FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS

2002 HMRG participation in Shipboard Acceptance Tests of EM-120 and EM1002 multibeam sonars aboard R/V Kilo Moana (AGOR-26). Funded by NAVSEA..

2002 HMRG support of EM-120 and EM1002 multibeam sonar mapping aboard R/V Kilo Moana (AGOR-26) and the HAWAII MR1 swath mapping system. Funded by NSF through OCE – Oceanographic Technical Service via UH ship operations.

2002 HMRG support of Jason-2 and DSL-120 sonar mapping operations, CY2002. Funding from NSF via Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution:

• DSL Support 01: Jason-2 operations, Juan de Fuca Ridge. Paul Johnson chief scientist, R/V Atlantis.

• DSL Support 02: Combined operations offshore the island of Hawaii. Mike Garcia and Fred Duennebier chief scientists, R/V Thompson.

• DSL Support 03: Collaborative Project: A deeptow magnetic study of the Jurassic Quiet Zone. Maurice Tivey chief scientist, R/V Thompson.

2001 Bathymetry and acoustic imagery of the continental margin of South Korea: A HAWAII MR1 survey for NRL / NAVOCEANO / ROK Navy.

2001 Advanced data processing of seafloor imagery collected by the SEAMAP swath mapping sonar. Funded by the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office.

2001 Development of a training syllabus for operation of phase difference swath bathymetry sonars. Funded by the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office.

2001 NSF support for HMRG operation of the HAWAII MR1 swath mapping system. Funded by NSF through OCE – Oceanographic Technical Service for three surveys:

• The Galapagos hotspot – A new window into the mantle. Mark Kurz chief scientist.

• Mantle inputs to the subduction factory: Assessing scales of spatial variability along and across the IBM convergent margin. Sherman Bloomer chief scientist.

• Subduction factory studies in the southern Mariana convergent margin: side-scan, geophysical and petrologic investigations. Patty Fryer chief scientist.

2001 Analysis of synthetic aperture sonar data for geological surveys. Funded by the Center for Excellence in Research in Ocean Science (CEROS) through Dynamics Technologies, Inc.

2001 HMRG support of DSL-120 sonar mapping operations, CY2001. Funding from NSF via Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution includes funding for three surveys:

• DSL Support 01: First tests of a new DSL-120 phase difference bathymetric sidescan sonar system, R/V Atlantis.

• DSL Support 02: Tectonics and sea level history from submerged coral platforms in the Huon Gulf, Papua New Guinea. Eli Silver chief scientist, R/V Melville.

• DSL Support 03: Near-bottom mapping of the central axial magnetic high on the East Pacific Rise. Hans Schouten chief scientist, R/V Atlantis.

2001 Bathymetry profiles of the AJC cable route survey. Funded by Racal Pelagos Inc.

2000 Preliminary shipboard assessment of HMRG sonar processing software on the Woods Hole Deep Submergence Laboratory DSL-120 sonar. Funded by NSF via subcontract to WHOI/DSL.

2000 Remote assessment of manganese nodule fields in the eastern Pacific using the HAWAII MR1 seafloor imaging system. Funded by the Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute. Sang-Mook Lee chief scientist.

2000 Bathymetry and acoustic imagery of the Australia-Japan submarine telecommunication cable route using the HAWAII MR1 seafloor imaging system. Funded by KDD Submarine Cable Systems and Telstra Australia through Racal Pelagos Inc. Bruce Appelgate chief scientist.

2000 HAWAII MR1 swath mapping survey, Sealord Products Ltd. B. Appelgate chief scientist.

1999 Enhanced imagery and bathymetry from Macquarie Ridge HAWAII MR1 data. Funded by Seabed Mapping New Zealand. Bruce Appelgate chief scientist.

1999 A swath multibeam echo sounder for University of Hawaii's SWATH AGOR research vessel. Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP), Office of Naval Research. Bruce Appelgate principal investigator.

1999 Matching funds for a swath multibeam echo sounder for University of Hawaii's SWATH AGOR research vessel. SOEST. Bruce Appelgate principal investigator.

1998 HAWAII MR1 Survey of the Japan/U.S. submarine cable route (a fiber optic telecommunications cable linking Japan, Hawaii and California). Funded by Alcatel Submarine Cable Systems through Seafloor Surveys International (Seattle). Bruce Appelgate chief scientist.

1998 HAWAII MR1 sonar search for the wreck of the USS Yorktown northeast of Midway Atoll. Funded by National Geographic Society / Odyssey Expeditions. Robert D. Ballard chief scientist.

1997 Side-scan sonar and geophysical survey of the southern Mariana arc: a step toward understanding geochemical mass balance at convergent plate boundaries. Funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation. Patty Fryer chief scientist.

1997 HAWAII MR1 Survey of the SeaMeWe-3 submarine cable route (a fiber optic telecommunications cable linking Asia and Western Europe). Funded by KDD Submarine Cable Systems through Cable & Wireless Marine (UK) and Williamson & Associates (Seattle). Bruce Appelgate chief scientist.

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