First Nations Presentation

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NEPTUNE CanadaRegional Cabled Ocean
Observatory Transforming Ocean Science
Mairi Best Ph.D., Associate Director Science,
NEPTUNE Canada
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Major issues facing the oceans/planet
Environmental degradation Mass consumption of
fossil fuels Global warming and climate
change Acidification of the oceans, bleaching of
coral reefs, ocean hypoxia Over-fishing fishing
down through the food web Extinctions and loss of
biodiversity Human attitudes and political
expediency
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Transforming our study of the oceans
The last century of oceanography is marked most
by the degree of undersampling Walter Munk
(2001)?

• In contrast, cabled ocean observatories will
  have
• 24/7/365/25 presence, variety of sensors,
  selected locations
• Sampling frequencies of subseconds for most
  parameters
• Real-time multidisciplinary, interactive
  experiments
• All this is possible with
• Abundant power (up to 9kW) and high bandwidth (up
  to 4 Gb)
• Remote control of observatory network and
  instruments
• Real-time high data/imagery return
• A vast interactive data archive

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Partnerships
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Scientific involvement
Builders Bridge-builders Data analysts Knowledge
Beneficiaries
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NEPTUNE Development

• Workshops
• Victoria May 3-5, 2004
• Victoria September 27-29, 2004
• Halifax November 22-23, 2004
• Proposals Due January 18, 2005
• External Review Committee Executive Committee
  review relative to facility scope
• 11 million available for observing systems
• Decisions July 2005
• 17 group proposals received 5 successful

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Science research themes

• Plate tectonic processes and earthquake dynamics
• Dynamic processes of fluid fluxes and gas
  hydrates in the sea bed
• Regional oceanic/climate dynamics and effects on
  the marine biota
• Deep-sea ecosystem dynamics
• Engineering and computational research

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Plate-scale science - NEPTUNE Canada
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Earthquakes in western Canada
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Broadband seismometer
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Pacific tsunamis
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Earth-ocean processes and systems
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Tracking marine mammals

• Receivers will identify and track whales and
  dolphins
• Record migration, abundance, and communication
  behaviour
• Examine ship interactions

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Coccolithophorid algal bloom NASA photo June 16,
2006
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Gas hydrates
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Recent tests of Wally in hydrate terrain of
Barkley Canyon
Jacobs University of Bremen, Germany
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Earth-ocean processes and systems
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Seafloor volcanism
Over 80 of Earths volcanism is on ocean
ridges Juan de Fuca Ridge had 3 major eruptions
in 15 years
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TEMPO-mini
Designed by Frances Ifremer An instrument
module designed for study of hydrothermal vent
communities Video, temperature, oxygen, and iron
sensors Coordinated antifouling system
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Acoustic imaging of hydrothermal plumes

• Multibeam sonar acoustics plus visualization and
  quantification methods to image and measure
  smoker-type plumes in 3D and to map diffuse flow
  in 2D

Russ Light, Peter Rona, Karen Bemis Funded by the
US National Science Foundation
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Complexity of the integrated system
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Networks
seismic
tsunami
chemical
fluid dynamics
visual
audio
130 instruments (gt40 types)? gt300 sensors
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Alcatel-Lucent Node deployment1 July-17 August
Cable Ship Lodbrog Alcatel-Lucent
Research Vessel Atlantis Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution
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Nodes
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Power and internet to the deep sea
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Seaproofs armoured cable being loaded onto
transport Bodo, Norway to Victoria, Canada
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Instrument deployment19 August-20 Sept.
Research Vessel Thomas G. ThompsonUniversity
of Washington
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ROPOS ROV and the Remotely Operated Cable Laying
System (ROCLS)

• Collaborative development with NEPTUNE Canada
• In addition to the 800km backbone cable, the
  initial NEPTUNE Canada network includes 94
  secondary cables of over 60km total length

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Test deployment Sept 2008-Feb 2009, on VENUS
Saanich Inlet

• acoustic current meter (Nortek)
• acoustic Doppler current profiler (RDI)
• bottom pressure recorder (NRCAN)
• hydrophone (Naxys)
• rotary sonar (Kongsberg Mesotech)
• TEMPO-mini (IFREMER)

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Junction boxes manufactured and one deployed in
Saanich test
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Data Management and Archiving System (DMAS)?
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New website
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Developing Oceans 2.0
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Cabled observatories developing around the world
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NEPTUNE Canada - Status

• Secured a further 20M for installation in fall
  2006 (total 80Min kind)?
• Scope of observatory expanded from 2 to 5 nodes,
  increased the instruments by 250
• DMAS operating for VENUS since 2006
• Cable, repeaters and branching units laid in Fall
  2007
• Node development and testing and manufacture
  through 2008/2009
• Most instruments are now procured or built, and
  are currently undergoing testing
• Test deployment on VENUS at end September 2008
• Nodes to be installed early summer 2009
• Instruments, extensions, junction boxes to be
  installed in late summer 2009
• Initial operating funds secured from NSERC/CFI/BC

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Transformative Science
Shelf to Deep Sea Cross-plate Remotely
Operated Continuous, Real-Time Data Four
Dimensional Multi-disciplinary Linkages Integrativ
e Coordinated Datasets -gt Geoinformatics
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