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Committee Reference
Arctic Icebreaker Coordinating Committee (AICC)
Documents
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2016 AICC Spring Meeting Appendix I: Minutes 130.648 KB
2016 AICC Spring Meeting Appendix II: AICC Chair Report 189.726 KB
2016 AICC Spring Meeting Appendix III: NSF Report 197.873 KB
2016 AICC Spring Meeting Appendix IV: Coast Guard Report 611.986 KB
2016 AICC Spring Meeting Appendix V: STARC Report 267.957 KB
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Teleconference
Meeting Minutes
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2016 AICC Spring Meeting Agenda 228.613 KB
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2016 DeSSC Spring Meeting

Meeting Site:

LOSOS Building Conference Room 
Quisset Campus
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
360 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole, MA 02543

Details about hotel accommodations and the agenda will be coming soon!

As a URI-Certified Green Office, UNOLS strives to host environmentally sustainable events. We respectfully request that you consider bringing a reusable travel mug and water bottle to the event.

Committee Reference
Deep Submergence Science Committee (DESSC)
Documents
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2016 Spring DeSSC Meeting – Appendix I: Participant List 44.55 KB
2016 Spring DeSSC Meeting – Appendix II: UNOLS Report 6614.93 KB
2016 Spring DeSSC Meeting – Appendix III: NDSF Operator’s Report 2939.795 KB
2016 Spring DeSSC Meeting – Appendix IV: NDSF Vehicle Operations Summary 2358.235 KB
2016 Spring DeSSC Meeting – Appendix V: NDSF Deep Submergence Vehicle Scheduling - 2017 and Beyond 475.152 KB
2016 Spring DeSSC Meeting – Appendix VI: Sentry Debrief Summary 292.631 KB
2016 Spring DeSSC Meeting – Appendix VII: Alvin Debrief Summary 116.943 KB
2016 Spring DeSSC Meeting – Appendix VIII Jason Debrief Summary 94.953 KB
2016 Spring DeSSC Meeting – Appendix IX: Summary of corrective actions to debriefs 563.902 KB
2016 Spring DeSSC Meeting – Appendix X: Upgrades to National Deep Submergence Facility - Jason 891.82 KB
2016 Spring DeSSC Meeting – Appendix XI: Upgrades to National Deep Submergence Facility - Sentry 507.965 KB
2016 Spring DeSSC Meeting – Appendix XII: Upgrades to National Deep Submergence Facility - Alvin 2052.106 KB
2016 Spring DeSSC Meeting – Appendix XIII: NDSF Data management update 1817.9 KB
2016 Spring DeSSC Meeting – Appendix XIV: Video Workshop 2944.497 KB
2016 Spring DeSSC Meeting – Appendix XV: Atlantis/Alvin/Telepresence Chief Scientist Training Cruise 439.199 KB
2016 Spring DeSSC Meeting – Appendix XVI: 2016 New User Program at AGU 729.632 KB
2016 Spring DeSSC Meeting – Appendix XVII: R/V Armstrong Science Verification Cruise w.r.t. deep submergence vehicles 1569.557 KB
2016 Spring DeSSC Meeting – Appendix XVIII: DeSSC Chair Report 1841.147 KB
2016 Spring DeSSC Meeting – Appendix XIX: Ocean Observing Initiative 2817.625 KB
2016 Spring DeSSC Meeting – Appendix XX: Nereus Legacy Fund 743.533 KB
2016 Spring DeSSC Meeting – Appendix XXI: U. Hawaii ROV 2462.312 KB
2016 Spring DeSSC Meeting – Appendix XXII: Schmidt Ocean Institute 4500 m ROV 384.433 KB
2016 Spring DeSSC Meeting – Appendix XXIII: DESCEND-2 Update 66.503 KB
Location
Woods Hole, MA
Meeting Minutes
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2016 DeSSC Spring Meeting - Minutes 125.637 KB
Meeting Agenda
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2016 DeSSC Spring Meeting - Agenda 99.283 KB
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2016 SCOAR Meeting

Meeting Site:

CIRPAS Facility, Marina, California

Please RSVP the UNOLS Office if you plan to attend the meeting.

As a URI-Certified Green Office, UNOLS strives to host environmentally sustainable events. We respectfully request that you consider bringing a reusable travel mug and water bottle to the event.

Committee Reference
Scientific Committee for Oceanographic Aircraft Research (SCOAR)
Documents
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2016 SCOAR Spring Meeting – Appendix I: Participant List 48.033 KB
2016 SCOAR Spring Meeting – Appendix II: NSF Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Report 3692.716 KB
2016 SCOAR Spring Meeting – Appendix III: NSF /PLR UAS Antarctic Operations 1369.884 KB
2016 SCOAR Spring Meeting – Appendix IV: ICCAGRA Report 3730.006 KB
2016 SCOAR Spring Meeting – Appendix V: NOAA’s UAS Program 657.801 KB
2016 SCOAR Spring Meeting – Appendix VI: Interagency Committee for Aviation Policy (ICAP) UAS Subcommittee Activities 379.081 KB
2016 SCOAR Spring Meeting – Appendix VII: USCG Report 1588.579 KB
2016 SCOAR Spring Meeting – Appendix VII: USCG Report 1588.579 KB
2016 SCOAR Spring Meeting – Appendix VIII: NOAA Aircraft Facilities and Operations 4262.023 KB
2016 SCOAR Spring Meeting – Appendix X: UNOLS Report 6542.032 KB
2016 SCOAR Spring Meeting – Appendix XI: CIRPAS Report 1571.058 KB
2016 SCOAR Spring Meeting – Appendix XII: UAF UAV Operations 3136.086 KB
2016 SCOAR Spring Meeting – Appendix XIII: WHOI Unmanned Aircraft Vehicle Operations 8947.251 KB
2016 SCOAR Spring Meeting – Appendix XIV: UAS Activities at LDEO 3378.621 KB
2016 SCOAR Spring Meeting – Appendix XV: Activities at Lone Star UAS FAA test site related to coastal mapping 4245.96 KB
2016 SCOAR Spring Meeting – Appendix XVI: MBARI UAS program 794.994 KB
2016 SCOAR Spring Meeting – Appendix XVII: SOI’s plans for UAS operations from R/V Falkor 1047.127 KB
2016 SCOAR Spring Meeting – Appendix XVIII: U. Miami Helicopter Operations 1503.749 KB
2016 SCOAR Spring Meeting – Appendix XIX: Duke Marine Lab’s UAS facility 2126.715 KB
2016 SCOAR Spring Meeting – Appendix XX: Interferometric SAR and Scatterometry 9571.152 KB
2016 SCOAR Spring Meeting – Appendix XXI: Airworthiness Flight Safety Review Board (AFSRB) 4638.554 KB
2016 SCOAR Spring Meeting – Appendix XXII: Update on UAS Phantom 3 Pro operations and FAA Section 333 exemption 458.139 KB
2016 SCOAR Spring Meeting – Appendix XXIII: UAS Operations from UNOLS Ships in 2015 and 2016 2304.44 KB
Location
Marina, CA
Meeting Agenda
Attachment Size
2016 Spring SCOAR Meeting - Agenda 107.751 KB
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2016 RVTEC Meeting

Meeting Site:
The Robert Paine Scripps Forum
Scripps Insitution of Oceanography

Campus Maps and Directions

Registration:

The Registration Deadline has passed, please contact the UNOLS Office with any questions (office@unols.org)

Accomodations:

La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club:

2000 Spindrift Drive, La Jolla, California 92037

To book a room at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club, please call 877-803-4670 and reference the UNOLS RVTEC group to receive the discounted rate.  This will be offered on a first come, first serve basis so we encourage you to book your room as soon as possible.  These rooms won't last.

To book a premium room at the La Jolla Shores Hotel (~ $229+/night), please call the number below and mention the UNOLS RVTEC group

La Jolla Shores Hotel
8110 Camino Del Oro,
La Jolla, CA 92037
(877) 496-6063

There are additional hotels nearby that are within walking distance of Scripps, you may be able to find a reduced rate on websites such as TripAdvisor. com. We apologize for any inconvenience!

As a URI-Certified Green Office, UNOLS strives to host environmentally sustainable events. We respectfully request that you consider bringing a reusable travel mug and water bottle to the event.

Committee Reference
Research Vessel Technical Enhancement Committee (RVTEC)
Documents
Attachment Size
2016 RVTEC Registrants (Final) 89.28 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting: Appendix II: Icebreaker Slides 9866.777 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting: Appendix III: ONR Report 3832.361 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting: Appendix IV: NOAA Report 186.737 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting: Appendix V: USCG Report 12666.359 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting: Appendix VI: Multidisciplinary Instrumentation in Support of Oceanography (MISO) Group Update 5684.399 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting: Appendix VII: MATE update 2361.027 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting: Appendix VIII: HiSeasNet 2101.053 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting: Appendix IX: Fleet Broadband and Fleet Express 176.068 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting: Appendix X: Tech Pool/Tech Exchanges 5847.937 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting: Appendix XI: JMS Inspection Report 14343.229 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting: Appendix XIa: RVSS Appendix A Assist Sheet 2016 57.751 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting: Appendix XIb: RVSS Appendix B Assist Sheet 2016 82.836 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting: Appendix XII: UNOLS Report 460.278 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting: Appendix XIII: Fleet Improvement Committee Report 118.011 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting: Appendix XIV: RVOC and Safety Committee 57.162 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting: Appendix XV: RCRV Update 557.692 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting: Appendix XVI: The 2016 Telepresence Cruises – Lessons learned from the Shipboard Techs 2040.187 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting: Appendix XVII: Synthetic Rope Testing Cruise – Endeavor April 2016 6780.227 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting: Appendix XVIII: R2R Report 3095.962 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting: Appendix XIX: Establishing Community Standards for Underwater Video Acquisition, Tagging, Archiving and Access 778.5 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting: Appendix XX: Winch Pool Report – East Coast 1149.579 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting: Appendix XXI: Winch Pool Report – West Coast 1317.867 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting: Appendix XXII: ADCP Update 821.982 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting Breakout Session: Getting Started In Electronic Design 6578.836 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting Breakout Session: Data Acquisition Systems – NOAA SAS 673.958 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting Breakout Session: Data Acquisition Systems – USAP 2622.729 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting Breakout Session: Criteria for Evaluating Real-time DAS 17.905 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting Breakout Session: Appendix A Training 20904.078 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting Breakout Session: R2R: Introduction 5780.509 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting Breakout Session: R2R: Flow-water Quality Evaluation 7042.362 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting Breakout Session: R2R: Time Servers and Time Sources 7195.132 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting Breakout Session: R2R: Event Logger 2244.56 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting Breakout Session: R2R: QA for CTD Profile Data 7772.311 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting Breakout Session: R2R: Vessel Profiler 9114.559 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting Breakout Session: LCI90i – Line Monitoring Display 769.65 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting Breakout Session: LCI90i – Line Monitoring Equipment 612.908 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting Breakout Session: How To: SAMOS in SCS 1368.811 KB
2016 RVTEC Meeting Breakout Session: Transforming your ELG Data to $SAMOS Format 574.328 KB
Location
La Jolla, CA
Meeting Minutes
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2016 RVTEC Meeting - Minutes 131.651 KB
Meeting Agenda
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2016 RVTEC Meeting - Agenda 148.928 KB
Other Materials

Please also see the video for the 2016 RVTEC Meeting Breakout Session: Transforming your ELG Data to $SAMOS Format

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2016 Ship Scheduling Committee Meeting

Meeting Site:

R/V Sikuliaq in San Diego, CA

*Please note, Friday March 25th is a half day meeting.

As a URI-Certified Green Office, UNOLS strives to host environmentally sustainable events. We respectfully request that you consider bringing a reusable travel mug and water bottle to the event.

Committee Reference
Ship Scheduling Committee (SSC)
Location
San Diego, CA
Meeting Agenda
Attachment Size
2016 Ship Scheduling Meeting Agenda 209.481 KB
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2016 FIC Spring Meeting

Full Day (morning session held with Council) Wednesday May 4, 2016
Partial Day Thursday May 5, 2016

Meeting Site: 

Carriage House  
Quisset Campus
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
360 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole, MA 02543

 

Committee Reference
Fleet Improvement Committee (FIC)
Documents
Attachment Size
2016 Spring FIC Meeting – Appendix I: Participant List 45.928 KB
2016 Spring FIC Meeting – Appendix II: R/V Langseth & MLSOC/FIC Liaison Report 276.371 KB
2016 Spring FIC Meeting – Appendix III: Fleet Status – Retirements, Additions, Service Life 1143.925 KB
2016 Spring FIC Meeting – Appendix IV: Fleet Improvement Plan Recommendations 159.268 KB
2016 Spring FIC Meeting – Appendix V: Assessment and Debrief Process for New Vessels 127.585 KB
2016 Spring FIC Meeting – Appendix VI: FIC Membership Status 136.336 KB
Location
Woods Hole, MA
Meeting Minutes
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2016 Spring FIC Meeting - Minutes 256.996 KB
Meeting Agenda
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2016 Spring FIC Meeting - Agenda 133.755 KB
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2016 Council Spring Meeting

Full Day Tuesday May 3, 2016
Half Day with FIC Wednesday May 4, 2016

Meeting Site: 

Carriage House 
Quisset Campus
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
360 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole, MA 02543

Committee Reference
UNOLS Council
Documents
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2016 Spring Council Meeting – Appendix I: Participant List 49.562 KB
2016 Spring Council Meeting – Appendix II: UNOLS Fleet Scheduling Report 866.794 KB
2016 Spring Council Meeting – Appendix III: Ad hoc Committee on Medical Questions/Medical History Form/Pregnancy at Sea 596.884 KB
2016 Spring Council Meeting – Appendix IV: Post Cruise Assessment Reports 498.721 KB
2016 Spring Council Meeting – Appendix V: 2016 Nominating Committee for Council 253.036 KB
2016 Spring Council Meeting – Appendix VI: Non-Operator Committee for review of the Agency recommendations 145.331 KB
2016 Spring Council Meeting – Appendix VII: UNOLS designation of Research Vessels 245.418 KB
2016 Spring Council Meeting – Appendix VIII: UNOLS & Consortium for Ocean Leadership- STEM-SEAS Proposal 326.502 KB
2016 Spring Council Meeting – Appendix IX: Student Cruise Opportunities on UNOLS Vessels 508.425 KB
2016 Spring Council Meeting – Appendix X: Chief Scientist Training Workshops 250.905 KB
2016 Spring Council Meeting – Appendix XI: Recap of UNOLS at Workboat Show and Ocean Sciences 303.211 KB
2016 Spring Council Meeting – Appendix XII: Deep Submergence Science Committee (DESSC) Report 1101.192 KB
2016 Spring Council Meeting – Appendix XIII: Ocean Observing Science Committee (OOSC) Report 654.846 KB
2016 Spring Council Meeting – Appendix XIV: Research Vessel Operators' Committee (RVOC) Report 73.06 KB
2016 Spring Council Meeting – Appendix XV: Marcus Langseth Science Oversight Committee (MLSOC) Report 72.429 KB
2016 Spring Council Meeting – Appendix XVI: Arctic Icebreaker Coordinating Committee (AICC) Report 2428.863 KB
2016 Spring Council Meeting – Appendix XVII: Fleet Improvement Committee (FIC) Report 69.37 KB
2016 Spring Council Meeting – Appendix XVIII: Ocean Observing Initiative Update 1159.868 KB
2016 Spring Council Meeting – Appendix XIX: Ocean Class AGORs – R/V Neil Armstrong and R/V Sally Ride 712.592 KB
2016 Spring Council Meeting – Appendix XX: Mid-Life Refit Plans for Thompson, Revelle, and Atlantis 355.645 KB
2016 Spring Council Meeting – Appendix XXI: Regional Class Research Vessels 484.22 KB
2016 Spring Council Meeting – Appendix XXII: Polar Research Vessel Acquisition Status 141.6 KB
2016 Spring Council Meeting – Appendix XXIII: Green Ship Initiative 5021.581 KB
Location
Woods Hole, MA
Meeting Minutes
Attachment Size
2016 Spring Council Meeting - Mintues 89.5 KB
Meeting Agenda
Attachment Size
2016 Spring Council Meeting - Agenda 123.897 KB
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Green Boats and Ports for Blue Waters III Workshop

University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS), the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography and 11th Hour Racing invite you to continue the discussion from previous Green Boat workshops held in 2012 and 2014. Green Boats and Ports for Blue Waters III is a two day national workshop to facilitate communication between academia, governmental agencies, and private industry about the current environmental sustainability of ships, boats and ports and develop recommendations for sustainable operation of existing and future ships, ports and other marine facilities.

Featured Speakers:

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The Honorable Dennis V. McGinn, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations and Environment)

Mr. Dennis McGinn was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations & Environment) on September 3, 2013.  In this position, Mr. McGinn develops Department-wide policies, procedures, advocacy and strategic plans.  He also oversees all Department of the Navy functions and programs related to installations, safety, energy, and environment.  This includes effective management of Navy and Marine Corps real property, housing, and other facilities; natural and cultural resource protection, planning, and compliance; safety and occupational health for military and civilian personnel; and timely completion of closures and realignments of installations under base closure laws.  

Mr. McGinn is the former President of the American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE), an organization dedicated to building a secure and prosperous America with clean, renewable energy.  While at ACORE, he led efforts to communicate the significant economic, security and environmental benefits of renewable energy.  Mr. McGinn is also a past co-chairman of the CNA Military Advisory Board and an international security senior fellow at the Rocky Mountain Institute.   

In 2002, after 35 years of service, Mr. McGinn retired from the Navy after achieving the rank of Vice Admiral.  While in the Navy, he served as a naval aviator, test pilot, aircraft carrier commanding officer, and national security strategist.  His capstone assignment was as the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfare Requirements and Programs, where he oversaw the development of future Navy capabilities.  In a previous operational leadership role, he commanded the U.S. Third Fleet.  

Mr. McGinn is a past member of the Steering Committee of the Energy Future Coalition, the United States Energy Security Council, and the Bipartisan Policy Center Energy Board.  He earned a B.S. degree in Naval Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy; attended the national security program at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; and was a Chief of Naval Operations strategic studies fellow at the U.S. Naval War College.
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Mr. Gregory Marshall, CEO Gregory C. Marshall Naval Architect Ltd. 

Gregory C. Marshall is a Victoria, B.C. Canada based Naval Architect specializing in the design of Large custom yachts built worldwide. Greg has been in the Yacht design business for more than 35 years and has had the current firm in Victoria for 21 years. Greg  and his business partner Gordon Galbraith and their team of 16 designers, engineers and stylists have penned some of the world's most spectacular yachts including "VvS1" (111 Feet), Winner of 11 global awards in 2007 including, Best Power yacht, Best Interior, Most innovative Yacht; "Calixas" (105 Feet)winner of 9 global awards in 2009 including the Best Power yacht, winner of the most innovative yacht; "BigFish (147 Feet), Winner of 14 global awards  including Best Motoryacht, Best Interior, Best Naval Architecture, Best Styling and Most Innovative yacht. "Attessa IV" (330 Feet) winner of the Best the best refit.

Current projects include a 280 foot custom yacht for a private customer; a 220 foot yacht for an American Owner; A 200 foot yacht for a Middle Eastern Owner as well as an array of smaller projects.

Greg's firm is actively involved in improving the inherently large environmental footprint of large yachts through innovative engineering solutions.

Click here to learn more about the UNOLS Greening the Fleet Initiative

Committee Reference
UNOLS Council
Documents
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2016 Green Boats and Ports for Blue Waters III Registrants 153.045 KB
Green Boats and Ports III - Poster Presentations 50.847 KB
GBIII April 2016 - Introduction April2016 - Corliss 1256.785 KB
GBIII April 2016 - Mission Excellence Through Sustainability -Baffer 4975.843 KB
GBIII April 2016 - Stimulating Transformational Thinking for Long Term Resilience Planning: Port of Providence Demonstration Project - Becker 8999.448 KB
GBIII April 2016 - Implementing Resilience: Massachusetts Port Authority’s Resiliency -Peach 48990.531 KB
GBIII April 2016 - Regulatory opportunities and challenges for shipping and ports - Lyden-Kluss 1320.215 KB
GBIII April 2016 - Behavior Change for Sustainability - McEvoy 58963.912 KB
GBIII April 2016 - Green Boats, A social challenge not a technical challenge - Marshall 17112.314 KB
GBIII April 2016 - Maritime Environmental and Technical Assistance – Supporting Maritime - Carter 835.329 KB
GBIII April 2016 - On the Absence of a Low-Carbon Commercial Fishing Fleet in the US by 2016 – Altenburger 12531.734 KB
GBIII April 2016 - Green boats in practice. "Solliner" - 100% solar catamaran – Zientek 963.188 KB
GBIII April 2016 - Rethinking the power of electric boats – Barker 21300.654 KB
GBIII April 2016 - The new bottom line: cost, value, ocean and message. How Rozalia Project is making American Promise the greenest sailing research vessel in the world. – Miller 6954.39 KB
GBIII April 2016 - Energy Efficiency on Fishing Vessels – Gaffney 4644.003 KB
GBIII April 2016 - Biodiesel in the Marine Environment: A Chicken or the Egg Situation. – Morton 3955.824 KB
GBIII April 2016 - The Case for Environmentally Acceptable Lubricants: Reducing Operational Discharges of Lubricants into Oceans and other Water Bodies – Bryant 3780.608 KB
GBIII April 2016 - The practical application of a hybrid system in a 19 meter research vessel – Mingo 1405.312 KB
GBIII April 2016 - Corporate Social Responsibility – Brake 1945.268 KB
GBIII April 2016 - Carbon Credits: A Marine Industry First – Mangano 6595.773 KB
GBIII April 2016 - Hybrid Hype and the Realities of Building Green – Hudspeth 24284.782 KB
GBIII April 2016 - Finding Green Solutions for the Disposal of Fiberglass Boats – Nixon 11987.927 KB
GBIII April 2016 - One Ocean at a Time: Green Initiatives in the Regional Class Research Vessels – Hilliard 6984.974 KB
GBIII April 2016 - The Greening of the Research Vessel, Sikuliaq – Stein 12010.996 KB
GBIII April 2016 - Green Light for Sustainability – Kelety 3801.659 KB
Location
Narragansett, RI
Meeting Agenda
Attachment Size
2016 Green Boats and Ports for Blue Waters III - Agenda (updated 4/1/16) 75.842 KB
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2016 DESCEND-2 Workshop

Meeting Site:

Harvard University Law School
16 Divinity Avenue, 
Cambridge, MA

Click here to visit the Official Workshop Website

As a URI-Certified Green Office, UNOLS strives to host environmentally sustainable events. We respectfully request that you consider bringing a reusable travel mug and water bottle to the event.

Committee Reference
Deep Submergence Science Committee (DESSC)
Location
Cambridge, MA
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UNOLS OOI Coastal Arrays Workshop

Meeting Location:
National Science Foundation in Arlington, VA

Meeting Times:
8:30 am January 5th to 12pm January 7th

Meeting Information:
By the end of 2015, the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) infrastructure will be fully commissioned.  Ocean scientists can now integrate OOI observations into their research proposals and programs.  To effectively use the OOI, researchers will need to learn how to access the OOI observing assets.  This workshop will provide a forum for potential users to further their understanding of the capabilities of OOI, and to learn possible approaches for accessing the data.

The OOI observing components are:  the Global Arrays, a set of moored systems deployed at high latitude locations as sentinels for climate change; the Cabled Array, a cabled seafloor geophysical observatory on the Juan de Fuca Plate and adjacent shelf and slope region off the Pacific Northwest; and the Coastal Arrays, located in two coastal ocean/shelf systems, one in the Atlantic (Pioneer Array) and one in the Pacific (Endurance Array). The OOI cyber infrastructure (CI) component will provide communications and data management services across the observing components for end users of OOI data and products.  This workshop will focus on the Coastal Arrays, the coastal portion of the Cabled Array, and CI components of OOI.  Details about the features and project timelines for the coastal observatory are located at http://oceanobservatories.org/array/coastal-pioneer for the Pioneer Array and at http://oceanobservatories.org/array/coastal-endurance/ for the Endurance Array.

The goal of the OOI Coastal Arrays Workshop is to introduce the research community to the science capabilities of the coastal arrays, the coastal cabled array, the data access protocols, and the cyber-infrastructure (CI) applications.  The workshop will also review the key scientific questions that motivated the building of the observatories.  Participants will be provided with a hands-on opportunity to explore the capabilities offered by the CI to access OOI data.  NSF Program Officers will attend and offer guidance on the use of OOI assets. Potential users will be provided with the information required to plan research projects that utilize the observational capabilities of the coastal arrays.
 
The Workshop will be held at the National Science Foundation in Arlington, VA on January 5-7, 2016.  This OOI Coastal Community Workshop will benefit the oceanographic community, early career scientists, and all potential users who rely on the availability and access to large datasets for coastal ocean research. To apply for the workshop, please complete the on-line application form at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/V6WY23D.  Travel funds are limited, and are anticipated to primarily be used to support applicants who will use OOI data in their research. Broad representation from institutional, geographic, and disciplinary groups is desired and will be considered in participant selection.  The deadline for applications is November 16th 2015.
 
Please note if you are unavailable to attend this workshop, there will be additional opportunities to provide input regarding OOI.  Participation by web-conference may also be possible and individuals interested in participating virtually are encouraged to complete the on-line application form.  

Documents
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2016 Coastal Arrays Workshop: Appendix I - Participant List 33.095 KB
2016 Coastal Arrays Workshop: Appendix II - Overview of the OOI 9349.898 KB
2016 Coastal Arrays Workshop: Appendix III - The Big Picture - QA/QC Philos, Best Practices, Cruise data pre/post 19562.7 KB
2016 Coastal Arrays Workshop: Appendix IV - Overview of Endurance and the Coastal Cabled Array 4202.943 KB
2016 Coastal Arrays Workshop: Appendix V - Overview of Pioneer Array 813.592 KB
2016 Coastal Arrays Workshop: Appendix VI - Initial familiarization with CI - Overview of the GUI, test of the system, logins, help system, ticketing, etc. 29477.361 KB
2016 Coastal Arrays Workshop: Appendix VII - OOI Data Status as of January 6, 2016 424.76 KB
2016 Coastal Arrays Workshop: Appendix VIII - Access to IOOS data relevant to OOI 2026.294 KB
2016 Coastal Arrays Workshop: Appendix IX - Participant Slides – Part 1 47959.823 KB
2016 Coastal Arrays Workshop: Appendix X - Climate warming events and linkage between the Pioneer and Endurance Observatories, Part 1 909.244 KB
2016 Coastal Arrays Workshop: Appendix XI - Climate warming events and linkage between the Pioneer and Endurance Observatories, Part 2 3362.951 KB
2016 Coastal Arrays Workshop: Appendix XII - Participant Slides – Part 2 3266.721 KB
2016 Coastal Arrays Workshop: Appendix XIII - Commonalities between East and West Coast OOI Science Needs, Cross Project Opportunities, Community Participation 62.615 KB
Location
Arlington, VA
Meeting Agenda
Attachment Size
2016 Coastal Observatories Workshop - Agenda 103.473 KB