International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean
Work Plan and Objectives 
The IBCSO Expert Group will collect existing bathymetric data from archives, data centers and databases from hydrographic offices and scientific institutions.
The work plan in terms of data flow and data processing for the proposed IBCSO may be summarized with the
following steps:
- conceptual design and implementation of the IBCSO database 'SOGIS'
- assembling of bathymetric, topographic, geophysical and geological data
- data preprocessing including quality control, analyses, and description
- data merge and processing including data modeling for optimized visualization
- generation of services and products: printed map series, web maps, database, ship track inventories
- gridded data release via internet for use in Antarctic data centers and scientific programs
The work plan in terms of data flow depends strongly on close collaboration.
To ensure continuous data transfer, the establishment of the group with an associated communication network is crucial. This includes:
- buildup the international Expert Group
- setup the group infrastructure (Editorial Board, Advisory Board, and IBCSO Board)
- implementation of the communication network
- organizing Expert Group meetings and workshops
- intensify cooperation with other Southern Ocean programs and mapping projects
The work plan and objectives of the IBCSO mapping project are introduced by a poster series with special emphasis on:
- project and data management perspectives (file size: 7 MB)
- bathymetric patch- and network of the Southern Ocean (file size: 12.5 MB)
- database entitled 'Southern Ocean Geographic Information System - SOGIS' (file size: 7 MB)
Open and save PDFs for printing.
Upcoming ...
- Joint SCAR/IASC Open Science Conference in St Petersburg, Russia, 8-11 July 2008. Open the conference website.
- Presumably 6 July 2008: IBCSO EG Meeting at the XXX SCAR Science Week, St Petersburg, Russia, 5-7 July 2008.
- Inventory of ship tracks in the Southern Ocean with existing multibeam data
- Now available: the spanish
and french version of the IBCSO homepage.
- Meeting of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SC-AGI) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 8-10 October 2007
- Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) Planning Meeting in Bremen, Germany, 1-3 October 2007
- Meeting of the GEBCO Sub-Committee on Digital Bathymetry at LDEO of Columbia University in Palisades, NY, USA, 11-13 September 2007. Open the First Circular
- 1st IBCSO Business Meeting during the 10th ISAES, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA, 26-31 August 2007. Read the Minutes
Contact
Dr. Hans Werner Schenke
Alfred Wegener Institute
for Polar and Marine Research
P.O.B. 12 01 61
D-27515 Bremerhaven, Germany
Email: Hans-Werner.Schenke@awi.de
Phone: +49 (471) 4831-1222
Mobile: +49 (170) 784 44 91
Fax: +49 (471) 4831-1977
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Dr. Norbert Ott
Alfred Wegener Institute
for Polar and Marine Research
P.O.B. 12 01 61
D-27515 Bremerhaven, Germany
Email: Norbert.Ott@awi.de
Phone: +49 (471) 4831-1369
Fax: +49 (471) 4831-1977
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