The Shallow Survey 2008 conference, the fifth international conference on high-resolution surveys in shallow water, was held October 21-24, 2008 in New Castle, New Hampshire at the historic Wentworth by the Sea Hotel. It was organized by the University of New Hampshire's Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center. On this site, you will find an archive of the presentations given during the conference and a summary of the shared dataset.
Other Shallow Survey Conferences:
- Shallow Survey 1999
- Shallow Survey 2001
- Shallow Survey 2003
- Shallow Survey 2005
- Shallow Survey 2012
- Shallow Survey 2015
- Shallow Survey 2018
Schedule and Technical Program
| Monday | ||
| 10:00 - 16:00 | One-Day Seminar | |
| GeoAcoustics/IVS3D | ||
| Tuesday | ||
| 9:00 | Opening Address | |
| Conference Organizers | Presentation | |
| 9:30 | Interferometry for Bathymetry Sonar: Accuracy vs Resolution, and a new Quality Estimator | |
| Xavier Lurton | Abstract Presentation | |
| An Empirical Backscatter Normalization Procedure for Bathymetric (Interferometric) Sidescan Sonars | ||
| David Finlayson | Abstract Presentation | |
| Approaches and Requirements of Quantitative Comparison of the Multibeam Sonar Benthic Acoustic Backscatter | ||
| Mashkoor Malik | Abstract Presentation | |
| 10:30 | Break | |
| 11:00 | Seabed image processing and datacleaning of the EM 3002 Common Data Set | |
| Berit Horvei | Abstract Presentation | |
| A Workable Schema for Editing Multibeam Backscatter | ||
| Lloyd Huff | Abstract Presentation | |
| Automatic Construction of Acoustic Themes from Multibeam Backscatter Data | ||
| Luciano Fonseca | Abstract Presentation | |
| Putting GeoCoder to Work | ||
| Alex MacDonald | Abstract Presentation | |
| 12:30 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 | Uncertainty Representation in Hydrographic Surveys and Products | |
| Brian Calder | Abstract Presentation | |
| Real-time Uncertainty Output for MBES Systems | ||
| Eric Maillard | Abstract Presentation | |
| Real-time Monitoring of Uncertainty due to Refraction in Multibeam Echosounding | ||
| Jonathan Beaudoin | Abstract Presentation | |
| Multibeam Echosounders: Trends of the Hydrographic Industry | ||
| Mike Mutschler | Abstract | |
| 15:30 | Break | |
| 16:00 | A Demonstration of GPS Based Vertical Control, Unaided by a Shore Station | |
| Shannon Byrne | Abstract Presentation | |
| Analysis of NOAA Methods of Application of Sound Speed Uncertainty and Alternatives Derived from Use of the Estimating Sound Speed Uncertainty Software | ||
| Daniel Wright | Abstract Presentation | |
| Establishing Chart Datum Across the Bay of Fundy Using Virtual Tide Gauges | ||
| Nathan Wardwell | Abstract Presentation | |
| Wednesday | ||
| 9:00 | Seamless Mapping Across the Land-Water Boundary Using SHOALS Bathymetric LiDAR | |
| Paul LaRocque | Abstract Presentation | |
| Current Research on Airborne Lidar Bathymetry (ALB) Shoreline Mapping | ||
| Shachak Pe'eri | Abstract Presentation | |
| Waterside Mapping Using the Dynamic Laser Scanner ILRIS-3D and the Interferometric Bathymetry Sensor SWATHplus-H | ||
| Paul Byham | Abstract Presentation | |
| Multibeam and Laser - Combined High Resolution Hydrographic Surveying for Civil Engineering Project Support | ||
| Duncan Mallace | Abstract | |
| 10:30 | Break | |
| 11:00 | High definition bathymetry production, distribution and updating | |
| Louis Maltais | Abstract Presentation | |
| Identification and Depiction of Submerged Rocky Area Features in HCells for Application to NOAA Charts | ||
| Cathleen Barry | Abstract Presentation | |
| Linking the Coast Pilot with Geo-referenced Imagery & Chart Information | ||
| Matt Plumlee | Abstract Presentation | |
| Interactive 3D Visualization and Analysis of Multi-Sensor, Multi-Resolution Datasets | ||
| Lindsay Gee | Abstract Presentation | |
| 12:30 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 | Multi-Sensor Hydrographic LiDAR Operations | |
| Mark Sinclair | Abstract Presentation | |
| Identification of Sedimentary Facies and Biological Habitats through Reflectance Measurements Using a Multi-Beam Autonomous Portable Laser Equipment (MAPLE) to Standardize Airborne Laser Bathy Systems | ||
| Valérie Robitaille | Abstract Presentation | |
| Re-examining Rejected Lidar Waveforms | ||
| Pim Kuus | Abstract Presentation | |
| A New Approach to Determine the Bathymetry in a Very Shallow Environment using the SHOALS 3000T Signal | ||
| Bernard Long | Abstract Presentation | |
| 15:30 | Break | |
| 16:00 | Advances in Data Processing Techniques and Base Surface Generation: Interferometric Sonar vs Multibeam Echo Sounders | |
| Bill Danforth | Abstract Presentation | |
| Common Dataset Comparison: the GeoSwath Plys Interferometric Sonar Data vs Beamforming Multibeam Data | ||
| Tom Hiller | Abstract Presentation | |
| Scaling Bathymetry: Data Handling for Large Volumes | ||
| Mark Masry | Abstract Presentation | |
| Thursday | ||
| 9:00 | Seafloor Acoustic Properties Studies in Shallow Water: High-Resolution Surveys in Panama City, Florida | |
| Matt Levey | Abstract Presentation | |
| Use of Wide Swath Bathymetry Systems for Habitat Mapping, Acoustic Seafloor Classification, and Determining Shellfish Abundance | ||
| Fred Hegg | Abstract Presentation | |
| Detecting Bedform Migration in Portsmouth Harbor on Relatively Short Time-Scales from High-Resolution Multibeam Bathymetry | ||
| Janice Felzenberg | Abstract Presentation | |
| High-Resolution Imagery of Mudflows in the Mississippi River Delta: Results from Multibeam, Sidescan Sonar and Subbottom Profiler Data | ||
| Jennifer Henderson | Abstract Presentation | |
| 10:30 | Break | |
| 11:00 | Post Processing of Typical Finnish Bathymetric Data | |
| Jarmo Ahonen | Abstract Presentation | |
| The Practical Aspects of Conducting a Multiple Use Coastal Survey | ||
| Duncan Mallace | Abstract | |
| Shallow Surveying in Hazardous Waters | ||
| Tom Lippmann | Abstract Presentation | |
| Exploring the Maritime History of the Hudson River | ||
| Roger Flood | Abstract Presentation | |
| 12:30 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 | Integration of Multibeam Bathymetry and LiDAR Surveys of the Bay of Fundy, Canada | |
| Russell Parrott | Abstract Presentation | |
| INFOMAR - INtegrated Mapping Survey FOr the Sustainable Developments of Ireland's MARine Resources. Multi platform survey for terrestrial and marine integrated mapping | ||
| Fergal McGrath | Abstract Presentation | |
| Identifying Marine Seabed Habitats Around the Brehat Archipelago (Brittany Coast) Using Complementary Acoustic Sensors and Different Vessels for Investigating the Coastal and Nearshore Seafloor | ||
| Axel Ehrhold | Abstract Presentation | |
| Mapping Seafloor Geology off the Massachusetts Coast: A Cooperative State-Federal Project | ||
| Walter Barnhardt | Abstract Presentation | |
| 15:30 | Break | |
| 16:00 | 3D Sub-Bottom Profiling - High resolution 3D Imaging of Shallow Sub-Surface Structures and Burried Objects | |
| Martin Gutowski | Abstract Presentation | |
| Multibeam & Sub-Bottom Profiling Surveys in Support of Engineering Design for Major Port Expansions: A Case Study from Durban, South Africa | ||
| Peter Ramsay | Abstract Presentation | |
| Storage and Dissemination of SEGY Data in JPEG2000 Format | ||
| Robert Courtney | Abstract Presentation | |
| Friday | ||
| 9:00 | SHADOWS, Combination of Synthetic Aperture Sonar and Forward Lookup Gap-Filler. Results in Shallow Water in Portsmouth During Spring 2008 | |
| Frédéric Jean | Abstract Presentation | |
| HISAS 1030 - High Resolution Synthetic Aperture Sonar with Bathymetric Capabilities | ||
| Terje Fossum | Abstract Presentation | |
| Going Autonomous: Seafloor Mapping from an AUV, Recent Results and Challenges | ||
| Art Trembanis | Abstract | |
| Shallow Water Wide-Swath Hydrography with AUVs | ||
| Matt Geen | Abstract Presentation | |
| 10:30 | Break | |
| 11:00 | Reson 8125 Operations, with a Twist | |
| Jake Yoos | Abstract Presentation | |
| A Study in the Implementation of a Tilted Multibeam Transducer in an Ultra-Shallow Riverine Environment | ||
| Michael Gonsalves | Abstract Presentation | |
| New MBES System for S/V Airisto: Trial and Error | ||
| Juhani Laaksonen | Abstract Presentation | |
| Marine Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Survey System | ||
| Chet Bassani | Abstract Presentation | |
| 12:30 | End | |
| 13:30 - 15:30 | Survey to Chart Workshop | |
| 13:30 - 15:30 | GSF Workshop | |
Common Dataset
Shallow Survey 2008 focused on a shared dataset collected in the Portsmouth, NH area. The intent was to provide this dataset publicly well before the conference in the hope that papers at the conference will use the same data and therefore results would be comparable. The conference organizers selected a particular area for survey, focusing on the outer harbor of Portsmouth, the mouth of the Piscataqua river and the immediate near-shore area. This is a highly dynamic area with mixed sand and rock seafloor, rock outcrops and navigationally significant features; it also overlapped with the survey area from Shallow Survey 2001, which focused on the inner harbor. The survey outline is available as an AutoCAD file, a MapInfo table and Arc Shape File.
Dataset Details
Below is a list of available data within the dataset:
- Satellite Imagery (Space Imaging Ikonos data) (TIFF)
- Sediment description and grain size database (Excel)
- Orthophotos (grayscale historical from 1992, GeoTIFF UTM19/NAD83; color low-altitude photography from 2000, GeoTIFF UTM19/WGS84)
- Tidal predictions and zoning/modeling (intended to assist with planning)
- NOAA raster charts (BSB)
- Low-resolution bathymetry DTM from the 2001 survey (Fledermaus)
- Water clarity