who are we? geological oceanographers geological oceanographers use geophysical tools to obtain...
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Who are we?Who are we? Geological Geological
oceanographersoceanographers Use geophysical Use geophysical
tools to obtain tools to obtain images of seafloor images of seafloor and its subsurface.and its subsurface.
Use geological Use geological tools to tools to groundtruth these groundtruth these images.images.
The past…The past… Widely spaced track Widely spaced track
lines producing lines producing incomplete benthic incomplete benthic mapsmaps
Poor navigationPoor navigation Analog, limited digital Analog, limited digital
acquisition and acquisition and processingprocessing
Map products hand Map products hand constructed on constructed on computerscomputers
Labor intensiveLabor intensive
The present, future…The present, future… Precise navigationPrecise navigation Digital acquisition Digital acquisition
and processingand processing Computer Computer
generated mapsgenerated maps Precise bathymetryPrecise bathymetry Seafloor Seafloor
classification classification systemssystems
Map benthic Map benthic habitatshabitats
We propose…We propose… Baseline bathymetric, benthic habitat, and seafloor Baseline bathymetric, benthic habitat, and seafloor
mapping for the lower Suwannee River and the mapping for the lower Suwannee River and the adjacent inner continental shelf.adjacent inner continental shelf.
These tools are essential in ecosystem management; These tools are essential in ecosystem management; can be used to ask more fundamental questions.can be used to ask more fundamental questions.