Ocean and Earth Observing Seafloor Interface

Ocean Sciences Session

Real-time information on a global scale about the ocean above and the earth below their shared interface can be obtained from sensors (e.g., temperature, pressure, and acceleration) deployed in conjunction with efficient data relays. One important example is sensors embedded in submarine telecommunications cables. Such a deployment addresses two critical needs for science and society:
1) improved resolution and rapidity in global tsunami warning and seismic monitoring, and
2) sustained, cost-effective ocean circulation, sea level and climate data.

This session solicits abstracts on efficient interfacing and integration of sensors, improving sensor accuracy (e.g., drift free absolute pressure) and transfer functions, modeling studies to quantify the expected benefits of the improved sampling, and results from existing ocean-bottom systems.

Primary Section/Focus Group:
Ocean Sciences

SWIRL Theme:
Data & Emerging Technologies

Index

Terms:

Modeling [COMPUTATIONAL GEOPHYSICS] Ocean observing systems [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL] Instruments and techniques [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL] Seismic instruments and networks [SEISMOLOGY]

Cross-Listing(s):
Yes; NS – Near Surface Geophysics; S – Seismology

Primary Convener:
Charlotte A Rowe, char Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos NM (United States)

Convener:
Susan L Bilek, sbilek New Mexico Tech, Department of Earth and Environmental science, Socorro NM  (United States)

Convener:
Jerome Aucan, jerome.aucan Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Laboratoire d'Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiale (LEGOS), Nouméa (New Caledonia)

Convener:
Bruce M Howe, bhowe University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu HI (United States)