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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
