{"title":"Development Of Hearing Conservation Standards For Hazardous Noise Associated With Diving Operations","authors":"P. Smith","doi":"10.1109/OCEANS.1983.1152058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS.1983.1152058","url":null,"abstract":"Spectral analyses reveal that wet-suited divers using certain underwater hand-held tools are exposed to intense noise. There is no general hearing-conservation standard (hcs) for noise exposure in wet environments and the existing literature does not provide a theoretical or an empirical basis for developing one. An interim hcs, based on equal sensory magnitudes, is developed and discussed. Temporary auditory threshold shifts resulting from controlled exposure to noise have been used to assess noise hazards. Research in progress at the Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory (NSMRL) in which divers are exposed to noise from three classes of hand-held tools is described. There is also a need for an hcs for noise exposure in dry hyperbaric environments, such as in diving chambers, and diving helmets. Since auditory sensitivity is diminished in hyperbaric gas, it is reasonable to assume that the existing hcs for surface pressure can be applied conservatively to dry diving situations. However, recent experience suggests that the surface hcs may be needlessly restrictive for hyperbaric gas environments. New data on this point recently obtained at NSMRL is presented.","PeriodicalId":137921,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings OCEANS '83","volume":"142 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1983-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123732631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Culturing And Utilization Of Large Brown Seaweeds (Kelps)","authors":"W. North","doi":"10.1109/OCEANS.1983.1152028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS.1983.1152028","url":null,"abstract":"Kelp species, the larger members of brown-colored marine plants, are widely cultivated and have been utilized by many peoples as food, fertilizer, a source of chemicals, and as fodder for domestic animals. Interest has recently developed in usage as alternative energy sources (kelp tissue would be converted to methane via bacterial fermentation). Kelp life cycles involve an alternation of generations from an entirely microscopic phase to a phase that includes the large macroscopic plant utilized by humans. The complex life history imposes culturing requirements beyond the usual degree of care needed for propagating terrestrial plants. These difficulties notwithstanding, kelp cultivation is successfully practiced, particularly in the Orient. Culturing techniques range from artificially \"seeding\" an artificial substrate which may eventually be outplanted to the sea, to transplanting large mature individuals to desired locations, allowing them to \"seed\" naturally and establish their populations. Giant kelp, Macrocystis, is the principal brown alga utilized commercially in the United States. Culturing techniques have been developed for growing Macrocystis. Depleted kelp beds in southern California have been successfully restored utilizing these methods.","PeriodicalId":137921,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings OCEANS '83","volume":"04 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1983-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127256396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Use Of Acoustics In Localizing Under-Ice Oil Spills","authors":"R. Francois, T. Wen","doi":"10.1109/OCEANS.1983.1152128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS.1983.1152128","url":null,"abstract":"Because the oil-water interface is relatively smooth, acoustic backscatter from it should be small compared with that from the ice-water interface which is relatively rough because of the freezing process. The surface backscattering strength of ice was measured in the laboratory and in the field to determine the feasibility of using acoustics as a tool for detecting and localizing under-ice oil spills. The results were used to develop a least-squares regression model of backscattering strength. Calculations showed that mapping of a large area with a sonar is possible. Optimum parameter values for such a system are yet to be determined.","PeriodicalId":137921,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings OCEANS '83","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1983-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115833239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Office Of Naval Research Ocean Technology Program","authors":"E. Silva","doi":"10.1109/OCEANS.1983.1152152","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS.1983.1152152","url":null,"abstract":"The Office of Naval Research Ocean Technology Program is a basic research effort that is devoted to providing fundamental knowledge required for the solution of Navy and Marine Corps ocean engineering problems. It also supports a limited number of projects that support ocean science in a broad sense. Issues that effect these objectives are discussed, and an overview presented of the three major areas of research interest that are being supported at the present time. Key factors for future growth and success of the Ocean Technology Program include continued emphasis on basic rather than applied research, providing new concepts and capabilities to Navy applied research interests, and nuturing a strong research community.","PeriodicalId":137921,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings OCEANS '83","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114976655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The National Undersea Research Program","authors":"D. Keach, W. Busch","doi":"10.1109/OCEANS.1983.1152040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS.1983.1152040","url":null,"abstract":"The University of Southern California, through its Institute for Marine and Coastal Studies, in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is developing a new temperate-water saturation diving complex for use by the marine scientific community. The program is one of four major elements of NOAA's National Undersea Research Program. The other three include HYDROLAB, a seafloor habitat located in a submarine canyon in the Caribbean Sea; the submersible MAKALII, with its associated launch, recovery and transport (LRT) vehicle operated in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands; and a highly mobile surface-supported open bell mixed gas diving system operated along the eastern seaboard of the United States.","PeriodicalId":137921,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings OCEANS '83","volume":"85 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120825313","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effective Use of the Sea Overcoming the Law of the Sea Problems","authors":"D. Ross","doi":"10.1109/OCEANS.1983.1151964","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS.1983.1151964","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":137921,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings OCEANS '83","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124947602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Hillman, J. Williams, F. Saksa, R. McGrath, L. Gómez
{"title":"Aquatic Bioassays Of Fusrap Soils","authors":"R. Hillman, J. Williams, F. Saksa, R. McGrath, L. Gómez","doi":"10.1109/OCEANS.1983.1151981","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS.1983.1151981","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":137921,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings OCEANS '83","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123241640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In Situ Data Selection And Compression As A Tool For Extending The Lifetime Of Remote Acquisiton Systems","authors":"C. Holland, E. Burdette","doi":"10.1109/OCEANS.1983.1152120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS.1983.1152120","url":null,"abstract":"The deployment lifetime of an in situ acquisition system is a function, primarily, of the efficient utilization of the energy source and data storage medium. Recent improvements in data and electrical energy storage will provide some improvement in deployment life and have certainly reduced the cost per bit of data storage but the greatest potential improvement is in the application of microcomputing technology to programmed data selection and compaction. Programmed or computed data selection implements, in situ, the decision making process of a data collector and results in categorization of data into high, medium, and low value groups. Data compression techniques are then used to preprocess the categories into compacted data sets with information being preserved in accordance with the designated value of the set. Computed data selection followed by efficient data compression provides, then, a powerful approach for optimizing remote data acquisition. This paper examines data categorization and compression techniques which have been applied successfully to marine and non-marine environmental measurements and discusses hardware implementation. These techniques are applied to actual time series oceanographic data and the effectiveness of each technique evaluated. Results of the evaluations, impact of each technique on system software, and a recommendation for a prototype hardware system are presented.","PeriodicalId":137921,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings OCEANS '83","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114959797","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cooperative Dredging: The Management of Port and Harbor Dredging Projects in Massachusetts","authors":"H. Diamond","doi":"10.1109/OCEANS.1983.1151966","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS.1983.1151966","url":null,"abstract":"\"Master Plans\" for ports commonly focus on development, land use, and environmental issues but generally fail to include recommendations to coordinate plan implementation. As a result, various port projects involving construction and dredging are initiated independently, and this results in few economic or environmental benefits to the proponent or the general public. If environmental testing, permitting, and dredging for the projects were combined, substantial savings in time and money could be realized by port users and environmental impacts to public resources could be reduced. This paper suggests a framework for the coordination of port and harbor dredging projects and presents case studies from Gloucester Harbor and the Port of Boston, Massachusetts, where this framework has successfully been implemented.","PeriodicalId":137921,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings OCEANS '83","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122683539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A General System For Physiological Diver Monitoring","authors":"A. Lovik, J. Jones, J. Tangen","doi":"10.1109/OCEANS.1983.1152064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS.1983.1152064","url":null,"abstract":"A general system for monitoring physiological data from a working diver at depths down to 500 metres has been developed by BENTECH A/S in cooperation with BENNEX A/S. Chosen parameters are measured by a compact \"intelligent\" acquisition unit and transmitted to the surface via a single twisted pair cable. Error detection and correction techniques have been employed to protect the data on the way to the surface. The surface unit displays the parameters from one or more divers on a TV screen and checks that their values lie within the limits the operator has set. Audible and visual alarms are provided together with a logging printer. A full data logging output to a cartridge recorder is also available. Parameters that have been monitored include breathing-gas temperature, breathing frequency, hot-water temperature, deep-core body temperature, and depth. Other parameters such as ECG or pulse rate could also be included without difficulty. The system has been tested out in wet-chamber simulated dives down to 350 metres and the results so far are encouraging.","PeriodicalId":137921,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings OCEANS '83","volume":"119 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122626947","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}