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Inmartech 2008
Proceedings Introduction
Inmartech 2008 Organization
Inmartech 2008 Introduction
Welcome Address – Gérard Riou, Director of Ifremer Mediterranean Centre
Ifremer Toulon Operational Base and CETSM – Vincent Rigaud (Ifremer)
Session 1: AUVs/Gliders
First Science Missions for Autosub6000 AUV – Stephen Mc Phail (NOC)
AUVs Fleets Exploitation Feedbacks – Jan Opderbecke (Ifremer) and Volker Ratmeyer (MARUM)
Daurade: an AUV for Rapid Environment Assessment – Jean Meyrat (SHOM)
AUV Abyss – Friedrich Abegg (IFM GEOMAR)
Experiences with different underwater gliders - Thierry Terre (Ifremer)
Session 2: Manned Submersibles
Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Method Applied to a HOV Design – Weicheng Cui (CSSRC)
Introduction to Design and Construction of Deep Manned Submersible “Harmony” – Feng Liu (COMRA)
Nautile status and trends – Jean-Pierre Lévêque (Ifremer)
Session 3: New Vessels
A new Norwegian Ice Going Research Vessel – Hans Petter Knudsen (Institute of Marine Research)
AURORA BOREALIS - Development of a new European Research Icebreaker and Deep-Sea Drilling Vessel - Lester Lembke-Jene (AWI)
R/V L'Atalante Modernization - Sébastien Dupont (Ifremer)
New Research Vessel in China - Song Sun (Institute of Oceanology)
Haliotis: An Easy-to-use Survey Launch for Very Shallow Waters – Hervé Bisquay (Ifremer)
Session 4: ROV/AUV Deployment and Interoperability
ROV Kiel 6000 on R/V L'Atalante : Experiences and Results - Friedrich Abegg (IFM GEOMAR)
Using Victor 6000 on board R/V Sarmiento de Gamboa - Arturo Castellon (UTM/CSIC)
QUEST 5 and 7 LARS system - Friedrich Abegg (IFM GEOMAR) and Volker Ratmeyer (MARUM)
Underwater System Deployment from R/V Pourquoi Pas? – Olivier Lefort (Ifremer)
MeBo Drill Rig: Mobilization on Celtic Explorer, Status and Lessons Learned - Bill Dwyer (P&O Maritime Services Ireland Ltd) and Volker Ratmeyer (MARUM)
CALMARS: a Solution to Facilitate the Interoperability and to Increase the Operational Capacities of Autonomous Unmanned Vehicles - Marc Luccioni (Ifremer)
Session 5: Instrumentation and Methods
Hydrostatic Pressure Actuated Cable Cutter - Christopher Griner (WHOI)
SUGAR – Submarine Gas Hydrate Deposits as Sites for CO2 Sequestration: Prospection, Exploitation and Transport - Joerg Bialas (IFM GEOMAR)
The TVHD on Victor 6000 - Pierre Léon (Ifremer)
Session 6: Acoustic and Seismic Tools
Ultra Deep Low Frequency Sub-Bottom Profiler for AUV and ROV - Yves Le Gall (Ifremer)
SYSIF: A New Tool for Near-Bottom Very High-Resolution Profiling in Deep Water - Pierre Léon – (Ifremer)
Session 7: Buoys-Moorings-Observatories Installation
GITEWS Deep Mooring Deployment In Med Sea - Swen Roemer (GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam)
ANTARES Installation - Marine Means and Methods - Jean Roux, Vincent Bertin, Stephan Beurthey (CNRS/CPPM)
Session 8: Data treatment, Network and Communication
HiSeasNet in 2008 - Steven Foley (SCRIPPS)
Facilitating the Access to Marine Research Infrastructures in Europe through Dedicated Information e-Tools - Laurent d'Ozouville (EurOcean)
Session 9: Lessons learned
A Revised Rosette and CTD System Built around a SBE 9Plus Underwater Unit - Michel Hamon (Ifremer)
A Dropping Box for ARGO Profiler Launches - Stéphane Leizour (Ifremer)
Water and Bottom Sampling Combined in One Cast - Jack Schilling (NIOZ)
ISIS Deployment - TMS and “live boating” - Dave Turner (NOC)
Air Bubbles and Hydroacoustic Equipment - Olivier Lefort (Ifremer)
Poster session
Glider Operation : A Technical Facility - Laurent Beguery (DT INSU)
Discovery Replacement Project - Edward Cooper (NOC)
Closing remarks
Appendices
The 2008 International Marine Technician (Inmartech) Symposium was hosted by Ifremer in Toulon, France on October 8-10, 2008.
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