May 12, 2004

Tentative Agenda

DEep Submergence Science Committee

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Carriage House

Woods Hole, MA

May 17-18, 2004

MEETING BEGINS AT 8:30 AM

Notice to Meeting Participants – Please park in the Clark parking lot.

Day One: Monday, May 17, 2004

0800 Coffee and Pastries

0830 Introductory Remarks, Meeting Logistics, Introductions (Fryer)

· Review Agenda Items and Revise as Needed

· Accept minutes – January 25, 2004

· DESSC Membership and the Role of DESSC

0845 Agency and UNOLS Reports

A. NSF – Dolly Dieter – Budget, funding decisions and impact on facility scheduling

B. ONR – John Freitag

C. NOAA – Barbara Moore

D. UNOLS – Peter Wiebe

0930 National Facility Operators Report (Pittenger/WHOI Personnel)

A. NDSF Vehicle Operations Summary:

· ALVIN

· ROVs

· NDSF Support Ships - ATLANTIS and Other Global UNOLS vessel operations.

− New Security Rules

B. Status report on the archiving of all deep submergence data in the WHOI archives (Fornari)

· Duplication and Frame-Grabbing of Legacy Data

C. Chief Scientist – Deep Submergence – some thoughts for the future.

D. Update of NDSF-related WHOI Activities

· Personnel Changes in Marine Operations

· Chief Scientist Deep Submergence Replacement

· Status of internal WHOI Access to the Sea Task Force (as related to NDSF)

1015 Mid-morning break

1030 Wrap-Up NDSF Operator’s Report

1045 Upgrades to National Deep Submergence Facility (WHOI-DSF Personnel)

A. Annual request for upgrades to science sensors and operational capabilities of NDSF vehicles – status

· Response to Tim Shank’s survey

· Suction samplers

· Doppler and Gyro

· Near Bottom High resolution sonar systems

· Navigation

B. ATLANTIS Improvements status

C. Status of Tool Sleds and Third Party Tools

· Compatibility with other deep submergence facilities

· ROCK Drill – MBARI, WHOI and NSF discussions

D. Transitioning ABE into NDSF - discussion

1200 Lunch Break

1300 Deep Submergence Scheduling: 2005 and Beyond

A. Review straw man schedule for 2005 and beyond (WHOI)

B. Review of facility requests and identification of funded programs (DeSilva)

1330 Long-Range Planning Issues

A. Status of NDSF Memorandum of Understanding

B. Shallow Submergence Science Committee – Future Plans

C. DESSC 3-Year Agenda

D. Future global deep submergence initiatives

· RIDGE2000 (Fornari)

· Margins (Fryer)

· Observatories (Detrick)

− Note to DESSC - The UNOLS Working Group Report is available at <http://www.unols.org/committees/fic/observatory/work_group.asp>.

1415 Mid-Afternoon Break

1430 New Alvin updates: Proposal and Design Status (Bob Brown)

1500 HROV Status Report (Andy Bowen)

1530 Vehicle and Equipment Inventory Project

1600 Adjourn Day 1

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Day Two: Tuesday, May 18, 2004

MEETING BEGINS AT 8:30 AM

0800 Coffee and Pastries

0830 Discussion of replacements on the DESSC.

A. New Chair

B. Replacements of members rotating off

0930 Winter Meeting Strategies

A. Results of Winter Meetings:

· Special Session at Fall AGU Meeting

· AGU Portland – DESSC Meeting and training session

− Review survey response

B. Discuss DESSC participation at:

· Fall AGU – 13-17 Dec 2004, San Francisco, CA

· 2006 Ocean Sciences Meeting, AGU/ASLO – 20-24 Feb. 2006, Honolulu, HI

1000 Operational Summary and Collaborations with Other Deep Submergence Activities (Fryer)

A. MBARI

B. HBOI

C. China – COMRA

D. Japan – JAMSTEC

E. Korea - KORDI

F. MPL (ATV)

G. Navy

H. NURP & Ocean Exploration

I. ROPOS

J. HURL

1030 Mid-morning Break

1045 Outreach, Education and Archeology

A. Archeology (David Mindell)

B. RIDGE Lectureship Program (Dan Fornari)

C. Other Items?

1115 Other business

1145 Review Meeting Action Items

1200 DESSC Adjourn

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1230 NADAC Meeting, Carriage House