~ Training Workshops are offered on Friday, November 18th ~
hosted by the Louisiana Universities Marine
Consortium (LUMCON)
A pdf version of this
agenda is available at <201111rvtag.pdf>
Sunday: November 13, 2011
5:30 – 7:00 pm Pre-meeting check-in – Astor
Crown Plaza Hotel Lobby – Annette DeSilva
Monday, November 14th –
Toulouse Room
8:30 am Meeting Check-in and Informal Discussion
9:00 am Meeting Called to Order
á Introductory Remarks by David Fisichella, RVTEC Chair
á Welcome by LUMCON
– Joe Malbrough
á ÒDocumenting Hypoxia
(Low Oxygen, ÔDead ZonesÕ) in the Northern Gulf of MexicoÓ – Dr. Nancy
Rabalais
á
Accept
Minutes of the 2010 RVTEC Meeting
9:30 am RVTEC Participant Introduction
9:45 am Icebreaker Session – Tell us
about this yearÕs technical/operational crisis or most challenging situation
and how you resolved it. A
representative from each of the following vessels is requested to make a
presentation. Presentations should
be limited to one slide per ship and 5 minutes. Please consider having a junior member of your group make
the presentations. If you have a
slide it must be sent to the UNOLS Office no later than November 9th.
Order of Presentations:
á
Walton Smith
á
UW Ships:
o
Clifford A. Barnes – Justin Smith
o
Thomas G. Thompson – Justin Smith
á
Atlantic Explorer
á
WHOI Ships:
o
Atlantis
o
Knorr
o
Oceanus
á
Blue Heron
á
Cape Hatteras
- Beth Govoni
10:30
am Break
10:45 am
Resume Icebreaker Session
á
Endeavor - Lynne Butler
á
Hugh R. Sharp – Wynn Tucker
á
Kilo Moana –
á
Langseth –
á
SIO Ships
o
Melville - Brett Hembrough
o New Horizon - Brett Hembrough
o
Robert Gordon Sproul –
o
Roger Revelle –
á
Pelican
á
Point Sur - Annette DeSilva
á
Savannah
á
Wecoma - Daryl Swensen
á
NOAA vessels
á
USCG vessels - Healy
á
Antarctic
Vessels:
o
Palmer
o
Gould
12:05 pm Lunch
Break
1:15 am Agency Reports - Issues specifically
targeted to the RVTEC group (areas of interest for the Tech Managers can be
presented during the round table)
á NSF – Jim Holik
o Polar Research Vessel (PRV) Project and R/V Point Sur – Tim McGovern
á ONR – Tim Schnoor
á
USCG – Jon Berkson
á
NOAA
1:45 pm UNOLS Technical Support Manager Report –
Alice Doyle
á
Marine Technician
Retention and Recruitment Pilot Program – Update on Activities
2:15 pm Data Collection Systems and Initiatives
á
Rolling Deck to
Repository (R2R) Initiative Update – Bob Arko (20 minutes)
á
UHDAS and ADCP
update – Julia Hummon (15 minutes)
2:50 pm Break
3:05 pm JMS Inspection Report –
Ted Colburn
3:35 pm BGM-3
Gravimeters in the UNOLS Fleet
3:45 pm UNOLS Vessel Position Map – Bob Arko and Dale Chayes
4:05
pm Improved Termination Design for Sea Spy
Magnetometer – Woody Sutherland
4:30 pm Polar Research Vessel – Science Mission Requirements Refresh Project
– Dale Chayes
4:45 pm MATE Update and Long
Term Internship Program – Tami Lunsford
5:15 pm Adjourn Day 1
Tuesday, November 15th - Toulouse
Room
8:30 am Coffee and Informal Discussion
9:00 am Call to Order & Announcements
9:10
am Multibeam System Discussion:
á
Optimizing
Multibeam data quality across the fleet – An update on a strategy to
establish technical resources and new communication mechanisms to develop and
share common information, tools, and expertise for operating and monitoring MB
sonars across the fleet. - Vicki Ferrini, Jonathan Beaudoin, Paul Johnson (20
min)
á
Update on the
State of Multibeam Systems – Dale Chayes (20 min)
á
Open discussion
(10 min)
10:00 am Poster Session (Bourbon Room)
11:00 am Pre-Cruise Planning Initiative – A
report on the new pilot program to develop a web-based application for
pre-cruise planning will be provided – Adam Shepherd
11:15 am Appendix A – Implementation:
Comments, questions, and general discussion – Dave Fisichella as
moderator
12:00 pm Lunch
Break
1:00 pm LCI-90i Discussion and User Feedback
– Joe Malbrough
2:00 pm Poster Session (Bourbon Room)
3:00 pm Technical Exchange Sessions (Toulouse Room)
and (Bourbon Room) – Two separate, concurrent Tech-Exchange sessions
are planned. Please come to a session prepared to discuss the topic and share
feedback about how these areas are addressed at your institution.
v Technical
Exchange 1 – Network Infrastructure, topology, routing, shipboard WiFi,
IT – This technical exchange is
intended as a nuts and bolts discussion about the design of the network. Moderator – Jon Meyer
o
Network
Infrastructure, topology, routing
o
Shipboard
WiFi
o
Sikuliaq IT
Overview - John Haverlack (UAF/SFOS IT)
v Technical
Exchange 2 - Science Data Acquisition Systems – This technical exchanges session will provide an opportunity
to share ideas on what a DAS should look like and general concepts. Moderator
– Daryl Swensen
4:30 pm Summary of TuesdayÕs Technical Exchange
Sessions – Each Session Moderator will provide a brief summary of key
issues and highlights from their session.
5:00 pm Adjourn
Day 2
RVTEC Dinner,
November 15th - Dickie Brennan's Bourbon House 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Cocktail Reception (Cash Bar)
7:00 pm Dinner
Reservations for the dinner were required at the time
of registration.
Wednesday, November 16th – Toulouse
Room
8:30 am Coffee and Informal Discussion
9:00 am Call to Order & Announcements
9:10 am Technical Exchange Sessions (Toulouse Room)
– Two separate, concurrent Tech-Exchange sessions are planned. A divider
will split the Toulouse Room.
v Technical
Exchange 1 – R2R Eventlogger – Demo of Version 2 – Andy Maffei and Laura Stolp
v Technical
Exchange 2 - Underway Seawater Systems – Sensors, System Set-up, etc
– Moderator – Steve Hartz
10:00 am Poster Session
11:00 am Revisit Icebreaker Session – There
will be a general discussion on the topics that were identified during MondayÕs
Icebreaker session. Any
alternative solutions to the problems that were reported can be recommended.
12:00 pm Lunch
Break
1:00 pm Communications Panel Discussion – A
panel discussion with HiSeasNet and Fleet Broadband operators is planned. Topics for discussion will include, but
not be limited to, those below.
There will be opportunities for questions and answers. Panel Members include: Jon Berger, Steve Foley, Mike Gagne,
and Al Suchy
á
HiSeasNet
highlights from past year
á
Fleet Broadband
use and update
á
USAP Vessel Use
of Fleet Broadband – Scott Walker
á
Optimizing
Bandwidth (General Introduction)
á
Etc.
2:00 pm Satellite Communications, Optimizing
Bandwidth (Toulouse Room) – Review and discussion. Please bring your ideas and suggestions
about policy. (Steve Foley, Mike Gagne and Al Suchy) [Note – Bandwidth
discussion is a two hour session]
2:00 pm Poster Session (Rear of Toulouse Room)
– This is concurrent with Satellite Communications Discussion.
4:00 pm R/V Pelican
Ship Tour
Thursday, November 17th – Toulouse
Room
8:30 am Coffee and General Discussion
9:00 am Call to Order and Announcements
9:10 pm Summary of WednesdayÕs Technical Exchange
Sessions – Each Session Moderator will provide a brief summary of key
issues and highlights from their session.
9:40 am UNOLS Van Pool – Inventory and Plans – Wynn Tucker and
Daryl Swensen
10:00 am RVTEC Subcommittee Reports
á Post Cruise Assessment Committee – Daryl Swensen
á RVTEC Education Subcommittee – Aubri Steele
10:15 am 8th INMARTECH: NIOZ, Tentatively
September or October 2012 – Daryl Swensen
10:30 am Break
10:45 am 2012 RVTEC Meeting Host Institution
11:00 am UNOLS Reports (these should be very
brief and only as they relate to RVTEC)
á FIC – Annette
DeSilva
á
RVOC and Safety Committee – Rich
Findley and Joe Malbrough
á AICC and SCOAR – Steve Hartz
á UNOLS Report – David Fisichella
á Ship Design/Construction Updates
o
R/V Sikuliaq
–Steve Hartz
o Ocean Class Research Vessel Status – Tim Schnoor
o Regional Class Update – Jim Holik
11:45 am Meeting Format Discussion – David
Fisichella will lead a general discussion on this yearÕs meeting format. There will be an opportunity to provide
feedback and suggest new items.
12:00 pm Closing Remarks – David
Fisichella
12:10 pm Adjourn RVTEC Meeting
1:00
pm Training Session - CTD Troubleshooting and
Calibration (This training session will run until ~ 5:00 pm) - Marshall Swartz
(WHOI) and David Murphy (SeaBird Director of Science)
1:30 pm RVTEC Manager Roundtable
Discussion:
á
Agency Reports to Managers – Budgets, Proposal Guidelines, etc
á
Group Purchases
á
Long Term Planning
á
Local Shared-Use Equipment List
á
Other?
Friday, November 18th - Toulouse Room
08:30 am Two Training Sessions will be held
concurrently. A description of each session can be found by clicking
on the title of the training course below. Both of these sessions will offer hands-on activities. In order for the presenters to
adequately prepare for the session and have the enough training material
on-hand, we ask that you inform us in advance of the meeting on the session
that you plan to attend. Simply
send an email message to the UNOLS Office office@unols.org indicating the session.
Ø
Short
Course on Automated Underway Meteorological Observation –
Facilitators: Chris Fairall (NOAA), Dan Wolfe (NOAA),
and Shawn Smith (FSU). This
session will begin at 8:30 am and run until 12:45 pm with a 15 minute break.The agenda for the session is available at UnderwayMetObs_agenda.pdf
Ø
Fiber Optic
Termination Demo – Andrew Girard (WHOI). This session
will begin at 8:30 am and last a half day.