Page 62: of Marine Technology Magazine (March 2006)

64 MTR March 2006

Carrillo Underwater Systems . . . . . . . . . .19 . . . .200

DeepSea Power & Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 . . . .201

Geometrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 . . . .218

Government of Newfoundland & Labrador . .32-33 . . . .202

Hafmynd-Gavia Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 . . . .219

Hydroid, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 . . . .203

Kongsberg Mesotech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 . . . .204

Materials Systems, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 . . . .221

Mate ROV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 . . . .220

Oceanology International . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 . . . .223

Oceans 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 . . . .205

OceanWaveS GMBH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 . . . .222

Perry Slingsby Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C4 . . . .206

Prizm Advanced Communications, Inc. . . . .37 . . . .207

Remote Ocean Systems, Inc. . . . . . . . . . .43 . . . .224

Seabotix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C2 . . . .208

Seawork Divework 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 . . . .210

Seaeye Marine Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C3 . . . .216

Sea School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 . . . .209

Sohre Turbomachinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 . . . .211

South Coast Development Partners . . . . . . .1 . . . .212

SubConn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 . . . .217

TeleDyne - RDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 . . . .213

Triton Imaging, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 . . . .214

VideoRay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 . . . .215

COMING IN THE April 2006 EDITION

Feature: The OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY EDITION

Product: Sonar Systems & Seafloor Mapping

Directory: Environmental Monitoring & Remote Sensing

Advertiser’s Index

For Fast, Free Information from Advertisers visit www.maritimeequipment.com/mt

Company Page RSC# Company Page RSC#

Through the Gulf Coast Ocean

Observing System (GCOOS - the

RA in that area of the country) and working closely with both NOAA's

National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) and the Minerals Management

Service (MMS) many major oil com- panies have installed current meters on some of their offshore platforms and that data is now flowing through

NDBC as part of IOOS. In terms of sensors and other hardware required for IOOS, obviously these will sub- stantially be procured from compa- nies just as I'm sure that sensors that will be required but don't yet exist will also be developed by these and other firms. Similarly, there exist in many parts of the country (the Gulf

Coast for example) substantial exist- ing infrastructure and assets that can be called-upon for deployment and maintenance of offshore systems; and it's quite possible that this need may be answered in other regions of the nation by companies that will be stood-up specifically to answer these needs. About a dozen federal agen- cies, literally hundreds of universities, laboratories, private institutions as well as myriad state and local organi- zations are presently all involved in conducting ocean observations and collecting data. Perhaps the biggest and most immediate challenge facing

IOOS — and one in which US

Industry has considerable expertise in solving — is devising and instituting the means, processes, procedures, software, hardware, middleware and metadata that will facilitate the seam- less interoperability of all these data and collection systems.

MTR: Any final thoughts or mes- sages you want to get out to the

Marine Technology Reporter's reader base?

Clark: If you think that you and/or your company may have a reason to become involved with IOOS then you should - I can think of almost no sector of the maritime industry who will not ultimately be a stakeholder in

IOOS, whether as a contributor, a user, or both. Whether as a user, a provider (or both) you will benefit more (and the system will also bene- fit) through getting involved at the earliest possible stage - where you can have the most influence on the prod- ucts it delivers and its usefulness to your enterprise.

Q&A with Dr. Andrew Clark (Continued from page 19)

MTR#2 (49-64).qxd 2/24/2006 11:02 AM Page 64