Session Announcement and Call for Abstracts
Advances in Operational Oceanography and Scientific Drilling
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting
San Francisco, California
15-19 December 2008
Abstract Submission Deadline: Wednesday, 10 September 2008
For further information, please go to:
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=…
Or contact:
Peter Blum
Email: Blum [at] iodp.tamu.edu
Or:
Lester Lembke-Jene
Email: Lester.Lembke-Jene [at] awi.de
Organizers of session OS21: "Advances in Operational Oceanography and
Scientific Drilling" announce a call for abstracts. The session is being
convened at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, to be
held 15-19 December 2008, in San Francisco, California.
Organizers invite contributions about tools, instrumentation, services,
and technologies that serve the ocean geoscience and scientific drilling
community. One focus will be on tools and services that serve
multi-disciplinary operations and specifically advance integrated
research programs on future research vessels or ocean observatories. A
second emphasis is set on developments suited for IODP drilling
platforms like Chikyu, JOIDES Resolution and mission-specific vessels.
Other potential topics of interest include:
- New or advanced sampling and measurement tools, including ROV and
AUV operations;
- Shipboard experiments;
- Sensors;
- Laboratory workflow processes;
- Data handling solutions; and
- Geophysics tools and methods, and related developments and
facilities.
Organizers especially invite contributions to new or advanced
instrumentation and tools that are capable of operating under polar or
otherwise extreme climatic conditions, or technical contributions
related to The International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008.
While session organizers are particularly interested in new
developments, they also welcome information about updates and
improvements of existing systems. One aim is to stimulate discussion and
the exchange of concepts between different geoscience and engineering
communities. A broad audience is targeted to develop and foster the
joint use of tools and methods across different programs and platforms,
and to make potential users aware of new developments in other fields
and organizations.
The abstract submission deadline for this and all other AGU sessions is:
Wednesday, 10 September 2008, 11:59 p.m. Universal Time.
For further information, please go to:
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=…
Or contact the session conveners:
Peter Blum
Email: Blum [at] iodp.tamu.edu
Lester Lembke-Jene
Email: Lester.Lembke-Jene [at] awi.de