Oceanology von Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) | Proceedings of an international conference (Oceanology International ’86), sponsored by the Society for Underwater Technology, and held in Brighton, UK, 4–7 March 1986 | ISBN 9789401083669

Oceanology

Proceedings of an international conference (Oceanology International ’86), sponsored by the Society for Underwater Technology, and held in Brighton, UK, 4–7 March 1986

von Society for Underwater Technology (SUT)
Buchcover Oceanology | Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) | EAN 9789401083669 | ISBN 94-010-8366-5 | ISBN 978-94-010-8366-9

Oceanology

Proceedings of an international conference (Oceanology International ’86), sponsored by the Society for Underwater Technology, and held in Brighton, UK, 4–7 March 1986

von Society for Underwater Technology (SUT)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

  • I Navigation.
  • 1 Modern navigation and positioning techniques.
  • 2 Equipment for differential GPS.
  • 3 The application of fast parallel processing to enhance the performance of navigation systems.
  • 4 Comparisons of dynamic surface positioning systems.
  • II Environmental Observations.
  • 5 Oceanographic and remote sensed data bases at national and international level (not submitted for publication).
  • 6 A review of the ODAP project: 1980–1985.
  • 7 Wave measurements at North Atlantic weather stations “India” and “Juliett” in the 1970s.
  • 8 The advantages and problems of using acoustic Doppler current profilers in support of exploration drilling on the West Shetland Continental Shelf.
  • 9 Utilization of “Service Argos” for the remote monitoring of oceanographic data acquisition systems.
  • III Underwater Vehicle Applications.
  • 10 An advanced underwater towed vehicle for oceanographic measurements.
  • 11 Methods for reducing ship-induced attitude variations of passive towed bodies.
  • 12 Long-range underwater acoustic image transmitting system.
  • 13 Operational aspects of swimming and seabed crawling ROVs for search and salvage of lost dangerous cargo.
  • 14 The Arcs and Dolphin untethered remotely operated vehicles.
  • IV Environmental Modelling.
  • 15 Activities of the WAM (Wave Modelling) Group.
  • 16 On the application of MIROS data in ocean wave modelling.
  • 17 Estimating extreme still-water levels and currents offshore.
  • 18 A forecasting method of typhoon swell.
  • 19 Numerical wave models as a source of data for marine climatology.
  • V Geology/Geophysics/Geotechnics.
  • 20 A new opto-electronic technique for the measurement of seabed sand transport.
  • 21 RALPHNET: an underwater local area network.
  • 22 The Benigraph System: results of field trials.
  • 23 Two-ship undershooting of aproduction platform.
  • 24 A three-component ocean bottom microprocessor-based seismometer.
  • VI Wave Directionality.
  • 25 The wavescan second generation directional wave buoy: from design concepts to field testing.
  • 26 Field results comparing two directional wave buoys.
  • 27 SPEAR-F (a wave height spectrum buoy via ARGOS) and the directional wave height measuring buoys at IFREMER.
  • VII Geology/Geophysics/Geotechnics.
  • 28 SeaLion: A Snellius-II expedition system for in situ geotechnical testing in water depths of 6000m.
  • 29 Effect of time after sampling on laboratory test results.
  • 30 PUPPI — a free-fall seabed piezometer for geotechnical studies.
  • 31 Conventional geotechnical approach to marine geotechnical applications: a perspective.
  • VIII Loading Actions.
  • 32 A technique for estimating wave-induced motion responses of a crane barge semi-submersible.
  • 33 Intercomparison tests related to the application of drift buoy systems for Lagrangian current measurements in the Yellow Sea.
  • 34 Use of optical-fibre sensors for crack detection in marine environments.
  • IX Geology/Geophysics/Geotechnics.
  • 35 The collection, interpretation and presentation of geotechnical data for marine pipeline projects.
  • 36 Pipeline inspections: an overview.
  • 37 Analyses of instability of seabed and substrate in the East China Sea.
  • 38 Channels in the North Sea: the nature of a hazard.
  • 39 Pockmarks of the Northwestern Arabian Gulf.
  • X Hydrography - Instrumentation.
  • 40 Computer-aided mapping of sonar.
  • 41 SONARMAP: a convenient integration of positioning information and seafloor mapping sonar data.
  • 42 An automatic hydrographie survey system with digital charting facilities (not submitted for publication).
  • 43 Multibeam echo-sounder system for seabed mapping.
  • 44 The Bathymétric swathe soundingsystem.
  • XI Hydrography — Dredging/MUD/General.
  • 45 High-accuracy dredging surveys at the Port of Hamburg.
  • 46 Nautical bottom research and survey for optimisation of maintenance dredging in mud areas.
  • 47 A vessel-borne gamma-ray slit density gauge for the in-situ examination of sediments.
  • 48 Hovercraft in surveying.
  • 49 Hydrographic surveying education in Nigeria.
  • 50 Doubtful hydrographic data.
  • 51 A seismic cone penetrometer for offshore applications.