RESEARCH VESSEL TECHNICAL ENHANCEMENT
COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 18,19,20 2000
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
of Columbia University
Palisades, New York
Directions to the LDEO Campus are posted at:
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/facilities/campus_map/
Wednesday, October 18, 2000:
Monell Auditorium
8:30 am Informal Discussion Period
9:00 am Meeting Called to Order
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Welcome by L-DEO
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Introductory Remarks by John Freitag, Chair
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Intro to Breakout Sessions – Dale Chayes
9:15 am Participant Introductions
9:30 am Accept Minutes - Accept
the 1999 RVTEC Annual Meeting Minutes
9:35 am Agency Reports:
10:00 am Break
10:20 am UNOLS Reports
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Summary of UNOLS Activities
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Report on Quality of service issues, Mike Prince, UNOLS Executive Secretary
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RVTEC liaisons with UNOLS Subcommittees:
11:20 am USCGC HEALY Science Systems Testing - John Freitag will
report on the outcome of the Science Systems Testing program on the USCGC
HEALY and plans for the future.
11:30 am ADCP Update on Phased Array ADCP systems – John Freitag
will provide an update on the status of testing the Phased Array Technology.
11:45 am SeaNet Update - Discussion on the installation and use
of SeaNet Systems on UNOLS vessels, future plans for the SeaNet system
and the present state of the art on satellite connectivity. (Dale Chayes/Andy
Maffei)
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Report on ISM issues and discussion - Bill Martin (UW)
and Paul Ljunggren (LDEO)
1:30 pm Report from MATE on activities during the past year and
future directions.
1:45 pm Discussion of Base levels of Technician/Instrumentation support
provided on UNOLS ships - Moderated by Sandy Shor, NSF
2:45 pm Break
3:00 pm High speed data communication
Conducted at L-DEO Lab facility (Dale Chayes)
5:00 pm Adjourn Day 1 Business
Evening: Dinner/Activity (to be announced)
Thursday, October 19 ,2000
8:30 am Informal Discussion
9:00 am Call to order and announcements
9:15 am Report from INMARTECH 2000 by Tony Amos and other attendees.
9:30 am Break out sessions:
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Workshop session on 0.322 electrical wire termination techniques
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Salinometer techniques – Hands on interactive session with Bruce Huber
(LDEO)
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SeaNet Tutorial Session
12:00 Noon Lunch
1:30 pm Break out sessions:
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Workshop session on 0.322 electrical wire termination techniques (Repeat)
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SeaNet Tutorial Session (Repeat)
4:00 pm Group discussion of Break out sessions, specific points
5:00 pm Adjourn Day 2 Business
RVTEC Dinner -October 19, 2000
The River Club, Nyack, NY
Please RSVP John Diebold at marscico@ldeo.columbia.edu
Friday, October 20, 2000
8:00 am Informal Discussion
8:30 am Data Logging
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NOAA/SCS user group session and presentations – Dennis Shields, NOAA
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Demo of latest NOAA SCS software
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Discussion of use of SCS on UNOLS and USCG ships
9:30 am Show and Tell session
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OSU Data display system – Toby Martin, OSU
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Winch instrumentation recording – Bill Fanning, URI
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Data Network modules – Rich Findley
10:00 am Break
10:20am Subcommittee Reports
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Online Resources Subcommittee; Tom Wilson
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Data Interchange Subcommittee; Steve Poulos/Bill Martin
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Wire and Cable Specifications Review Subcommittee; Rich Findley
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Training and education committee; Bill Martin
11:40am New Business
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Nominations and Election of Chair
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Selection of 2001 meeting site
Adjournment