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author Dorschel, Boris
Jensen, Laura
Arndt, Jan Erik
Brummer, Geert-Jan A
de Haas, Henk
Fielies, Anthony
Franke, Dieter
Jokat, Wilfried
Krocker, Ralf
Pätzold, Jürgen
Schneider, Ralph R
Spieß, Volkhard
Stollhofen, Harald
Uenzelmann-Neben, Gabriele
Watkeys, Mike
Wiles, Errol A
author_facet Dorschel, Boris
Jensen, Laura
Arndt, Jan Erik
Brummer, Geert-Jan A
de Haas, Henk
Fielies, Anthony
Franke, Dieter
Jokat, Wilfried
Krocker, Ralf
Pätzold, Jürgen
Schneider, Ralph R
Spieß, Volkhard
Stollhofen, Harald
Uenzelmann-Neben, Gabriele
Watkeys, Mike
Wiles, Errol A
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents We present a comprehensive regional bathymetric data compilation for the southwest Indian Ocean (swIOBC) covering the area from 4°S to 40°S and 20°E to 45°E with a spatial resolution of 250 m. For this, we used multibeam and singlebeam data as well as data from global bathymetric data compilations. We generated the swIOBC using an iterative approach of manual data cleaning and gridding, accounting for different data qualities and seamless integration of all different kinds of data. In comparison to existing bathymetric charts of this region the new swIOBC benefits from nearly four times as many data-constrained grid cells and a higher resolution, and thus reveals formerly unseen seabed features. In the central Mozambique Basin a surprising variety of landscapes were discovered. They document a deep reaching influence of the Mozambique Current eddies. Details of the N-S trending Zambezi Channel could be imaged in the central Mozambique Basin.
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spellingShingle The southwest Indian Ocean Bathymetric Compilation (swIOBC)
Dorschel, Boris
Jensen, Laura
Arndt, Jan Erik
Brummer, Geert-Jan A
de Haas, Henk
Fielies, Anthony
Franke, Dieter
Jokat, Wilfried
Krocker, Ralf
Pätzold, Jürgen
Schneider, Ralph R
Spieß, Volkhard
Stollhofen, Harald
Uenzelmann-Neben, Gabriele
Watkeys, Mike
Wiles, Errol A
AWI_GeoPhy; File content; File format; File name; File size; Indian Ocean; Marine Geophysics @ AWI; Southwestern_Indian_Ocean; Uniform resource locator/link to file
We present a comprehensive regional bathymetric data compilation for the southwest Indian Ocean (swIOBC) covering the area from 4°S to 40°S and 20°E to 45°E with a spatial resolution of 250 m. For this, we used multibeam and singlebeam data as well as data from global bathymetric data compilations. We generated the swIOBC using an iterative approach of manual data cleaning and gridding, accounting for different data qualities and seamless integration of all different kinds of data. In comparison to existing bathymetric charts of this region the new swIOBC benefits from nearly four times as many data-constrained grid cells and a higher resolution, and thus reveals formerly unseen seabed features. In the central Mozambique Basin a surprising variety of landscapes were discovered. They document a deep reaching influence of the Mozambique Current eddies. Details of the N-S trending Zambezi Channel could be imaged in the central Mozambique Basin.
title The southwest Indian Ocean Bathymetric Compilation (swIOBC)
topic AWI_GeoPhy; File content; File format; File name; File size; Indian Ocean; Marine Geophysics @ AWI; Southwestern_Indian_Ocean; Uniform resource locator/link to file
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.880618