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COVID Mitigation Strategy

  • We ask that you take a PCR test prior to traveling to Seattle if possible, if a PCR is not available in your area, please take a rapid test.
  • Three rapid tests will be provided to all in-person attendees at check-in. Please take one before leaving for the meeting in the morning and if you test positive, remain at the hotel. You will still be able to attend the meeting virtually from your room with a laptop or phone.
  • Masks will be required in the venue with regular breaks built into the schedule to get out of the building, speakers will be able to remove them for their presentations. Some masks will be available at the venue.

Register here: 2022 RVTEC Registration

Keynote Presentation

An Underwater Wired Volcano:  Eruptions, Hot Springs and Life

Dr. Deborah S. Kelley

University of Washington

This presentation focuses on the largest and most active underwater volcano off our coast 'Axial Seamount'. This volcano hosts the worlds' most advanced, instrumented submarine observatory, the NSF's Ocean Observatories Regional Cabled Array (RCA) and is directly connected to the terrestrial Internet through >500 km of high power and bandwidth fiber optic cables. Through extensive use of stunning high-resolution video imagery and from data streaming in live from the cable, this presentation will tell the story of the connection between volcanoes, hot springs and novel life forms that thrive in some of the most extreme environments on Earth. 
 
On April 24, 2015 the cabled observatory lit up as the volcano awoke for the third time since 1998. Over 8,000 earthquakes occurred in 24 hrs. This seismic crisis was concomitant with a 2.4 m collapse of the volcanoes' summit, marking the start of the eruption. Over 30,000 acoustic events delineated explosions as lava spilled onto the seafloor forming multiple flows, one of which reached 127 m in thickness. Microbial life streamed from the cooling lava and covered the glassy surfaces. Fountains of gas-rich lava issuing from seafloor fissures deposited ash on RCA instruments and salt-rich fluids originating from beneath the seafloor spilled into the caldera. Data streaming in 24/7 from the RCA show that the volcano is once again poised to erupt.  
 
The RCA is maintained during intense, annual operations and maintenance cruises lasting ~ 35-45 days using the UNOLS global class ships and the ROV's Jason and ROPOS. Each year, >200 instruments are recovered and reinstalled on the cabled seafloor network and on cabled state-of-the-art moorings hosting instrumented profiling vehicles. All data are available to a global audience through the OOI data portal.
 
A ship deck crowded with orange oceanographic equipment

The registration website is available! Register here: 2022 RVTEC Registration

A Block of rooms has been reserved at Graduate Seattle

Reservations can be made online, please visit the following link:  2022 RVTEC 

Or you can make reservations by calling the hotel directly at 206.634.2000 between the hours of 8a.m. – 7p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. – 4p.m. on Saturday and Sunday or by emailing requests to smujan@graduateseattle.com.  To guarantee rate and room type, please ensure the name of the group, arrival date, and any other information needed is given at the time of reservation.

Group Names is: 2022 RVTEC

First date of arrival is: 10/31/2022

Last date of departure is: 11/04/2022

Room rate is $176.00

Please be careful to check the dates you are reserving. The booking website automatically ends the reservation on the 11/4, so if you want to leave 11/3 you will have to change the dates. 

The room block for RVTEC has been extended until 10/15/22. Please make your reservations before this date to ensure you get the per diem rate.

Getting Around

Seattle-Tacoma (SEA) is the primary airport for the area and there is a light rail that runs from the airport to the hotel. When arriving at the airport, follow signs for "Link" or "Light Rail". It is a 50 minute ride to the U District Station and a 1 block walk to the north. Google Directions.

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The meeting will take place at the Alder Hall Auditorium. It is a short 10 minute walk or there are several busses available. Google Directions.

All Significant meeting locations can be found on this Google List.

Graduate Seattle Hotel

4507 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105

Alder Hall Auditorium, Meeting Location

1310 NE 40th St, Seattle, WA 98105

Marine Sciences Building, Reception November 1st

1501 NE Boat St, Seattle, WA 98195

Burke Museum, RVTEC Dinner November 2nd

4303 Memorial Way Northeast, Seattle, WA 98105

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Committee Reference
Research Vessel Technical Enhancement Committee (RVTEC)
Documents
Attachment Size
2022 RVTEC Meeting Appendix I - 2022 RVTEC Participant List 54.248 KB
2022 RVTEC Meeting Appendix II - Icebreakers 22636.687 KB
2022 RVTEC Meeting Appendix III - RVTEC DEI Working Group 181.921 KB
2022 RVTEC Meeting Appendix IV - MERAS Committee Update 2492.84 KB
2022 RVTEC Meeting Appendix V - Shore-based teleoperation of deep submergence ocean exploration vehicles (ROV, AUV, HOV) on UNOLS vessels 2610.066 KB
2022 RVTEC Meeting Appendix VI - NSF Agency Update 1198.037 KB
2022 RVTEC Meeting Appendix VII - ONR Agency Update 101.1 KB
2022 RVTEC Meeting Appendix VIII - NSF Inspection Update 10089.459 KB
2022 RVTEC Meeting Appendix IX - High Latitude Comms on USCGC Healy North Pole 2022 1083.071 KB
2022 RVTEC Meeting Appendix X - NOAA Agency Update 230.358 KB
2022 RVTEC Meeting Appendis XI - NSF East Coast Winch Pool 2582.385 KB
2022 RVTEC Meeting Appendix XII - NSF West Coast Winch Pool 2189.221 KB
2022 RVTEC Meeting Appendix XIII - NSF Wire Pool 1144.514 KB
2022 RVTEC Meeting Appendix XIV - Multibeam Advisory Committee 13085.211 KB
2022 RVTEC Meeting Appendix XV - Potential Fields Pooled Equipment 1436.391 KB
2022 RVTEC Meeting Appendix XVI - Rolling Deck to Repository 1705.067 KB
2022 RVTEC Meeting Appendix XVII - Ocean Best Practices 1303.879 KB
2022 RVTEC Meeting Appendix XVIII - Satellite Network Advisory Group (SatNAG) 352.909 KB
2022 RVTEC Meeting Appendix XIX - Cyberinfrastructure Working Group (CIWG) 2931.123 KB
2022 RVTEC Meeting Appendix XX - Marine Facilities Planner 994.487 KB
2022 RVTEC Meeting Appendix XXI - Ship-based Science Technical Support in the Arctic 1778.116 KB
2022 RVTEC Meeting Appendix XXII - Tech Training Subcommittee 1378.252 KB
2022 RVTEC Meeting Appendix XXIII - Regional Class Research Vessel Update 4607.492 KB
2022 RVTEC Meeting Appendix XXIV - RCRV Coriolix Update 3924.326 KB
2022 RVTEC Meeting Appendix XXV - MATE Internship Program 3019.737 KB
2022 RVTEC Meeting Appendix XXVI - UNOLS Tech Pool Update 376.352 KB
2022 RVTEC Meeting Appendix XXVII - UHDAS Update 2627.735 KB
2022 RVTEC Meeting Appendix XXVIII - Ocean Best Practices Breakout 27427.17 KB
2022 RVTEC Meeting Appendix XXIX - Synthetics: RVSS Appendix A Draft Operational Guidelines 470.583 KB
2022 RVTEC Meeting Appendix XXX - Piston Coring with Synthetics 3859.746 KB
2022 RVTEC Meeting Appendix XXXI - Field Safety Toolkits 1591.682 KB
2022 RVTEC Meeting Appendix XXXII - Potential Field Pooled Equipment Breakout Session 1484.964 KB
2022 RVTEC Meeting Appendix XVIII - Marine Meteorology: A really crash course 9283.243 KB
Location
Seattle, WA or Virtual
Meeting Agenda
Attachment Size
2022 RVTEC Fall Meeting Agenda 212.67 KB
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When
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Documents
Attachment Size
2022 AICC Summer Meeting Appendix 01 - UNOLS Updates 294.877 KB
2022 AICC Summer Meeting Appendix 02 - USCGC HEALY Updates 1797.317 KB
2022 AICC Summer Meeting Appendix 03 - STARC Report 6198.916 KB
2022 AICC Summer Meeting Appendix 04 - USCG Polar C5IT Report 1131.174 KB
2022 AICC Summer Meeting Appendix 05 - R/V SIKULIAQ 2022 Ops & Dockside Maintenance Recap 7380.548 KB
2022 AICC Summer Meeting Appendix 06 - NSF Update 2727.535 KB
2022 AICC Summer Meeting Appendix 07 - NOAA Update 488.813 KB
2022 AICC Summer Meeting Appendix 08 - NABOS Program 7825.521 KB
Location
Virtual meeting
Meeting Agenda
Attachment Size
2022 AICC Summer Meeting Agenda 42.35 KB
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SCOAR Spring Virtual Meeting

Featured talks from Joe Cione/ NOAA Hurricane Research Divisionn and Patrick Gray / Duke University.   

This is a community meeting and all are welcome.

Agenda

  • Patrick Gray / Duke University - UAS in Marine Science: Examples from Duke's Marine Robotics and Remote Sensing Group
  • Joe Cione / NOAA Hurricane Research Division - Developing Three Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems to Routinely Sample the Hurricane Boundary Layer
  • Fall Meeting 
    • Time/Dates/Location
    • Agenda
    • ICCAGRA UxS Discussion
  • Expanding our reach 
  • SCOAR input needed:
Committee Reference
Scientific Committee for Oceanographic Aircraft Research (SCOAR)
Documents
Attachment Size
2022 SCOAR Spring Meeting - AP01 UAS in Marine Science: Examples from Duke's Marine Robotics and Remote Sensing Group 31315.934 KB
2022 SCOAR Spring Meeting - AP02 Developing Three Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems to Routinely Sample the Hurricane Boundary Layer 6374.187 KB
Location
Virtual
Meeting Minutes
Attachment Size
2022 SCOAR Spring Meeting - Minutes 205.064 KB
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2022 Council Summer Meeting - Virtual

1PM Eastern

Agenda is posted below.  

Committee Reference
UNOLS Council
Documents
Attachment Size
2022 Council Spring Meeting Appendix I - Attendance List 65.089 KB
2022 UNOLS Council Summer Meeting Appendix 02 - Meeting Code of Conduct 170.165 KB
2022 UNOLS Council Summer Meeting Appendix 03 - NOAA Update 569.635 KB
2022 UNOLS Council Summer Meeting Appendix 04 - Academic Research Fleet Schedules 1437.764 KB
2022 UNOLS Council Summer Meeting Appendix 05 - MFP Updates 3033.683 KB
2022 UNOLS Council Summer Meeting Appendix 06 - COVID Guidance Updates 595.721 KB
2022 UNOLS Council Summer Meeting Appendix 07 - 2016-2030 Projected U.S. Academic Research Fleet Capacity 243.993 KB
2022 UNOLS Council Summer Meeting Appendix 08 - Proposed Charter Revisions 209.746 KB
2022 UNOLS Council Summer Meeting Appendix 09 - MSROC Update 522.756 KB
Location
Zoom!
Meeting Agenda
Attachment Size
2022 Council Summer Meeting Agenda - DRAFT 626.961 KB
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2022 UNOLS Annual Meeting

The UNOLS Annual Meeting will be held the afternoon of 17 Nov and the morning of 18 Nov (ending at noon).  This is a great time for the representatives to get engaged in the UNOLS community!

RSVP

If you plan to attend the Annual meeting, either in person or virtually, please RSVP here:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6BGBYH9

REMOTE LOGIN

Remote Participants must register each day.  Upon registering, you will receive a confirmation email with login information. 

HOTEL

A block of hotel rooms has been reserved at the InterContinental New Orleans. You can make your reservations at this website InterContinental New Orleans. This special room rate will only be available until October 15, 2022 so please don't hesitate to make your reservations.  The hotel room block is closed.  Please contact office@unols.org if there are questions.

Committee Reference
UNOLS Council
Documents
Attachment Size
2022 Annual Meeting Appendix I - Participant List 42.658 KB
2022 Annual Meeting Appendix II - Code of Conduct 66.607 KB
2022 Annual Meeting Appendix III - NOAA Update 987.483 KB
2022 Annual Meeting Appendix IV - Dept. of State MSR Update 2372.094 KB
2022 Annual Meeting Appendix V - UNOLS Council Elections 51.785 KB
2022 Annual Meeting Appendix VI - STEMSEAS update 22153.563 KB
2022 Annual Meeting Appendix VII - RCRV Update 7930.765 KB
2022 Annual Meeting Appendix VIII - F.G. Walton Smith Repowering 8794.005 KB
2022 Annual Meeting Appendix IX - HOV Alvin Upgrade 690.297 KB
2022 Annual Meeting Appendix X - LANGSETH Replacement Update 790.513 KB
2022 Annual Meeting Appendis XI - California Coastal Research Vessel (CCRV) Update 6306.8 KB
2022 Annual Meeting Appendix XII - Antarctic Research Vessel (ARV) Update 2068.368 KB
2022 Annual Meeting Appendix XIII - 2022 Fleet Ops & 2023 Projections 2214.905 KB
2022 Annual Meeting Appendix XIV - BioGeoScapes Update 22114.699 KB
2022 Annual Meeting Appendix XV - Empowering Women in Oceanography - Safety First 5157.846 KB
2022 Annual Meeting Appendix XVI - Safety in Field Science Report - Recap 108.557 KB
2022 Annual Meeting Appendix XVII - UNOLS Year in Review 625.98 KB
2022 Annual Meeting Appendix XVIII - Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Internship 3780.273 KB
2022 Annual Meeting Appendix XIV - Marine Sediment Sampling Coring Training 2092.953 KB
2022 Annual Meeting Appendix XV - UNOLS Early Career Webinars 63.599 KB
2022 Annual Meeting Appendix XVI - FIC Update 137.307 KB
2022 Annual Meeting Appendix XVIII - RVTEC Update 133.871 KB
2022 Annual Meeting Appendix XIV - SCOAR Update 1444.124 KB
2022 Annual Meeting Appendix XV - MSROC Update 50.443 KB
2022 Annual Meeting Appendix XVI - AICC Update 725.711 KB
2022 Annual Meeting Appendix XVII - MERAS Update 1688.732 KB
2022 Annual Meeting Appendix XVIII - Committe Members and Calendar 1420.308 KB
Location
Tulane River and Coastal Center, New Orleans, LA
Meeting Agenda
Attachment Size
2022 UNOLS Annual Meeting Agenda 1062.576 KB
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The Fall Council meeting will be at the Tulane River and Coastal Center in New Orleans the morning of 17 November 2022.  It will be preceded on 16 November by a Council visit (jointly with the Fleet Improvement Committee) to the shipyards where the RCRVs are being constructed. The agenda is being developed.

RSVP

If you plan to attend the Council meeting, either in person or virtually, please RSVP here:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6BGBYH9

HOTEL

A block of hotel rooms has been reserved at the InterContinental New Orleans. You can make your reservations at this website InterContinental New Orleans. This special room rate will only be available until October 15, 2022 so please don't hesitate to make your reservations. 

REMOTE LOGIN:

Please register for the meeting here: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIof--srj4pHNcPdRmRyCj1VHdEW0P5Sdkx 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Committee Reference
UNOLS Council
Documents
Attachment Size
2022 Fall Council Meeting Appendix I - Participant List 39.573 KB
2022 Fall Council Meeting Appendix II - FIC DEI efforts 201.808 KB
2022 Fall Council Meeting Appendix III - RVOC DEI efforts 1196.553 KB
2022 Fall Council Meeting Appendix IV - RVTEC DEI efforts 155.249 KB
2022 Fall Council Meeting Appendix V - SCOAR DEI efforts 209.157 KB
2022 Fall Council Meeting Appendix VI - MSROC DEI efforts 50.717 KB
2022 Fall Council Meeting Appendix VII - MERAS DEI efforts 2221.514 KB
2022 Fall Council Meeting Appendix VIII - Agency Recommendations Letter 2574.929 KB
2022 Fall Council Meeting Appendix IX - UNOLS Office Review 74.693 KB
2022 Fall Council Meeting Appendix X - Council Nominating Committee Update 51.836 KB
2022 Fall Council Meeting Appendis XI - Cybersecurity - why it is important to the ARF 2282.476 KB
2022 Fall Council Meeting Appendix XII - Fleet Crewing Issues 373.585 KB
Location
Tulane River & Coastal Center, New Orleans, LA
Meeting Agenda
Attachment Size
2022 Fall Council Agenda 650.571 KB
Date:
When
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The 2022 FIC Fall meeting will be held at the Tulane River River & Coastal Center.  The committee will also visit (jointly with the UNOLS Council) the shipyards where the RCRVs are being constructed.  Agenda is being developed.

RSVP

If you plan to attend the FIC meeting, either in person or virtually, please RSVP here:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6BGBYH9

REMOTE LOGIN

Click here to register for FIC meeting.  Upon registration you will receive an email with login information.

HOTEL

A block of hotel rooms has been reserved at the InterContinental New Orleans. You can make your reservations at this website InterContinental New Orleans. This special room rate will only be available until October 15, 2022 so please don't hesitate to make your reservations.

Committee Reference
Fleet Improvement Committee (FIC)
Documents
Attachment Size
2022 Fall FIC Meeting Appendix I - Participant List 39.998 KB
2022 Fall FIC Meeting Appendix II - NOAA Update 987.465 KB
2022 Fall FIC Meeting Appendix III - RCRV Update to FIC 9443.015 KB
2022 Fall FIC Meeting Appendix IV - LANGSETH Replacement Update to FIC 1495.056 KB
2022 Fall FIC Meeting Appendix V - California Coastal Research Vessel Update to FIC 5856.67 KB
2022 Fall FIC Meeting Appendix VI - Antarctic Research Vessel Update to FIC 3121.675 KB
2022 Fall FIC Meeting Appendix VII - Full Optimal Year 99.569 KB
2022 Fall FIC Meeting Appendix VIII - FIC Support of Coastal Local Vessels and SHARP 3228.956 KB
2022 Fall FIC Meeting Appendix IX - Piston Coring with Synthetics 4055.332 KB
2022 Fall FIC Meeting Appendix X - Supporting UAV Operations in the Fleet 263.317 KB
Location
Tulane River & Coastal Center, New Orleans, LA
Meeting Agenda
Attachment Size
2022 FIC Fall Agenda 668.358 KB
Date:
When
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Contact the UNOLS Office for Zoom meeting info

Documents
Attachment Size
2022 Safety Committee Meeting Appendix III – Use of Synthetic Line for Over-the-Side Handling Systems 216.6 KB
2022 Safety Committee Meeting Appendix IV – 9/16" Wire Rope Breaking Strength over Rotating Sheaves 154.9 KB
2022 Safety Committee Meeting Appendix V – CTD LAR System Issues 105.244 KB
Location
Virtual meeting
Meeting Agenda
Attachment Size
2022 UNOLS Safety Committee Spring Meeting Agenda 127.65 KB
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When
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2022 RVOC meeting

Virtual Meeting

RVOC Virtual Meeting Recordings Available:

Day 1 - April 20, 2022

Day 2 - April  21, 2022

Committee Reference
Research Vessel Operators Committee (RVOC)
Documents
Attachment Size
2022 RVOC Spring Meeting - AP01 UNOLS Update 833.142 KB
2022 RVOC Spring Meeting - AP02 NSF Update 4198.955 KB
2022 RVOC Spring Meeting - AP03 ONR Update 2306.247 KB
2022 RVOC Spring Meeting - AP04 NOAA Update 6861.586 KB
2022 RVOC Spring Meeting - AP05 State Department Update 3409.967 KB
2022 RVOC Spring Meeting - AP06 Wire Pool Update 5392.121 KB
2022 RVOC Spring Meeting - AP07 West Coast Winch Pool Update 3733.271 KB
2022 RVOC Spring Meeting - AP08 East Coast Winch Pool Update 3126.378 KB
2022 RVOC Spring Meeting - AP09 Van Pool Update 8741.888 KB
2022 RVOC Spring Meeting - AP10 Cyberinfrastructure Working Group Update 8316.212 KB
2022 RVOC Spring Meeting - AP11 SatComs Fleet Update 34315.866 KB
2022 RVOC Spring Meeting - AP12 RCRV Update 4912.635 KB
2022 RVOC Spring Meeting - AP13 R/V SAVANNAH Mid-Life Refit Update 1211.93 KB
2022 RVOC Spring Meeting - AP14 Legal / Insurance Updates 1491.782 KB
Location
Virtual meeting
Meeting Minutes
Attachment Size
2022 RVOC Spring Meeting - Minutes 334.391 KB
Meeting Agenda
Attachment Size
2022 RVOC Meeting Agenda 73.101 KB