During 2000, NRL scientists initiated new research thrusts while contributing to areas of continuing Laboratory expertise. In the ocean sciences, NRL marine geophysicists, led by Dr. Peter Vogt, hosted a conference in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, to explore the possibility of initiating a systematic international effort to map the entire ocean floor to at least 100-meter spatial resolution. Despite the advances in mapping the Moon, outer moons, and the near planets of our solar system, only a few percent of the ocean floor has been mapped to 100-meter resolution. Resolution at such a spatial scale reveals a wealth of hitherto unknown features and seafloor processes. The intent of the NRL-sponsored GOMaP workshop (Global Ocean-floor Mapping Project) was to explore the possibilities of using state-of-the-art surface ship technologies, and possibly also autonomous undersea vehicles, for systematic mapping. The Juan de Fuca tectonic plate and the Gulf of Mexico were proposed as pilot areas for initiating GOMaP. An international conference/meeting is planned to further consider the idea, informally dubbed 'Wet Clementine' at NRL.
Naval Research Laboratory 2001 Review
2001
253 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Ocean Sciences & Technology , Military Sciences , Space Technology , Space technology , Naval research laboratories , Military requirements , Navy , Acoustics , Atmospheric sciences , Chemical research , Biochemical research , Remote sensing , Optical sciences , Materials , Information technology , Communications , Maritime applications
NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY SATELLITES 60 - 89
Online Contents | 1997
|Naval Research Laboratory Solar Concentrator Program
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1998
|CLEMENTINE: Naval Research Laboratory Lunar Orbiter
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1994
|Gyrotron research at the naval research laboratory
IEEE | 1989
|Clementine - Naval Research Laboratory Lunar Orbiter
AIAA | 1994
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