The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO) Version 3.0

Authors

• Martin Jakobsson, Stockholm UniversityFollow
• Larry A. Mayer, University of New HampshireFollow
• Bernard Coakley, University of Alaska Fairbanks
• Julian A. Dowdeswell, University of Cambridge
• Steve Forbes, Canadian Hydrographic ServiceFollow
• Boris Fridman, Moscow Aerogeodetic Company
• Hanne Hodnesdal, Norwegian Mapping Authority
• Riko Noormets, University Centre in Svalbard
• Richard Pedersen, National Survey and Cadastre
• Michele Rebesco, Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale
• Hans Werner Schenke, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine ResearchFollow
• Yulia Zarayskaya, Laboratory of Ocean Floor Geomorphology and TectonicsFollow
• Daniela Accettella, Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale
• Andy Armstrong, University of New Hampshire, DurhamFollow
• Robert M. Anderson, Science Applications International CorporationFollow
• Paul Beinhoff, Johns Hopkins University
• Angelo Camerlenghi, University of Barcelona
• Ian Church, University of New Brunswick
• Margo Edwards, University of Hawaii at Manoa
• James V. Gardner, University of New Hampshire, DurhamFollow
• John K. Hall, Geological Survey of IsraelFollow
• Benjamin Hell, Stockholm University
• Ole Hestvik, OLEX
• Yngve Krisoffersen, University of Bergen
• Christian Marcussen, Geological Survey of Denmark and Sweden
• Rezwen Mohammad, Stockholm University
• David Mosher, Geological Survey of CanadaFollow
• Son V. Nghiem, California Institute of Technology
• Maria Teresa Pedrosa, University of Barcelona
• Paola G. Travaglini, Canadian Hydrographic Service
• Pauline Weatherall, British Oceanographic Data CentreFollow

Abstract

[1] The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO) released its first gridded bathymetric compilation in 1999. The IBCAO bathymetric portrayals have since supported a wide range of Arctic science activities, for example, by providing constraint for ocean circulation models and the means to define and formulate hypotheses about the geologic origin of Arctic undersea features. IBCAO Version 3.0 represents the largest improvement since 1999 taking advantage of new data sets collected by the circum-Arctic nations, opportunistic data collected from fishing vessels, data acquired from US Navy submarines and from research ships of various nations. Built using an improved gridding algorithm, this new grid is on a 500 meter spacing, revealing much greater details of the Arctic seafloor than IBCAO Version 1.0 (2.5 km) and Version 2.0 (2.0 km). The area covered by multibeam surveys has increased from ∼6% in Version 2.0 to ∼11% in Version 3.0.

Department

Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping

Publication Date

6-2012

Volume

39

Journal Title

Geophysical Research Letters

Publisher

Wiley

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1029/2012GL052219

Document Type

Journal Article

Recommended Citation

Jakobsson M, Mayer L, Coakley B, Dowdeswell JA, Forbes S, Fridman B, et al. The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO) Version 3.0. Geophysical Research Letters. Wiley-Blackwell; 2012 Jun 28;39(12)