Search Results - "Proceedings OCEANS '83"

An Optical Instrument For Monitoring Suspended Particulates In Ocean And Laboratory by Downing, J.

“…An optical sensor and submersible electronics unit has been developed for measuring particle concentrations in the ocean, rivers and laboratory. Particles are…”
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Potential Oceanographic Applications Of Satellite Altimetry For Inferring Subsurface Thermal Structure by Khedouri, E., Szczechowski, C., Cheney, R.

“…A unique data set consisting of expendable bathythermograph (XBT) observations from repeated Gulf Stream crossings was used to provide ground-truth for GEOS-3…”
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Blue Ribbon Panel Comments by Byrne, J., Geer, R., Flipse, J., Lindbergh, J., Goldberg, E., Schumacher, A., Gerwick, B., Mechlin, G., Wenzel, J.

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Abundance of Hydrothermal Mineral Deposits on Seamounts Inferred From Seamounts Petrologic Characteristics and Abundances by Batiza, R.

“…In this short paper we attempt to make crude estimates of the amounts of sulfide mineral precipitates on off-ridge seamounts relative to the amounts…”
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Autonomous Computer Controlled Ice Drill Perfomance Tests by Beverly, C.

“…A series of tests of the Advanced Development Model (ADM) thermal ice drill, were conducted at the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory,…”
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Use Of Lightweight Concrete For Arctic Offshore Structures by Yu-Yi Hsu, Fotinos, G.

“…The present study included a literature search of existing information on lightweight concrete (LWC) in an Arctic environment, inspection of existing concrete…”
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Comparison Of Geophysically Defined Hard Bottom And Visually Detected Live Bottom In The Charlotte Harbor Area Of The Southwest Florida Continental Shelf by Gettleson, D., Spring, K., Hammer, R., Putt, R.

“…Live-bottom surveys utilizing underwater television and still cameras and a biological dredge were conducted in several OCS oil and gas lease blocks in the…”
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Waste Disposal in the Marine Environment. 1. Biological Availability of Heavy Metals to Marine Invertebrates by Breteler, R., Neff, J.

“…Anthropogenic wastes such as fly ash, drilling muds, dredged materials and sewage sludge often contain significant amounts of trace metals. Disposal of these…”
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A Wave Directional Spectrum Buoy Using ARGOS by Ezraty, R., Ollitrault, M., Ayela, G.

“…A 2.5-meter diameter, heave pitch and roll buoy, has been developed by CNEXO and NEREIDES Company. The ARGOS satellite system is used for data transmission. To…”
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History And Accomplishments In Ocean Engineering At The Naval Ocean Systems Center, 1966-1983 by Talkington, H.

“…The search for the "H" Bomb off Palomares, Spain and its subsequent recovery by the CURV I was conducted in January through April 1966. Using this operation as…”
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Georgia Estuaries Circulation Survey by McCoy, S., Watson, W.

“…The 1980 Circulation Survey, Southeast Atlantic Coast Estuaries, Sapelo Sound to St. Andrew Sound, Georgia, was conducted from March through June 1980 by the…”
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Environmental Impact Of A 4-KM Causeway At Prudhoe Bay, Alaska: How Could Government and Industry Benefit? by Robilliard, G., Colonell, J.

“…The gravel-fill Prudhoe Bay Causeway extends 4-km into the Beaufort Sea at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska and has a noticeable impact on local physical and biological…”
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Marine Hard Mineral Resources - Progress and Problems by Moore, J.

“…Since 1966, the scientific study of ferromanganese nodules has firmly established their economic grade, their metals content, and their geographic distribution…”
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Programmable Deep Ocean Transceiver by Gastouniotis, C., Moropoulos, C.

“…A universal Programmable Deep Ocean Transceiver (PDOT) is described.The objective of the development was to provide a microprocessor based system capable of…”
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Pumping Of Low-Temperature Deep Sea Water For Cooling Of Facilities On Land by Emura, T., Hamada, T., Hirasawa, R., Matsumoto, T.

“…The low-temperature deep-sea water is pumped up to coast through pipes. We cool refrigerants of refrigerating machines in the pumped low-temperature sea water…”
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A New Microsubmersible For Deep Water Work And Exploration by Hawkes, G., Earle, S.

“…The characteristics of a new one person micro-submersible, Deep Rover I, are described. The system features a transparent acrylic pressure hull rated to one…”
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Remote Sensing Of The Air-Sea Interface Using Microware Acoustics by McConnell, S.

“…Measurements of sea surface acoustic backscatter and ambient noise at centimeter wavelengths have been taken over the past several years in the open ocean,…”
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Placer Minerals On The U.S. Outer Continental Shelves-Opportunity For Development by Beauchamp, R., Cruickshank, M.

“…A high potential exists for discovering placer minerals on the Alaskan continental shelf. The eastern Bering Sea shelf may have the greatest potential for…”
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Marine Technology Drives Marine Policy by Knauss, J.

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The Ocean Pollution Data And Information Network (OPDIN) by Audet, J.

“…The National Ocean Pollution Planning Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-273) designated the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as the lead agency…”
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