MEETING BEGINS AT 9:00 AM
I. Introductory Remarks - (Perfit)
1. Meeting Logistics, Agenda items
2. Accept minutes
II. National Facility Operators Report (Pittenger/WHOI Personnel)
1. National Facility Vehicles Operations
Summary (Chandler)
2. ATLANTIS PSA (Coburn, Moniz)
3. Science Liaison and Operator/User
Communication/Updating the WEB and planning manuals for
science (Moller,
Martineau)
III. Upgrades to National Facility Vehicles and Science Sensors
(WHOI-DSF Personnel)
1. Status Report on current upgrades proposal
(Walden, Brown, Foster)
2. Annual request for upgrades to science
sensors and operational
capabilities of NDSF vehicles
- joint WHOI/DESSC (Walden)
IV. Operational Summary of Other Deep Submergence Activities
1. MBARI (M. Perfit)
2. MPL (F. Spiess)
3. Navy (A. Silver)
4. NURP (C.L. Van Dover)
5. ROPOS (M. Perfit)
V. DESSC White Paper Discussion (Perfit)
1. Deep Submergence Science Initiatives
- Beyond 2000 (Perfit)
New Science ROV-
planning and funding
2. Review written contributions from DESSC
members (Perfit)
3. WHOI DSF Perspective (WHOI-DSF Personnel)
VI. Agency Reports
1. NSF - (E. Dieter)
Results from May
panel - updating DESSC/UNOLS deep submergence funded programs listing
Impact of UNOLS
review on DESSC
2. ONR - (A. Silver)
Funded science
programs
Navy deep submergence
vehicle decommissioning
3. NOAA
Funded programs
VII. DESSC Membership Replacements (Perfit)
1. DESSC Chair Replacement
2. DESSC Members - Summary of Current
Membership Status and Suggestions for Replacements
VIII. 1999-2000 Deep Submergence Scheduling
1. Review of Planning Letters and
Website postings and Identification of funded programs,
science/logistical
constraints, different vehicle requests - (Chandler/Moller/DeSilva)
2. Additional Long Range Planning
(Perfit)
Future global
deep submergence initiatives: Western Pacific, Indian Ocean, S.EPR,
Mediterranean,
Polar Regions
(DESSC members/area champions)
International
collaboration initiatives (Perfit)
3. Discussion of traditional operating
areas vs. expedition science.
IX. WHOI Deep Submergence Data Archiving Policy (Perfit/DeSilva,
w/WHOI personnel as needed)
1. Discussion - DESSC
and Agency Comments
X. Review/Revise DESSC Terms of Reference and UNOLS Charter,
Annex II (Perfit/DeSilva)
1. Status of inter-agency MOU
(Agency Reps.)
XI. DESSC Discussion of Integrated Facilities, Nested Survey
Strategy (Perfit and WHOI Personnel)
1. How to Better Educate the User Community
on Conducting Field Programs
with ALVIN, Jason, Argo-II
and DSL-120 sonar - A User’s Perspective (D. Yoerger)
2. AGU Fall Special Session (Fornari)
3. Public Outreach - revisited
(Perfit)
DEep Submergence Science Committee Dinner
Tuesday, 16 July 1998
6:30 p.m.
Coonamesset Inn
311 Gifford St.
(corner of Jones Rd. & Gifford St.)
Dinner is planned at the Coonamesset Inn on Tuesday, 16 June 1998 at 6:30 p.m. It will be pay-your-own and order from the menu.