Revised:   December 1, 2005

 

Tentative Agenda
DEep Submergence Science Committee Meeting

The Marriott Courtyard at San Francisco Downtown
* Rincon Hill Room*
299 Second Street, San Francisco, CA 94105

December 4, 2005
A copy of this agenda can be downloaded at <200512desag.pdf>

 

Please RSVP the UNOLS Office at <office@unols.org> if you plan to attend.

 

THE MEETING BEGINS AT 8:30 AM

 

SPECIAL NOTE: The DESSC agenda is very full. In order to cover all items, we request that all presenters provide PowerPoint slides to the UNOLS Office in advance of the meeting. The UNOLS Office will compile all slides and load them on a laptop for viewing at the meeting. Please send your slide to the UNOLS Office <office@unols.org> no later than Monday, November 28th. Thank you.

 

0800    Coffee and Pastries

 

0830   Introductory Remarks, Meeting Logistics, Introductions (Deb Kelley)

·         Review Agenda Items

·         Accept minutes - June 2005 <200506desmi.html>

·         Introductions of DESSC members

 

0845   2005 PI reports (Deb Kelley moderator) [NOTE: All presenters are required to provide PowerPoint slides to the UNOLS Office <office@unols.org> no later than Monday, November 28th. Presentations should be limited to 3 slides MAXIMUM and not exceed 5 minutes. The UNOLS Office will compile all slides in advance of the meeting.]

 

·         Alvin PIs

·         Jason2/DSL120 PIs

·         Other Facility Users -PIs who used other deep submergence vehicles in 2005 and would like to provide a report at the DESSC meeting should contact the UNOLS Office.  All slides are needed no later than 11/28.

 

1015    Mid Morning Break

 
1030  Agency and UNOLS Reports

·         NSF - Mike Reeve/Dolly Dieter

·         NOAA - Barbara Moore

·         UNOLS

 

1100    National Facility Operators Report (Bob Detrick/WHOI Personnel)

A.     Personnel Update

B.     NDSF Vehicle Operations Summary:

·         Alvin

·          ROVs

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

C.     Update on Data and Archiving (Maurice Tivey)

 

1130    Upgrades to National Deep Submergence Facility (WHOI-DSF Personnel)

A.     Alvin Overhaul Plans (Dudley Foster)

B.     Annual request for upgrades to science sensors and operational capabilities of NDSF vehicles - status

·         Roadmap for a new acoustic navigation system (Jon Howland)

·         Suction samplers - (Andy Bowen)

C.     Tools and Access

·         Third Party Tool - Rock Drill (Maurice Tivey)

·         Vibracorer System - Eli Silver

 

1200    Lunch Break

 

1310    Deep Submergence Scheduling:  2006 and Beyond

A.     Review straw man schedule for 2006 and beyond (Liz Caporelli)

B.     Review of facility requests for 2007+ and identification of funded programs (Annette DeSilva)

 

1330    Operational Summary and Collaborations with Other Deep Submergence Activities  - Facility Operators are invited to provide written reports that will be available at the meeting.  Facility Operators that are present at the meeting are welcome to provide brief reports, but should notify the UNOLS Office <office@unols.org> in advance of the meeting. Please limit reports to 5 minutes. Slides should be submitted no later than Monday, November 28th.]

 

·         NOAA/HURL - John Smith

 

1350    DESSC Activities and Issues (Deb Kelley)

·         Establishing Criteria for bringing New Assets into the NDSF

·         Establishing Safety Standards for the use of Human Occupied Vehicles

 

1415    Replacement HOV Update

·         Project Status (Bob Brown)

·         Community Input on science instrumentation, tools, sensors, etc (Deb Kelley). A list of planned sensors is available at <http://www.unols.org/committees/dessc/replacement_HOV/RHOV_science_sensor_list.PDF>

 

1445    Break

 

1500 RIDGE Data Management Office Report (Dale Chayes)

1515    Outreach, Education, Archeology, and other Deep Submergence Programs

·         RIDGE Lectureship Program

·         MATE Program (Jill Zande)

·         REVEL

·         Archeology

·         COSEE

·         Others?

 

1545    Long-Range Planning Issues

·         Ocean Observatory Initiative - Bob Detrick

·         MARS Cabled Observatory - Steve Etchemendy

·         Neptune Canada

 

1615    HROV Status Report (Andy Bowen)

 

1630    Other business

·         2006/7 DESSC Meeting Plan

·         UNOLS AGU Booth #228

 

1700    Adjourn

 

Note to Deep Submergence Scientists:  We encourage you to bring your students to this DESSC meeting as it offers them a unique opportunity to become familiar with the National Deep Submergence Facility and its users.