Computer Science – Sound
Scientific paper
Dec 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008agufmos53g..06b&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #OS53G-06
Computer Science
Sound
4200 Oceanography: General, 4277 Time Series Experiments (1872, 3270, 4475)
Scientific paper
NEPTUNE Canada is installing a regional cabled ocean observatory across the northern Juan de Fuca Plate in the northeastern Pacific. When installation of the first suite of instruments and connectivity equipment is completed in 2009, this system will provide the continuous power and bandwidth to collect integrated data on physical, chemical, geological, and biological gradients at temporal resolutions relevant to the dynamics of the earth-ocean system. The building of this facility integrates hardware, software, and people networks. Hardware progress to date includes: installation of the 800km powered fiber-optic backbone in the Fall of 2007; development of Nodes and Junction Boxes that are currently being manufactured; acquisition/development and testing of Instruments; development of mobile instrument platforms such as a) a Vertical Profiler which has completed FAT and will be delivered in the Fall of 2008 and b) a Crawler (University of Bremmen) field tested in June 2008 for investigation of exposed hydrate deposits. An integrated test platform is being deployed on the operational VENUS observatory in September 2008, which includes a module developed by Ifremer. In parallel, software and hardware systems are built to acquire, archive, and deliver the continuous real-time data - already in operation for VENUS. A web environment to combine this data access with analysis and visualization, collaborative tools, interoperability, and instrument control is under construction. Finally, a network of scientists and technicians are contributing to the process in every phase. Initial experiments were planned through a series of workshops and international proposal competitions. At inshore Folger Passage, Barkley Sound, understanding controls on biological productivity will help evaluate the effects that marine processes have on fish and marine mammals. Experiments around Barkley Canyon will allow quantification of changes in biological and chemical activity associated with nutrient and cross-shelf sediment transport around the shelf/slope break and through the canyon to the deep sea. There and north along the mid-continental slope, exposed and shallowly buried gas hydrates allow monitoring of changes in their distribution, structure, and venting, particularly related to earthquakes, slope failures and regional plate motions. Circulation obviation retrofit kits (CORKs) at mid-plate ODP 1026-7 will monitor in realtime changes in crustal temperature and pressure, particularly as they relate to events such as earthquakes, hydrothermal convection or regional plate strain. At Endeavour Ridge, complex interactions among volcanic, tectonic, hydrothermal and biological processes will be quantified at the western edge of the Juan de Fuca plate. Across the network, high resolution seismic information will elucidate tectonic processes such as earthquakes, and a tsunami system will allow determination of open ocean tsunami amplitude, propagation direction, and speed. The infrastructure has further capacity to allow experiments to expand from this initial suite. Further information and opportunities can be found at http://www.neptunecanada.ca NEPTUNE Canada will transform our understanding of biological, chemical, physical, and geological processes across an entire tectonic plate from the shelf to the deep sea (17-2700m). Real-time continuous monitoring and archiving allows scientists to capture the temporal nature, characteristics, and linkages of these natural processes in a way never before possible.
Barnes Chris
Best Micheal
Bornhold B.
Johnson F.
Phibbs P.
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