ERTH 2403 Lecture 3: Lecture 3
2 Sep 2016
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Joides resolutions: 1985: deep sea drilling b. In 2003: deep sea drilling were conducted by integrated ocean drilling program (iodp) Joint oceanographic institute c: odp (ocean drilling project) = the first global program designed to study the nature of ocean floor = deep sea drilling project, chikyu (2007) Manned vehicles: alvin, oldest manned (3-person, more than 4200 dives c, 1970"s east pacific rise, first hydrogen. Slow but to 4000m for 5 hours. Remotely operated robots (operated the ship or ashore) Hrov (hybrid) nereus: deepest diving robot: 1,902 meters. Skandi neptune during horizon platform"s oil spill (gulf of mexico) 2010. National aeronautics and space administration (nasa) established in 1958. Positioning of ocean vessels: 1978 nasa seasat, first oceanographic satellite, determine wave height, variation in sea surface temperature and contour, 1985 gesat, 1992 topex & poseidon, 2002 jason-1, 2002 aqua. Some institute of oceanography: woods hole massachusetts, scripps la jolla california, bedford halifax, qingdao chine (world"s largest)
