We apply the residual terrain modeling (RTM) technique for gravity forward-modeling to successfully improve high-resolution global gravity fields at short spatial scales in coastal zones. The RTM scheme is combined with the concept of rock-equivalent topography, allowing to use a single uniform constant mass-density in the RTM forward-modeling, both at land and sea. SRTM30_PLUS bathymetry is me...

Located within the Altiplano at 3,686 m above sea level, Lake Poopó is remarkably shallow and very sensitive to hydrologic recharge. Progressive drying has been observed in the entire Titicaca-Poopó-Desaguadero-Salar de Coipasa (TPDS) system during the last decade, causing dramatic changes to Lake Poopó’s surface and its regional water supplies. Our research aims to improve understanding of Lak...

This article examines several major bathymetry mapping methods and describes an experimental procedure of determining seabed bathymetry from multi-source passive remote sensing data. Issues to be addressed include how to deal with less desirable spectral data quality and the absence of in-situ water depth measurements. A case study was presented using DigitalGlobe QuickBird and Landsat-7 ETM+ m...

We planed to conduct a “mowing the lawn” type of multibeam bathymetry and backscatter survey of the Florida Middle Ground HAPC (Habitat Area of Particular Concern; Figure 1) and to collect some ground truth data. The survey was to augment the existing coverage in the area from a previous USF cruise and will entail for the most part very long lines compared to the number of turns (Figure 1). The...

Tidewater glaciers deposit sediment at their terminus, thereby reducing the relative water depth. Reduced water depth can lead to increased glacier stability through decreased rates of iceberg calving, glacier thinning and submarine melting. Here we investigate sedimentation processes at the termini of Kronebreen and Kongsvegen, Svalbard. We mapped the fjord floor bathymetry in August 2009 and ...

Detailed bathymetry data are collected on short reaches and are usually not available for the entire stream network at a regional scale. By using the field data collected for a reach along the Brazos River in Texas, a geographic information system (GIS) framework for describing river channel bathymetry at regional-scale is presented. The framework is based on deriving relationships among differ...

Stratigraphic modeling based on physical and geologic principles has been improved by more sophisticated process models and increased computer power. However, such efforts may reach a limit in their predictive power because of the stochastic, multiscaled nature of the physical processes involved. Building on techniques from the geostatistical literature, a conditional simulation method, dubbed ...

[1] The Great Salt Lake is a terminal lake whose level is determined by the balance between inflows and outflows. We examine the causes for multimodality in the distributions of lake level and hence volume and area that have previously been examined from a system dynamics perspective. We focus on the role of bathymetry in the dynamics of this system and show that some of the modes that are obse...