Revised 12/2/02
Tentative Agenda
UNOLS DEep Submergence Science Committee
Planning Meeting
December 5, 2002
Meeting Location:
Hotel Cosmo
(415) 673-6040
761 Post Street, San Francisco, CA
(Click here to see S.F. Map and hotel location)
The meeting room will be equipped with the following audio/visual equipment:
· Microphone and Podium
· Overhead Projector
· 35 mm Slide Projector
· 10’ x 10’ Screen
· XGA Computer Projector (Individual MAC or PC laptops can be hooked-up for PowerPoint presentations)
It is requested that all individuals who have been asked to make presentations provide a copy of their material (electronic format preferred or paper copy) to the UNOLS Office. Presentations can be submitted to the UNOLS Office in advance of the meeting at office@unols.org or they can be given to Annette DeSilva at the meeting. Presentation material will be included in the meeting minutes.
08:00 Coffee, Distribution of Meeting Material (Written Reports)
08:15 Introduction - DESSC Chair's Report
08:30 Approval of Minutes of May 2002 DESSC meeting
08:35 2002 Science Reports - Presentations by Principal Investigators
· ALVIN users
· ROV/AUV users
· Users of other facility assets
10:30 - 10:45 Break
10:45 National Deep Submergence Facility (NDSF) Operator’s Report (WHOI)
· Introduction
· Operations Summary - NDSF vehicle systems
· NDSF Website – new features, updates
· Upgrades to the NDSF vehicles, science sensors, navigation systems and ATLANTIS – status and plans for 2003-2004
̃ ALVIN – datalogging system, time stamping of video data, community input, upgrade plans
̃ ROV (Jason II, DSL-120, and Argo II) Upgrades - Results of field trials and science missions
̃ ATLANTIS
¨ Improvements and repairs
¨ Community input for improvements
· NDSF Scheduling for 2003/2004
· Archive Update (Dan Fornari)
· WHOI Chief Scientist position progress
12:00 – 13:30 Break for Lunch (Attendees will be on their own for lunch)
13:30 Other Facility Operator Reports
· HBOI (S. Pomponi)
· MBARI (M. Chaffey)
· MPL (F. Spiess)
· HURL
· ROPOS
14:00 Agency Reports
· NOAA (NURP and Ocean Exploration Initiative) – (Barbara Moore)
· ONR (John Freitag)
· NSF (Dolly Dieter, Jim Yoder)
14:45 6500 m Sub and New Alvin Design Advisory Committee (NADAC) report from Bob Brown
· DESSC related activities
15:30 – 15:45 Break
15:45 Future Deep Submergence Facility Needs
· Ocean Floor Observatories
· Other Core Needs (R2K, Margins, etc)
16:00 Long-Range and Expeditionary Planning Discussion
· RIDGE 2000 – Update of RIDGE 2000 program activities (major workshops, progress for the year and plans)
16:15 Shallow-water Submergence Science Ad Hoc Committee
Mandate, membership, support (comments from facility reps?)
Issues: Science, Technology needs, Access and Funding
16:25 Report on LINK Symposium results (Patty Fryer and Jim Bellingham)
· Workshop summary
· Follow-up efforts
16:40 Announcements of future submergence meetings:
· 2003 AGU Fall Meeting
· 2004 ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting?
16:50 Archaeology Programs
17:00 Updates on public outreach and education activities?
· Inner Space Center
· NOAA Explorations – 2002 Plans
· REVEL
· IMAX
· NeMO
· MATE Program – ROV competition
· Deep submergence lectureships
· Discovery Channel Series
17:15 Adjourn