Announcing a Town Hall Meeting at AGU
"The New National Facility for 3-D Marine Seismic Acquisition"
Date: Thursday, 16 December 2004
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Moscone West Convention Center, Room 3008
Hosted By: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
The town hall announcement is available on the AGU web site at:
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm04/index.php?town_hall=town_hall_b.htm&
pageRequest=events#thm
R/V Ewing, UNOLS ship of choice for NSF-funded marine seismic projects,
will be replaced during cy 2005. The replacement vessel, a former
exploration industry multi-streamer seismic ship, has been purchased
with NSF and Columbia University funding. Conversion of the new ship
will occupy most of 2005, and will include the addition of a 1 x 1
degree multibeam system and the ability to deploy and recover large
numbers of ocean bottom seismometers, among other capabilities to be
discussed at this meeting. The plan for science operations as a national
facility will be presented, including tools and practices for quality
control and mechanisms of community oversight. Additional topics will
include the schedule for conversion, subsequent shakedown, and science
operations; modes of 3D seismic acquisition; planning for 3D and other
seismic surveys, and data archiving.
For more information contact:
John Diebold
Marine Science Coordinator, RV EWING
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
E-mail: marscico [at] ldeo.columbia.edu