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Appendix D: Charges to Breakout Groups
Pages 129-133

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... BREAKOUT G ROMP 1 Charge for Breakout Group 1: What is the potential for seafloor observatories to lead to significant scientific advances? The goal of this session is to assess the extent to which seafloor observatories will address important scientific issues in earth and ocean sciences and to articulate the scientific merit of establishing observatories on the seafloor.
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... 1. For each of the scientific problems that were classified as benefiting from observatory science in Breakout Group 1, identify which of the observatory types listed below would be best suited to answer the scientific question.
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... Although a mooring-based installation may be attractive for some applications, in all probability this class of observatory will utilize an undersea cable from the shore to provide power and communications to one or more "nodes" and will support science experiments with power and communications needs not economically or logistically supportable by a mooring-based observatory. An individual node might support a range of devices, such as remotely deployed seafloor systems and AUV docking stations.
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... Global/Basin-Scale Observatory Network session leaders: Barbara Romanowicz and Doug Luther An observatory designed to provide basin or global-scale coverage through a network of observatory nodes. The individual nodes might be mooring or cable-based.
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... While completing this task, keep in mind the following questions and comment on those you feel are appropriate. Program/Ir~formatior' management · What would be the most effective management structure for a large seafloor observatory program?
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