SCOR and POGO to host Open Science Meeting for an International Quiet Ocean Experiment

Open Science Meeting for an International Quiet Ocean Experiment

30 August – 1 September 2011

UNESCO Headquarters - Paris, France

 

The Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) and Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO) announce an open science meeting for an International Quiet Ocean Experiment (IQOE). The purpose of the open science meeting is to develop a Science Plan for the IQOE, a focused international research effort that may last a decade or so. This plan will include background information to document the importance of the issue of sound in the ocean and its effects on marine organisms; identify information gaps; and describe research, observations, and modeling activities needed to fill these gaps.

 

Plenary Presentation Topics

• IQOE history and concept

• What is known about the physics of acoustics in the ocean?

• The future industrialization of the oceans

• What is known about the biological effects of sound

exposure? Biologically significant effects? What is already

possible using existing technologies? How could existing

technologies be added to existing observing systems?

• What is a soundscape and how should soundscapes be

quantified and characterized?

• Modeling and prediction of soundscapes

 

Themes for discussion sessions

• Observing systems, including technology development

• Scientific knowledge needed for government agencies,

industry and regulators

• Ocean soundscapes

• Designing research relating soundscapes (cumulative

effects of many sources) to biologically significant

effects on organisms

• Experimental approaches to understanding responses

of organisms to specific sources



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