New Approaches to the Sea-Floor Mapping: Results From the GEBCO-NF Alumni Team’s Technique Developments in Preparation to the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE 2017.

Yulia Zarayskaya1, Evgenia Bazhenova2, Rochelle Wigley3, Robert Anderson4, Robin K H Falconer5, Timothy Kearns6, Tinah Martin7, Hiroki Minami8, Jaya A Roperez3, Azmi Rosedee9, Hadar Sade10, Sattiabaruth Seeboruth11, Benjamin Simpson12, Masanao Sumiyoshi13, Neil Tinmouth14 and Karolina Zwolak15, (1)Russian Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Ocean Floor Geomorphology and Tectonics, Geological Institute, Moscow, Russia, (2)NIWA, Wellington, New Zealand, (3)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, Durham, NH, United States, (4)Columbia University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New York, NY, United States, (5)GEBCO, Wellington, New Zealand, (6)Numurus, Seattle, United States, (7)Team Member, Antananarivo, Madagascar, (8)Team Member, Tokyo, Japan, (9)Royal Malaysian Navy, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, (10)Yam-Yafo Ltd., Rishon Lezion, Israel, (11)Hydrographic Unit of the Ministry of Housing and Lands Mauritius, Port Louis, Mauritius, (12)Hushcraft Ltd, Mersea, United Kingdom, (13)Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department, Japan Coast Guard, Tokyo, Japan, (14)NF/GEBCO Training Alumni, Cape Town, South Africa, (15)K2sea, Gdynia, Poland