Collaborative Remote Bathymetric Data Processing in Support to the Nippon Foundation - GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project
Abstract
To date, the amount of contributed bathymetric data has doubled since the launch of the Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project in 2017, which was included in the GEBCO 2019 grid compilation. Seabed 2030 aims to collate all available bathymetry to produce a global gridded bathymetric data sets of the world's ocean floor at the highest possible resolution by 2030.
While the regional data centers are exerting efforts in gathering and processing data, the need for additional data processing arises as much of the data contributions are in a raw format and data quality control checks must be done before these data can be added to the compilation. One of the factors that currently hinders capable and willing individuals' contribution to data processing for Seabed 2030 and similar projects is access to relevant licensed processing software. Some alumni of the Nippon Foundation/GEBCO Training Program at the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center (University of new Hampshire) initiated a project to enable anyone to clean bathymetric data and conduct quality control from anywhere in the world via remote access to the processing machines. This was undertaken with support from QPS and subscription to Earth Analytic Inc. - Smart Ocean services. This prototype project assists in understanding the challenges in establishing and managing the platform and associated data and allows processed data to be delivered based on required specifications. In addition to hosting licensed software on these virtual machines, enabling users to use open-source software like MB-System, will allow more users to contribute to data processing requirements of projects like Seabed 2030.- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019AGUFMOS13C1548R
- Keywords:
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- 3045 Seafloor morphology;
- geology;
- and geophysics;
- MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS;
- 4894 Instruments;
- sensors;
- and techniques;
- OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL;
- 4260 Ocean data assimilation and reanalysis;
- OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL;
- 4262 Ocean observing systems;
- OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL