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The Ocean Mapping Group was established at the University of New Brunswick in 1988 in response to a national need to develop advanced ocean mapping capabilities. The research of the Ocean Mapping Group is focused on developing new and innovative techniques and tools for the management, processing, visualization and interpretation of ocean mapping data. While we define ocean mapping in its broadest sense (including the water column, sea surface and sea bottom), the initial efforts were directed to seafloor mapping, and in particular, towards problems associated with high-volume seafloor bathymetric and imaging systems.
The Ocean Mapping Group is part of the Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering at UNB. It draws upon faculty and staff with expertise in the fields of hydrography, geographical information systems, digital image analysis, interactive computer graphics and 3-D data visualization.
Current Students and Researchers
Select Recent Publications
Arfeen, K., Church, I., 2019, Automated Processing of Hydrographic Data While Improving Bathymetric Accuracy and Uncertainty Assessment, Proceedings of the US Hydrographic Conference 2019
Padilla-Ruiz, M., Church, I., Stefanakis, E., 2018, Competitive Analysis of Current Ocean Web-Mapping Applications, International Hydrographic Review, No. 20, November 2018, pp. 7-24
Padilla Ruiz, M. ,2018, User-Centered Design for Web-Mapping Applications: A Case Study with Ocean Mapping Data for Ocean Modellers, M.Sc.Eng Thesis at the University of New Brunswick
Greer, A.T., A.M. Shiller, E.E. Hofmann, J.D. Wiggert, S.J. Warner, S.M. Parra, C. Pan, J.W. Book, D. Joung, S. Dykstra, J.W. Krause, B. Dzwonkowski, I.M. Soto, M.K. Cambazoglu, A.L. Deary, C. Briseño-Avena, A.D. Boyette, J.A. Kastler, L. Hode, U. Nwankwo, L.M. Chiaverano, V. Sanial, S.J. O’Brien, P.J. Fitzpatrick, Y. Lau, M.S. Dinniman, K.M. Martin, P. Ho, A.K. Mojzis, S.D. Howden, F.J. Hernandez, I. Church, T.N. Miles, S. Sponaugle, J.N. Moum, R.A. Arnone, R.K. Cowen, G.A. Jacobs, O. Schofield, and W.M. Graham (2018) Functioning of coastal river-dominated ecosystems and implications for oil spill response: from observations to mechanisms and models. Oceanography, 31(3)
Church, I., L. Quas, M. Williamson, 2017, Multibeam Water Column Data Processing Techniques to Facilitate Scientific Bio-Acoustic Interpretation, Proceedings of the US Hydrographic Conference 2017, 11pp.
Hughes Clarke, J. E. (2016). First wide-angle view of channelized turbidity currents links migrating cyclic steps to flow characteristics. Nature Communications, 7(May), 11896. http://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11896
Crawford, A.J., P. Wadhams, T. Wagner, A. Stern, E. Abrahamsen, I. Church, R. Bates, K. Nicholls, 2016, Journey of an Arctic ice island. Oceanography, 29(2)
Recent Projects
Port of Saint John Research Project – Develop a Better Understanding of Sedimentation, Circulation and Ecology of the Saint John Harbour
CONCORDE – CONsortium for oil spill exposure pathways in COastal River-Dominated Ecosystems