SCICEX: Past and

Future

Dale Chayes

MG&G Seminar

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SCICEX Goals

Better understanding of the ArcticUsing US Navy nuclear submarinesUnclassified data

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SCICEX EventsUSS Pargo: 1993 (the blind date)MOA USS Cavalla, 1995USS Pogy, 1996USS Archerfish, 1997SCICEX 2000 WorkshopUSS Hawkbill, 1998 (SCAMP)USS Hawkbill, 1999 (SCAMP)

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SCICEX Status

Submarines are the only effective underway platforms in ice-covered water

Broad scientific participation Substantial new data in many fields Possible extension in the future

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SCAMP

Underway geophysical survey– Swath bathymetry & Image– Subbottom profiler– Gravity

Example data:– http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/SCICEX/

SCAMP– Fall AGU: Oral and Poster sessions

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Future:

Science opportunity in fall of 2000Possible 2002-2008 – extension of L. Mendel Rivers

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IF the LMR is extended?Improved instrumentation–Multibeam at multiple frequencies– Flow through water sampling– ?

New instrumentation–Magnetometer– ROV/AU– ?

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More info:

SCICEX: – http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/SCICEX

SCICEX 2000 workshop: – http://psc.apl.washington.edu/scicex/scicex2000.html:

SCAMP– http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/SCICEX/SCAMP