MASC 421 — Marine Hydrography and Cartography
Marine and Fisheries Sciences · University of Ghana
Introduction & history of mapping, sea bed type and subbottom profiling, circulation and water movements, waves and tides measurements, sidescan sonar, multibeam bathymetry theory and application (multibeam data processing) , Depth soundings, hydrographic survey design (data density, efficiency, coverage), Map datums and vertical datums, ROV, acoustic tracking, motion correction, GIS, GPS principles and vessel navigation. Data models, NIMA and USGS data types, Imagery in mapping; cartographic communication, representation of spatial data; map design, digital mapping, topographic mapping, thematic mapping.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- FISH 414 — Fish Processing and Utilization
- FISH 417 — Fisheries Data Management
- FISH 418 — Current Research in Fisheries Acquaintance with current research in
- FISH 421 — Fisheries and Higher Vertebrate Interactions
- FISH 424 — Fish Trade and Marketing
- FISH 425 — Fish Stock Assessment
- FISH 426 — Fisheries Governance and Institutional Framework
- FISH 429 — Fisheries Economics
- MASC 402 — Marine Pollution
- MASC 411 — Marine Plankton Ecology
- MASC 412 — Marine Ecology
- MASC 413 — Marine Benthic Ecology
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).