The Official Magazine of The Oceanography Society
Volume 17 | Number 1 | March 2004
Special Issue: Bathymetry from Space
On the Cover: The computer-generated image of Earth’s land and submarine relief (courtesy of W.H.F. Smith of NOAA) combines land elevation data compiled by the GLOBE project at the National Geophysical Data Center with seafloor topography produced by W.H.F. Smith and D.T. Sandwell (Science, vol 277, p. 1956–1962, 1977). This seafloor topography is an example of “Bathymetry from Space,” which is the subject of this special issue. It is produced by combining traditional echosoundings of depth with marine gravity anomaly information inferred from space radar measurements of ocean surface shape.
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SPECIAL ISSUE FEATURES
Introduction to This Special Issue on Bathymetry from Space
By
Walter H.F. Smith
Conventional Bathymetry, Bathymetry from Space, and Geodetic Altimetry
By
Walter H.F. Smith and
David T. Sandwell
The Contributions of Abyssal Hill Morphology and Noise to Altimetric Gravity Fabric
By
John A. Goff ,
Walter H.F. Smith , and
Karen M. Marks
Tsunami Scattering and Earthquake Faults in the Deep Pacific Ocean
By
Harold O. Mofjeld,
Christina Massell Symons,
Peter Lonsdale ,
Frank I. González , and
Vasily V. Titov
Seafloor Topography and Ocean Circulation
By
Sarah T. Gille,
E. Joseph Metzger, and
Robin Tokmakian
The Role of Small-Scale Topography in Turbulent Mixing of the Global Ocean
By
Eric Kunze and
Stefan G. Llewellyn Smith
Connections Between Ocean Bottom Topography and Earth's Climate
By
Steven R. Jayne ,
Louis C. St. Laurent, and
Sarah T. Gille
REGULAR ISSUE FEATURES
Satellite Monitoring of the Evolution of a Coccolithophorid Bloom in the Southern Benguela Upwelling System
By
Scarla J. Weeks,
Grant C. Pitcher , and
Stewart Bernard
Persistent Pelagic Habitats in the Baja California to Bering Sea (B2B) Ecoregion
By
Peter Etnoyer,
David Canny ,
Bruce Mate, and
Lance Morgan
ROGER REVELLE COMMEMORATIVE LECTURE
Sustaining Our Oceans: A Public Resource, A Public Trust
By
Admiral James D. Watkins
DEPARTMENTS
QUARTERDECK •
By
Ellen S. Kappel
FROM THE PRESIDENT • TOS—Exciting Meeting, Exciting Future
By
Eric O. Hartwig
MEETING REPORT • Thirteenth 'Aha Huliko'a Hawaiian Winter Workshop: Near-Boundary Processes and Their Parameterization
By
Peter Mü̈ller and
Chris Garrett
TOS NEWS • The Oceanography Society By-Laws
TOS business: The Oceanography Society By-Laws. 2004. Oceanography 17(1):120–122.
Special Issue Guest Editors
Walter H.F. Smith, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Sponsors
Office of Research and Applications, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration