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BRAZILIAN HYDROGRAPHY THE CHALLENGES OF RENEWING ITS RESEARCH VESSELS

By Admiral Luiz Fernando PALMER FONSECA

1. Introduction According to what has been agreed within the scope of the Commission on the Limits of…

Bathymetry and Positioning

THE FARALLON BASIN BASEMENT STRUCTURE, SOUTH CALIFORNIA GULF BY INTERPRETATION OF POTENTIAL AND SEISMIC DATA

By Lieutenant Marco BARTENS

1. Objective The aim of this study was to identify, delimit and estimate the thickness of the oceanic…

Research and Technology

A CASE OF APPLIED GEODESY ACCURACY TESTS OF THE OMEGA DIFFERENTIAL SYSTEM

By Capt. Pedro FIADEIRO

1. Introduction This investigation was a practical application of the well-known inverse problem of geodesy – using the…

Research and Technology

GREAT STRIDES IN HYDROGRAPHY IN SAUDI ARABIA FOR NAVIGATIONAL SAFETY AND NATIONAL OFFSHORE DEVELOPMENT

By General Commission for Survey

Hydrography for any maritime nation is vital for a blue water economy and covers the needs for safe…

Bathymetry and Positioning

SOUND VELOCITY PROFILE (SVP) INVERSION THROUGH CORRECTING THE TERRAIN DISTORTION

By BAO Jingyang, CUI Yang, JIN Shaohua, LIU Min, SUN Wenchuan

1. Introduction During multi-beam bathymetric data processing, the speed of sound varies with depth and can cause the…

Editorial IHR 13

By Ian W. Halls

Despite my plans that the November 2014 edition would be my last as Editor, as it turns out,…

Research and Technology

HUDDL: THE HYDROGRAPHIC UNIVERSAL DATA DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE

By B. Calder, Giuseppe Masetti

1. Introduction Data acquired during a hydrographic survey may be stored in a number of different formats. Essentially,…

Research and Technology

AN ENTERPRISE APPROACH TO THE NEXT GENERATION SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENT FOR THE AUSTRALIAN HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICE (AHS)

By Ian W. Halls

1. Background The DHDB was acquired under the auspices of Project SEA1430 Phase 1 in 1999. The DHDB…

Bathymetry and Positioning

OPERATION TIRÚA: HYDROGRAPHIC VISION

By Nicolas A. Guzman

Abstract On 6 October 2013, a small commercial flight with 5 people on board and flying between Mocha…

Bathymetry and Positioning

BALTIC SEA HYDROGRAPHIC RE-SURVEY SCHEME “To ensure that safety of navigation is not endangered by inadequate source information”

By Juha KORHONEN

1. Background and development process Hydrographic surveys are long term activities. In the early 2000s, it was recognised…

Editorial IHR 12

By Ian W. Halls, Janis Krastins

Welcome to a special edition of the International Hydrographic Review (IHR). This edition comprises Articles and Notes submitted…

Bathymetry and Positioning

A NEW BATHYMETRY MODEL FOR THE BALTIC SEA

By Benjamin Hell, Hans OIAS

Introduction There are many fields other than safety of navigation at sea that have a need for detailed…