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The Deep Submergence Science Committee

The Deep Submergence Science Committee (DeSSC) is a standing Committee of the University - National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS). DESSC provides advisory responsibilities for the National Deep Submergence Facility which includes Alvin, Jason/Medea, and Sentry. 

UNOLS office contact for DeSSC: Alice Doyle (alice@unols.org)

A list of the current UNOLS DeSSC members is below and can be found here.  

Title Category
Mid-Scale ROV (mROV) Requirements White Paper National Deep Submergence Facility
1990 DESSC Submersible Science Study Report Annual Reports
1979 UNOLS Sponsored Research Submersible Facility Requirements Report NDSF Studies
1982 ARC Submersible Science Study Report NDSF Studies
DeSSC Early Career Program Reference: EAGER Cruise Report NDSF Cruise Planning Resources
Final Workshop Report: Establishing Community Standards for Underwater Video Acquisition, Tagging, Archiving, and Access Data Acquisition Systems, Management and Tools
DESCEND-2 Final Report National Deep Submergence Facility
Alvin White Paper: Ongoing need for a 6500m-rated HOV (Council endorsed 3/2019) National Deep Submergence Facility
2019 DeSSC New User Program Announcement Announcement
Building the Next-Generation Alvin Submersible (2012) National Deep Submergence Facility
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle ABE is added to the National Deep Submergence Facility (2006) National Deep Submergence Facility
Instructions for Future Science Access to DSL-120A (2006) National Deep Submergence Facility
A Perspective on Two Decades of Deliberations Regarding Deep Submergence Facility Requirements (2002) National Deep Submergence Facility
Being There - The Continuing Need for Human Presence in the Deep Ocean for Scientific Research and Discovery (2002) National Deep Submergence Facility
Deep Submersible and Potential Marine Geological, Biological, and Geochemical Research (2002) National Deep Submergence Facility