Improved Global Bathymetry, Global Sea Floor Roughness, and Deep Ocean Mixing
The resolution of existing satellite bathymetry was limited by the paucity and accuracy of the sounding used in its construction. A ongoing campaign to gather all unclassified soundings increased the number of sounding by an order of magnitude. Specialized software was written and used to edit more...
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ftcdlib:qt1f14265d 2023-05-15T18:25:10+02:00 Improved Global Bathymetry, Global Sea Floor Roughness, and Deep Ocean Mixing Becker, Joseph J 2008-03-14 application/pdf http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/1f14265d english eng eScholarship, University of California qt1f14265d http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/1f14265d public Becker, Joseph J. (2008). Improved Global Bathymetry, Global Sea Floor Roughness, and Deep Ocean Mixing. Scripps Institution of Oceanography. UC San Diego: Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/1f14265d article 2008 ftcdlib 2016-04-02T18:40:08Z The resolution of existing satellite bathymetry was limited by the paucity and accuracy of the sounding used in its construction. A ongoing campaign to gather all unclassified soundings increased the number of sounding by an order of magnitude. Specialized software was written and used to edit more than 250 million soundings for accuracy. The result is a bathymetry gridded four times more finely than the current state of the art and is of general interest. The edited data was also used to make a global map of sea floor roughness that indicates significant amounts of deep ocean mixing may be occurring in unexpected locations; the Southern Ocean in particular. Article in Journal/Newspaper Southern Ocean University of California: eScholarship Southern Ocean |
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The resolution of existing satellite bathymetry was limited by the paucity and accuracy of the sounding used in its construction. A ongoing campaign to gather all unclassified soundings increased the number of sounding by an order of magnitude. Specialized software was written and used to edit more than 250 million soundings for accuracy. The result is a bathymetry gridded four times more finely than the current state of the art and is of general interest. The edited data was also used to make a global map of sea floor roughness that indicates significant amounts of deep ocean mixing may be occurring in unexpected locations; the Southern Ocean in particular. |
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Improved Global Bathymetry, Global Sea Floor Roughness, and Deep Ocean Mixing |
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Improved Global Bathymetry, Global Sea Floor Roughness, and Deep Ocean Mixing |
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Improved Global Bathymetry, Global Sea Floor Roughness, and Deep Ocean Mixing |
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Becker, Joseph J. (2008). Improved Global Bathymetry, Global Sea Floor Roughness, and Deep Ocean Mixing. Scripps Institution of Oceanography. UC San Diego: Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/1f14265d |
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