METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED BATHYMETRIC ESTIMATION THROUGH INTEGRATED SATELLITE IMAGERY AND ALTIMETER DATA ANALYSIS

Method, system, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium are provided for creating a shelf bathymetric map. In some embodiments, a satellite image with a shelf area and related altimeter data for at least a number of points of the shelf area are obtained. The shelf area in the satellite image and depth values for the shelf area from said altimeter data are selected. The selected depth values are associated with points of the shelf area based on geo-coordinates. A training dataset and a testing dataset are created from the associated points. A neural network is trained on the training dataset. The neural network is tested on the testing dataset. Inference of the neural network is adjusted based on testing results. A depth value for each satellite image pixel of the shelf area is predicted by the neural network.