Martin Jakobsson, Björn Eriksson, Larry Mayer, Rezwan Mohammad
Multibeam bathymetry from areas in Arctic Ocean waters off Northwest Svalbard.
High-resolution bathymetry data are commonly used to study, for example, general seafloor geology, glacial morphology, bottom habitats, and bottom current activities. The data were collected from Swedish icebreaker Oden during the Sea Acceptance Test (SAT) 2008 and 2009 expeditions.
The bathymetry is acquired with a multibeam echo-sounder. The data are provided in the form of a compiled Digital Terrain Model with a grid cell size of 15 – 25 m. The processing of the raw data was carried out using the Qimera software by QPS.
Marine Bathymetry Geophysics Arctic Ocean Bathymetry Seafloor morphology Multibeam SAT 2008 and 2009 expeditions Icebreaker Oden
Martin Jakobsson, Björn Eriksson, Larry Mayer, Rezwan Mohammad (2021) High-resolution bathymetry data from Sea acceptance test, Arctic Ocean, 2008 and 2009. Dataset version 1. Bolin Centre Database. https://doi.org/10.17043/oden-sat-2008-2009-bathymetry-1
Freire F, Gyllencreutz R, Jafri R, Jakobsson M (2014) Acoustic evidence of a submarine slide in the deepest part of the Arctic, the Molloy Hole. Geo-Marine Letters, 315 – 325. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00367-014-0371-5
Jakobsson M, Mayer LA, Bringensparr C, Castro CF, Mohammad R, Johnson P, Ketter T, Accettella D, Amblas D, An L, Arndt JE, Canals M, Casamor JL, Chauché N, Coakley B, Danielson S, Demarte M, Dickson M-L, Dorschel B, Dowdeswell JA, Dreutter S, Fremand AC, Gallant D, Hall JK, Hehemann L, Hodnesdal H, Hong J, Ivaldi R, Kane E, Klaucke I, Krawczyk DW, Kristoffersen Y, Kuipers BR, Millan R, Masetti G, Morlighem M, Noormets R, Prescott MM, Rebesco M, Rignot E, Semiletov I, Tate AJ, Travaglini P, Velicogna I, Weatherall P, Weinrebe W, Willis JK, Wood M, Zarayskaya Y, Zhang T, Zimmermann M, Zinglersen KB, (2020) The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean Version 4.0. Scientific Data 7:176. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0520-9
The bathymetric data are provided as processed grids, divided into survey areas, with a grid cell size of 15 – 25 m. The grids are provided both in polar stereographic projection (IBCAO Polar Stereographic, EPSG 3996, true scale at 75 degrees north) and in geographic coordinates (WGS 84, latitude and longitude). The horizontal datum is WGS 84 and the vertical datum is instantaneous sea level, implying that the vertical level has not been corrected for tides. For each projection, the bathymetric data grids are available in four formats: GeoTiff, netCDF, ASCII XYZ and ESRI Arc ASCII grid. Data are also illustrated as JPEG images.
The data were acquired in 2008 and 2009 from Swedish icebreaker (IB) Oden during the SAT expeditions. A Kongsberg EM122 1° × 1°, 12 kHz, multibeam echo-sounder was hull-mounted in IB Oden. Position, heading and attitude data were received from a Kongsberg-Seatex Seapath 320 navigation unit (GPS and GLONASS) with attached MRU5 motion sensor. The exact speed of sound at the multibeam transducers was provided by a Valeport Mini SVS/T sound speed and temperature sensor mounted in the sea-chest in Oden’s hull, close to the multibeam transducer arrays. This was interfaced with the multibeam system directly. In addition, sound speed profiles for the entire water column were provided by CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, Depth) stations as well as XBT (Expendable Bathy Thermograph) probes.
The data were collected in a mixture of sea-ice conditions, ranging from 5/10 to 8/10 coverage. Navigation was provided by a Seatex Seapath 320 without local augmentation as this is not available in the area. Sound speed correction was done regularly using data from a Seabird 911+ CTD (conductivity, temperature depth) or Valeport SVP (sound velocity profiler).
The first expedition between 23 and 28 of June, 2008, started and ended in Longyearbyen, Svalbard. The second expedition also started and ended in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, and lasted between July 13 and 14, 2009.
+46-8-164719
Martin Jakobsson
Department of Geological Sciences
Stockholm University
SE-106 91 Stockholm
Sweden
Earth science > Oceans > Bathymetry/seafloor topography > Bathymetry
Ocean > Arctic Ocean
Completed
English
Sea Acceptance Test (SAT) 2008 and 2009 expeditions
Bolin Centre Database
1
10.17043/oden-sat-2008-2009-bathymetry-1
2021-11-04 15:12:01