Acta Geodaetica et Cartographica Sinica ›› 2020, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (8): 939-954.doi: 10.11947/j.AGCS.2020.20190526

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A new generation of global bathymetry model BAT_WHU2020

HU Minzhang1, ZHANG Shengjun2, JIN Taoyong3, WEN Hanjiang4, CHU Yonghai3, JIANG Weiping3, LI Jiancheng3   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Earthquake Geodesy, Institute of Seismology, CEA, Wuhan 430071, China;
    2. Northeastern University, Shengyang 110819, China;
    3. School of Geodesy and Geomatics, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China;
    4. Chinese Academy of Surveying&Mapping, Beiing 100036, China
  • Received:2020-01-03 Revised:2020-06-27 Published:2020-08-25
  • Supported by:
    The National Key Research and Development Project (No. 2017YFC1500403-03)

Abstract: In this paper, a 1'×1' bathymetry model BAT_WHU2020 in the range of 75°S—70°N is constructed by using the latest version of the global gravity anomaly model derived from the multi-source satellite altimetry data and the shipboard depths. The accuracy of the model is analyzed and evaluated based on ship depths, existing models and multibeam soundings. The standard deviation of the difference between the proposed model and the ship depths in China Sea and its adjacent areas (104°E—160°E, 0°N—50°N) is about 70 m, which is equivalent to the accuracy of SIO V19.1 model, superior to ETOPO1, DTU10, GEBCO_08 model, and about 30% higher than the accuracy of BAT_VGG model published before, which shows that the method in this paper is reliable, and the data processing is accurate and the accuracy is high. The standard deviation of the differences between BAT_WHU2020 model and ship depths is about 50~65 m globally, and the ratio of the difference within ±200 m is greater than 95%. It is showed that the accuracy of BAT_WHU2020 model is equivalent to SIO V19.1, better than ETOPO1, DTU10, GEBCO_08 model, and improved about 27%~36% from the BAT_VGG model. Comparing to SIO V19.1 model, the standard deviation of the model differences is about 90~110 m, about 90% of the grid differences is within 200 m, and about 95% is within 300 m . Finally, the effects of crustal isostasy and high order terms in the Parker's formula on the accuracy of the results, the accuracy of the model compared to multibeam soundings, and the spatial resolution are discussed. It indicates that the spatial resolution of BAT_WHU2020 model is about 10~18 km, and the relative accuracy is about 5%~6% around the Mariana trench and Macquarie ridge.

Key words: satellite altimetry, shipboard depths, gravity anomalies, bathymetry, flexural isostasy

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