IOC/IASC/IHO Editorial Board for the International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (EB-IBCAO). Report of Meeting: Dartmouth, Canada; June 24, 1999

This report summarizes a series of presentations that were delivered at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography on June 24, 1999, in a special session on Arctic Bathymetry that took place during the Sixteenth annual Meeting of the GEBCO Subcommittee on Digital Bathymetry (SCDB). The objectives were to...

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Main Authors: Macnab, Ron, Jones, Meirion T.
Other Authors: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA DARTMOUTH (NOVA SCOTIA)
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1999
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
*BATHYMETRY
*ARCTIC REGIONS
DATA BASES
DIGITAL SYSTEMS
SYMPOSIA
CANADA
INTERNATIONAL
CHARTS
HYDROGRAPHY
OCEAN BOTTOM
ARCTIC OCEAN
GEBCO(GENERAL BATHYMETRIC CHART OF THE OCEANS)
IBCAO(INTERNATIONAL BATHYMETRIC CHART OF THE ARCTIC OCEAN)
FOREIGN REPORTS
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Bedford
Canada
IASC
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA389087
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA389087
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Summary:This report summarizes a series of presentations that were delivered at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography on June 24, 1999, in a special session on Arctic Bathymetry that took place during the Sixteenth annual Meeting of the GEBCO Subcommittee on Digital Bathymetry (SCDB). The objectives were to outline the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) and the nature and the scope of the initiative to develop the International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO). In paper form the most recent version of GEBCO, 5th edition, was published by the Canadian hydrographic Service between 1975 and 1982. The first release of GEBCO in CD-ROM was in 1994; the third release is scheduled for the end of 2000. The IBCAO project was initiated for the primary purpose of constructing a modern digital database that contains all available bathymetric data north of 64N, for use by mapmakers, researchers and others whose work requires a detailed and accurate knowledge of the depth and shape of the Arctic seabed. --Original contains color plates: All DTIC reproductions will be in black and white. Summary of presentations in the Special Arctic Session held during the Seventeenth Meeting of the GEBCO Sub-Committee for Digital Bathymetry (SCDB), Dartmouth NS, Canada, June 24, 1999.

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