FINAL PROGRAM OF SSC'03


ORAL SESSIONS


JUNE 25, 2003 (Wednesday)

 

 Opening Ceremony 09:00 - 09:15

Dr. Hajimu Kinoshita (JAMSTEC)

 

Previous System 09:15 - 10:55

Chair: Ralph Stephen

Scientific results from underwater earthquake monitoring using cabled observatories

Hitoshi Mikada, Kenji Hirata, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Katsuyoshi Kawaguchi, Tomoki Watanabe, Riyo Otsuka, Shigehiko Morita

Ocean Crusta; Drilling at the Hawaii-2 Observatory

Stephen, R.A., Kasahara, J, Acton, G.D and the ODP Leg 200 Scientific Party

2003 and 2004 Upgrades and Additions to the Hawaii-2 Observatory

A.D. Chave, J.W. Bailey, S. Beaulieu, R. Butler, F.K. Duennebier, J.H. Filloux, D. Harris, M. Mandea, J.A. Orcutt, K. Smith, R. Stephen, P. Tarits, and F.L. Vernon

SN-1: the first node of the Italian seafloor observatory network - background and perspective

Paolo Favali, SN-1 Team and NEMO Collaboration

 

Coffee Break 10:55 - 11:15

 

Observation Technology (1) 11:15 - 12:30

Chair: Paolo Favali

Optical Hydraulic Pressure Sensor using Frequency Shifted-feedback Laser for Ocean-Bottom-Tsunami Sensing

Takefumi Hara, Fumihiko Imamura, and Hiromasa Ito

Integrated Acoustics Systems for Ocean Observatories (IASOO)

Bruce M. Howe, James H. Miller, and the IASOO Committee

Engineering Reliability Engineering the NEPTUNE Observatory

Paul Bowerman, Harold Kirkham, Gene Massion, George Fox, Philip Lancaster, Steve Lentz, Bruce Howe and Rich Kemski

 

Lunch and Poster Session 12:30 - 13:50

 

Observation Technology (2) 13:50 - 15:05

Chair: Bruce Howe

Development and Field Application of Composite Type Submarine Cables for Coastal Wave Observation

Toshihiko NAGAI, Hiromi KADO, Masakatsu NAKAYAMA, Hiroyasu NAKASHIMA, Mitsuru INOUE, Yasuo SHIMIZU and Tohru NAKAGAWA

Seafloor Geomagnetic Observatories

Pascal Tarits, Mioara Mandea, Michel Calzas, Christine Drezen and Alain Dubreule

Managing Sensor Network Configuration and Metadata in Ocean Observatories Using Sensor Pucks

Thomas C. O'Reilly, Michael Risi, Kent L. Headley

 

Coffee Break 15:05 - 15:25

 

Science Results 15:25 - 17:25

Chair: Nikolay Palshin

Deep MT sounding in Fennoscandia using sumbarine cable voltages measurements

Nick A. Palshin and Peter Sigray

Monitoring tne Kuroshio in the Tokara Strait and Izu Islands region by using submarine cables

K. Rikiishi , Y. Hashimoto, H. Matsuda and M. Michigami

Ocean Transport Monitoring in the Beginning Region of the Kuroshio using OKITAI&OLU Submarine Cables

Momoki Koga, Cho-Teng Liu , Sesar Villanoy and Keisuke Taira

Three-Dimensional Electrical Conductivity Structure Beneath North Pacific by Using a Submarine Cable Network

Takao Koyama, Hisayoshi Shimizu and Hisashi Utada

Micro-tsunami detected by cabled ocean-bottom tsunami meters off Sanriku

Tatsuo Ohmachi and Kiyoshi Suyehiro

 

Reception (Hotel Tokyo Komaba Eninence) 18:30 - 20:30

 


JUNE 26, 2003 (Thursday)

 

AUV/ROV Technology 08:30 - 10:10

Chair: Dana Yoerger

Preliminary Study on the Inertial-doppler Localization of a Deep-sea Launcher hanging on Cable

Pan-Mook Lee, Chong-Moo Lee, Sea-Moon Kim, Bong-Hwan Jeon, Seok-Won Kim, and Taro Aoki

Visual Observation of Underwater Objects by Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

Hayato Kondo and Tamaki Ura

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for Seafloor Observatories: Challenges and Opportunities

Dana R. Yoerger and Albert M. Bradley

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle R2D4

Kenji Nagahashi, Takashi Obara, , Tamaki Ura and Takashi Sakamaki

 

Coffee Break 10:10 - 10:30

 

Communication Technology (1) 10:30 - 12:10

Chair: Gary Waterworth

Synchronous Data Transmission and Sea Water Power Return Cable System

Steve Meehan

High Reliability Submarine Optical Cables and Their Use in Scientific Applications

Gary Waterworth and Mark Fullenbaum

Data transport system architecture for scientific submarine cable

Yukio Horiuchi, KDDI R&D Laboratories Inc., Japan

A Modular Gigabit Ethernet Backbone for NEPTUNE and Other Ocean Observatories

Andrew Maffei, J. Bailey, A. Bradley, A. Chave, X. Garcia, H. Gelman, S. Lerner, G. Massion and D. Yoerger

 

Lunch and Poster Session 12:10 - 14:10

 

Technical Tour 13:00 - 14:00

(The Ura Lab of Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo)

 

Communication Technology (2) 14:10 - 15:00

Chair: Walter Paul

The Data Transmission System for the Real-time Seafloor Monitoring Cable Network

Minoru Yoshida and Yoshiharu Hirayama

Electrical and Electro-Optical Mooring Links for Buoy Based Ocean Observatories

Water Paul, D. Bentley, M. Chaffey and D. Frye

 

Future System(1) 15:05 - 16:20

Chair: Scott Glenn

Cabled Observatories for Ocean Research: a Component of the Ocean Observatories Initiative:

H.L. Clark and A.R. Isern

History of and Current Plans for U.S. Scientific Cabled Observatories for Time Series

Scott M. Glenn, Tommy D. Dickey, Oscar M. Schofield

Sensor networks for cabled ocean observatories

Bruce M. Howe, Timothy McGinnis, Harold Kirkham, Gene Massion

 

Coffee Break 16:20 - 16:40

 

Future System(2) 16:40 - 18:20

Chair: Adam Schultz

A multidisciplinary ocean observatory system for the North Atlantic and Southern Ocean: B-DEOS

Adam Schultz and the B-DEOS Consortium

ARENA : A Versatile and Multidisciplinary Scientific Submarine Cable Network of Next Generation

Yuichi Shirasaki, Minoru Yoshida, Takato Nishida, Katsuyoshi Kawaguchi and Kenichi Asakawa

VENUS: Future Science on a Costal Mid-Depth Observatory

Richard K. Dewey and Verena Tunnicliffe

System Engineering for a Regional Scale Cabled Observatory, Process and Progress

Gene Massion, Pat Beauchamp, Alan Chave, Tim McGinnis, Peter Phibbs, Dave Rogers

 


JUNE 27, 2003 (Friday)

 

Data Interface Standardization 08:30 - 10:10

Chair: Alan Chave

Building Standards for Access to Oceanographic Observatory Instrumentation

Andrew Maffei, A.D. Chave, J. Edson, J. Fredricks, J. Ammerman, J. Graybeal and R. Hanisch

Conversion of SEED format to XML representation for a new standard of seismic waveform exchange

Seiji Tsuboi and Shinya Morino

MBARI's SSDS: Operational, Extensible Data Management for Ocean Observatories

John Graybeal, Kevin Gomes, Michael McCann, Brian Schlining, Rich Schramm and Daniel Wilkin

Development of Costal and Estuarine Environmental Markup Language for Data Sharing

Yutaka KAMEYAMA, Tsuneki SAKAKIBARA, Keita FURUKAWA

 

Coffee Break 10:10 - 10:25

 

Panel Discussion: 10:25 - 11:25

Chair: Alan Chave (WHOI)

Subject: International Standards for Data Interfaces

Panelist: Andrew Maffei (WHOI)

Seiji Tsuboi (IFREE, JAMSTEC)

Brian Schlining (MBARI)

 

Lunch and Poster Session 11:25 - 13:15

 

Technical Tour 12:00 - 13:00

(The Ura Lab of Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo)

 

Power Supply Technology 13:15 - 14:05

Chair: Harold Kirkham

The NEPTUNE Power System: Desin from Fundamentals

Harold Kirkham, Philip Lancaster, Chen-Ching Liu, Mohamed El-Sharkawi and Bruce Howe

Feasibility study on power feeding system for scientific cable network ARENA

Kenichi Asakawa, Jun Muramatsu and Yuichi Shirasaki

 

Future System(3) 14:10 - 15:25

Chair: Rhett Butler

ASSEM : A new concept of regional observatory

J. BLANDIN , R. PERSON, J.M. STROUT, P. BRIOLE, G. ETIOPE, M. MASSON, S. SMOLDERS, V. LYKOUSIS, G. FERENTINOS and J. LEGRAND

Infrastructure for the Modification and Maintenance of Legacy Undersea Systems

Arthur Ayres

Scientific Re-Use of Retired Undersea Fiber Optic Telecommunication Cables

Rhett Butler, IRIS, USA

 

Coffee Break 15:25 - 15:40

 

Future System(4) 15:40 - 17:45

Chair: Richard Dewey

Physical Oceanography from Deep Ocean Submarine Cable Observatories

Douglas Luther

Seafloor Geodesy and an Ocean Bottom Cable System

Hiromi Fujimoto

SMAPS: Super-Precision Mapping for Crustal Monitoring

Paul Jubinski and Donald M. Hussong

The MOMAR Area: a prime candidate for development of a sea floor observation

Fernando J.A.S. Barrriga and Ricardo S. Santos

ESONET- European Sea Floor Observatory Network

Imants G. PRIEDE, Martin SOLAN, Jürgen MIENERT, Roland PERSON, Tjeerd .C.E.VAN WEERING, Olaf PFANNKUCHE, Nick O'NEILL, Anastasios TSELEPIDES, Laurenz THOMSEN, Paolo FAVALI, Francesco GASPARONI, Nevio ZITELLINI, Claude MILLOT, Hans W. GERBER, Jorge M.A. DE MIRANDA and Michael KLAGES

 

Closing Celemony 17:45 - 17:50

 


POSTER SESSION

JUNE 25 ; 13:00 - 13:50

JUNE 26 ; 13:00 - 14:00

JUNE 27 ; 12:00 - 13:00


Development of Laser Tsunami-meter

Shoji SAKATA, Mikhail A. GUBIN, Akito ARAYA, and Daiske TSUBOI

Insulation Measurement of Undersea Equipments and Failure Analysis of the Underwater Connector on VENUS System

Junichi Kojima

Pioneering Subsea Fiber Optic and Electric Solutions - Communication interconnect advances and solutions for cabled observatory installation, operation and maintenance

Steven Thumbeck, John Toth, Stewart Barlow

Development, Testing and Track Record of Fiber-Optic Wet-Mate Connectors

Gary Brown

A Rescue Surface Vehicle

Yan Kuichen, Yuan Xueqing, Qin Baocheng

Robust Trajectory Control of a Remotely Operated Vehicle for Underwater Inspection Tasks

Jenhwa Guo, Forng-Chen Chiu, Sheng-Wen Cheng, Jun-Wei Pan

Development of AUV "Marine Bird" with Underwater Docking and Recharging System

Tadayuki KAWASAKI, Toshihito NOGUCHI, Takeo IIMORI, Toshifumi FUKASAWA, Yozo SHIBATA, and Makoto BAINO

Cable Tracking by Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

Junichi Kojima

Acoustic thermometry time series in the North Pacific

Bruce M. Howe, Brian. D. Dushaw, James A. Mercer, Peter F. Worcester, and the NPAL Group (John. A. Colosi, Bruce C. Cornuelle, Brian. D. Dushaw, Matthew. A. Dzieciuch, Bruce. M. Howe, James. A. Mercer, Robert. C. Spindel, and Peter. F. Worcester)

Long-term electromagnetic field observational network in Russian Primorye

V.M. Nikiforov, N.A. Palshin, S.S. Starzhinskii and V.A. Kouznetsov

Detectability of decadal variations of the surface electric potential generated by oscillating zonal flows in earth's core

Hisayoshi Shimizu, Hisashi Utada

Measurements of motionally induced voltages in the Ria de Aveiro lagoon(Portugal)

Rita Nolasco, Fernando A. Monteiro Santos, Antonio Soares, Nick A. Palshin, Patricia Represas and Joao M. Dias, Paolo Favali, SN-1 Team and NEMO Collaboration

Double Seismic Zone in the Hokkaido Island, Southern Kurile Arc, Derived from off-Kushiro permanent OBS and Land-based Observations

Tomoki WATANABE, Riyo OTSUKA, Hitoshi MIKADA, Kenji HIRATA, Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Minoru KASAHARA, and Kiyoshi SUYEHIRO

Multi-disciplinary VENUS observation at the Ryukyu Trench using Guam-Okinawa Geophysical Submarine Cable

Junzo Kasahara, Ryoichi Iwase, Tadashi Nakatuka ,Koji Nagaya, Yuichi Shirasaki, Katsuyoshi Kawaguchi and Jun'ichi Kojima

Off Hatsushima Island observatory in Sagami Bay : Multidisciplinary long term observation at cold seepage site with underwater mateable connectors for future use

Ryoichi Iwase, Kenichi Asakawa, Hitoshi Mikada, Tadanori Goto, Kyohiko Mitsuzawa, Katsuyoshi Kawaguchi, Kenji Hirata, Yuka Kaiho

AOS :The Adaptable Observation System for Real-time Seafloor Observation

Katsuyoshi KAWAGUCHI, Hitoshi Mikada, Hiroko Sugioka and Hiroyuki Matsumoto

A Near Real-Time Buoy Telemetry System for Observation of Marine Earthquake/Crustal Deformation in Japan

Hiroyuki Sekino and Andrew M. Clark

Scientific Application of ARENA Networks

Junzo Kasahara, Yuichi Shirasaki, Kenichi Asakawa and Katsuyoshi Kawaguchi

Permanent Full Wave Subsea Seismic Monitoring Systems Provides Next Generation of Applications for Oil and Gas Reservoir Exploration, Geotechnical Engineering and Security Monitoring Industries

Harold Merry and Larry Walter

Development of Fiber-Optical Microsensors for Geophysical Use

Hiroshi Asanuma, Satoshi Hashimoto, Shin-ichi Tano, Shoichi Takashima, Hiroaki Niitsuma and Yugo Shindo