Exploring the Blue Planet

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Exploring the Blue Planet ESRI Press Authors
Panel onArc Marine GIS for a Blue Planet

• Dawn Wright, Oregon State University
• Michael Blongewicz, DHI Water Environment
• Pat Halpin, Duke University
• Joe Breman, Akimeka LLC

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Case Studies

• High Resolution Swath Bathymetry, Sidescan Sonar
  Imagery and Seismic Reflection Profiles Woods
  Hole Science Center
• CTD and Temperature Time Series Marine
  Institute, Galway, Ireland
• Sediment Transport for the Municipality of Køge,
  DK DHI Water Environment
• Numeric Modeling of Sea Dynamics Maritime and
  Hydrographic Agency (BSH) of Germany

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High Resolution Swath Bathymetry and Seismic
Reflection Profiles

• Seismic shots along a survey
• Multiple reflection type giving multiple depths
  at a single location

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High Resolution Swath Bathymetry
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Seismic Reflection Profiles
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CTD and Temperature Time Series Marine
Institute, Galway, Ireland

• A single value for multiple variables being
  collected and various depths
• Continuous values at varying depths.

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CTD and Temperature Time Series Marine
Institute, Galway, Ireland
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CTD and Temperature Time Series Marine
Institute, Galway, Ireland
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CTD and Temperature Time Series Marine
Institute, Galway, Ireland
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CTD and Temperature Time Series Marine
Institute, Galway, Ireland
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CTD and Temperature Time Series Marine
Institute, Galway, Ireland
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Sediment Transport for the Municipality of Køge,
Denmark

• Relating transects to surveys and creating
  profiles
• Input data to sediment transport numeric modeling
  for calculating volumes
• Determining shoreline evolution from a baseline

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Sediment Transport for the Municipality of Køge,
Denmark
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Sediment Transport for the Municipality of Køge,
Denmark
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Sediment Transport for the Municipality of Køge,
Denmark
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Sediment Transport for the Municipality of Køge,
Denmark
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Numeric modeling of sea dynamics BSH German
Maritime and Hydrographic Agency

• Daily inputs to numerical simulations for
  current, temperature, salinity and dispersion of
  substances
• Rendering Vector and Scalar Quantities

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Numeric modeling of sea dynamics BSH German
Maritime and Hydrographic Agency
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Numeric modeling of sea dynamics BSH German
Maritime and Hydrographic Agency
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Numeric modeling of sea dynamics BSH German
Maritime and Hydrographic Agency
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Numeric modeling of sea dynamics BSH German
Maritime and Hydrographic Agency
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Numeric modeling of sea dynamics BSH German
Maritime and Hydrographic Agency
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Numeric modeling of sea dynamics BSH German
Maritime and Hydrographic Agency