, Durham, NH, United States, (7)University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, United States
 
Arctic bathymetry prediction from gravity anomalies --- revising methods and algorithms (622076)
Adili Abulaitijiang1, Ole Baltazar Andersen2 and Xiao Hu2, (1)Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark, (2)DTU Space, Lyngby, Denmark
 
NOAA Ocean Exploration and Research Mapping Contributions to Seabed 2030 (626385)
Meme Lobecker1, Caitlin Adams2, Megan Cromwell3, Denise Gordon3, Shannon K Hoy4, Mashkoor Malik5, Rachel Medley6, Craig W Russell7, Derek Sowers8 and Michael White1, (1)NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research via Cherokee Nation Strategic Programs, Durham, NH, United States, (2)NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (3)NOAA NCEI, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, (4)NOAA Ocean Exploration and Research, Durham, NH, United States, (5)NOAA, Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (6)NOAA Office of Exploration and Research, Silver Spring, United States, (7)NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Seattle, WA, United States, (8)Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping Joint Hydrographic Center, Durham, NH, United States
 
E/V Nautilus: Seafloor Exploration and Mapping in the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa (629944)
Renato Kane1, Lindsay Gee2, Christopher Roman3, Mareike Sudek4, Hanae Spathias4, Georgia Coward5 and Nicole Raineault6, (1)Ocean Exploration Trust, Narragansett, RI, United States, (2)Ocean Exploration Trust, Narragansett, United States, (3)University of Rhode Island Narragansett Bay, Narragansett, RI, United States, (4)Cardinal Point Captains, NOAA National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa, Pago Pago, American Samoa, (5)Coral Reef Advisory Group, Dept. Marine and Wildlife Resources American Samoa, Pago Pago, American Samoa, (6)Ocean Exploration Trust Inc., Narragansett, RI, United States
 
Support Vector Regression Based Coastal Bathymetry for Multi-Temporal Geomorphological Analysis (630716)
Ankita Misra and Balaji Ramakrishnan, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Civil Engineering, Mumbai, India
 
An innovative, high-resolution, deep ocean mapping solution developed by the GEBCO-Nippon Foundation Alumni Team for the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE: data acquisition, processing, and quality control for wide-coverage bathymetry (631249)
Masanao Sumiyoshi1, Rochelle Anne Wigley2, Yulia Zarayskaya3, Karolina Zwolak4, Seeboruth Shailesh Sattiabaruth5, Aileen Bohan6, Jaya A Roperez7, Tomer Ketter7, Evgenia Bazhenova8, Mohamed Elsaied Abou-Mahmoud9, Ivan Ryzhov10, Andres Fitzcarrald11, Azmi Rosedee12, Christina Lacerda13, Hadar Sade14, Neil Tinmouth15, Craig Wallace16, Stian Michael Kristoffersen17, Alison Proctor18, Wetherbee Bryan Dorshow19, Benjamin Simpson20, Timothy Kearns21, Bob Anderson22 and Robin K H Falconer23, (1)Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department, Japan Coast Guard, Tokyo, Japan, (2)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States, (3)Russian Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Ocean Floor Geomorphology and Tectonics, Geological Institute, Moscow, Russia, (4)Polish Naval Academy, Gdynia, Poland, (5)Ministry of housing and lands, Quatre Bornes, Mauritius, (6)Geological Survey of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, (7)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, Durham, NH, United States, (8)NIWA, Wellington, New Zealand, (9)Faculty of Petroleum and Mining Science Matrouh University, Petroleum Geology Department, Matrouh, Egypt, (10)Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St Petersburg, Russia, (11)Peruvian Navy, Lima, Peru, (12)Royal Malaysian Navy, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, (13)NF/GEBCO Training Alumni, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, (14)Yam-Yafo Ltd., Rishon Lezion, Israel, (15)NF/GEBCO Training Alumni, Cape Town, South Africa, (16)Kongsberg Maritime AS, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, (17)Kongsberg Maritime AS, Horten, Norway, (18)Ocean Floor Geophysics Inc., Burnaby, Canada, (19)Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, (20)Hushcraft Ltd, Mersea, United Kingdom, (21)Numurus, Seattle, United States, (22)GEBCO, New York, United States, (23)GEBCO, Wellington, New Zealand
 
The GEBCO-Nippon Foundation Alumni Team’s Success Story: Advancing Unmanned Seafloor Mapping through the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE challenge (632911)
Rochelle Anne Wigley1, Yulia Zarayskaya2, Karolina Zwolak3, Jaya A Roperez4, Evgenia Bazhenova5, Masanao Sumiyoshi6, Seeboruth Shailesh Sattiabaruth7, Aileen Bohan8, Tomer Ketter4, Ivan Ryzhov9, Christina Lacerda10, Mohamed Elsaied Abou-Mahmoud11, Hadar Sade12, Neil Tinmouth13, Alison Proctor14, Craig Wallace15, Wetherbee Bryan Dorshow16, Timothy Kearns17, Robin K H Falconer18, Bob Anderson19 and Benjamin Simpson20, (1)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States, (2)Russian Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Ocean Floor Geomorphology and Tectonics, Geological Institute, Moscow, Russia, (3)Polish Naval Academy, Gdynia, Poland, (4)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, Durham, NH, United States, (5)NIWA, Wellington, New Zealand, (6)Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department, Japan Coast Guard, Tokyo, Japan, (7)Ministry of housing and lands, Quatre Bornes, Mauritius, (8)Geological Survey of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, (9)Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St Petersburg, Russia, (10)NF/GEBCO Training Alumni, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, (11)Faculty of Petroleum and Mining Science Matrouh University, Petroleum Geology Department, Matrouh, Egypt, (12)Yam-Yafo Ltd., Rishon Lezion, Israel, (13)NF/GEBCO Training Alumni, Cape Town, South Africa, (14)Ocean Floor Geophysics Inc., Burnaby, Canada, (15)Kongsberg Maritime AS, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, (16)Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, (17)Numurus, Seattle, United States, (18)GEBCO, Wellington, New Zealand, (19)GEBCO, New York, United States, (20)Hushcraft Ltd, Mersea, United Kingdom
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