NEPTUNE Canada

NEPTUNE Canada-related papers & publications

2011

2011, Barnes, C.R., M. Best, F. Johnson, L. Pautet, B. Pirenne, and the Founding Scientists of NEPTUNE Canada. NEPTUNE Canada: A real-time view across ocean zones into biota and their environment. World Conference on Marine Biodiversitiy, Aberdeen, Abstract.

2011, Barnes, C., Best, M., Pautet, L., Pirenne, B.. Understanding Earth-Ocean Processes using Real-time Data from NEPTUNE Canada's Widely Distributed Sensor Network, Northeast Pacific. Geoscience Canada, North America, 38, jan. 2011. Web link  

2011, Fine, I.V., A.B. Rabinovich, R.E. Thomson, R. Candella, and P. Woodworth. Numerical modeling and observations of the global reach of the tsunami of 11 March 2011. International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics General Assembly, Melbourne, Abstract.

2011, Robert K. and S.K. Juniper. Cameras, images and underwater surveillance: an integrated approach to the quantification of bioturbation by the deep-sea megabenthos. Aquatic Sciences Meeting, ASLO, Puerto Rico, US, February 2011.

2011, Best, M., C.R. Barnes, F. Johnson, L. Pautet, B. Pirenne, and the Founding Scientists of NEPTUNE Canada. Challenges and early results from NEPTUNE Canada: The world’s first regional cabled ocean observatory network. International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics General Assembly, Melbourne, Abstract.

2011, Best, M., C.R. Barnes, F. Johnson, L. Pautet, B. Pirenne, and the Founding Scientists of NEPTUNE Canada. Power of Realtime, Continuous, Remote Observations in Capturing Patchy Episodic Fluid-Substrate Events in the Marine Realm: Examples from the NEPTUNE Canada Ocean Network. 45th Canadian Meteorological Oceanographic Society Congress, Victoria, Abstract.

2011, P.A. Rona, K.G. Bemis, C.D. Jones, and D.R. Jackson. Multibeam sonar observations of hydrothermal flows at the Main Endeavour Field. J. Acoust. Soc, Am., Vol. 129, Pt. 2, p. 2373, April 2011.

2011, Peter Rona and Russ Light. Sonar Images Hydrothermal Vents in Seafloor Observatory. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 92, Number 20, 17 May 2011, 169-170. Web link  

2011, Thomson, R.E, A.B. Rabinovich and I.V. Fine. Canada cabled observatory records trans-Pacific tsunamis off the west coast of Vancouver Island. International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics General Assembly, Melbourne, Abstract.

2011, Thompson, R., I.V. Fine, A.B. Rabinovich, S. Mihály, E. Davis, M. Heesemann and M. Krassovski. Observation of the 2009 Samoa tsunami by the NEPTUNE Canada cabled observatory: Test data for an operational regional tsunami forecast model. Geophysical Research Letters. (In press)

2011, R. Light, V. Miller, D.R. Jackson, P.A. Rona, and K.G. Bemis. Cabled observatory vent imaging sonar. J. Acoust. Soc, Am., Vol. 129, Pt. 2, p. 2373, April 2011.

2010

2010, C.R. Barnes, M.M.R. Best, F.R. Johnson and B. Pirenne. Final installation and initial operation of the world’s first regional cabled ocean observatory (NEPTUNE Canada). Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Bulletin, v. 38, no. 3, pp. 89-96, in press.

2010, C.R. Barnes, M.M.R. Best, F.R. Johnson and B. Pirenne. Investigating extreme marine environments through the NEPTUNE Canada cabled ocean observatory. GeoCanada 2010, CSPG/GAC/MAC/CGU/CSEG Joint Conference, May 2010.

2010, Christopher Barnes, Mairi Best, Fern Johnson, Benoit Pirenne. Large subsea observatory for Earth-Ocean Science: Challenges of multidisciplinary integration across hardware, software, and people networks. OCEANS ‘10 MTS/IEEE Seattle, USA, September 2010.

2010, C.R. Barnes, M.M.R. Best, B.D. Bornhold, F.R. Johnson, P. Phibbs and B. Pirenne. Live Data from the Coast to the Deep Sea: NEPTUNE Canada. In Okey, T.A., and K.L. Wallace, editors. The first Barkley Sound Knowledge Symposium, February 2010, Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre. The Tsawalk Partnership, West Coast Aquatic, Port Alberni, British Columbia.

2010, C.R. Barnes, M.M.R. Best, and B. Pirenne. NEPTUNE Canada cabled ocean observatory: Final installation and initial results. APEGBC Innovation, March/April issue, pp. 30-33, in press.

2010, C.R. Barnes. Neptune’s exploration. Design, Develop, and Construct Journal, Spring 2010, pp. 83-84, in press.

2010, C. R. Barnes, M. M. R. Best, F. R. Johnson, P. Phibbs and B. Pirenne. The NEPTUNE Canada Project: installing the world’s first regional cabled ocean observatory. Chapter in book on Ocean observatories, P. Favali et al. (Eds.), Praxis Publishers, in press.

2010, M.M.R. Best, C.R. Barnes, B.D. Bornhold, F.R. Johnson and B. Pirenne. Live data from the coast to the deep sea: NEPTUNE Canada. CMOS Annual Meeting, Ottawa, June 2010.

2010, M.M.R. Best, C.R. Barnes, B.D. Bornhold, F.R. Johnson, P. Phibbs and B. Pirenne. Live data from the coast to the deep sea: NEPTUNE Canada. AGU Ocean Sciences Conference, Portland, February 2010.

2010, Mairi Best, Brian Bornhold, Reece Hasanen, Martin Hofmann, Murray Leslie, Keith Shepherd, Kim Wallace, Jason Williams. Testing and integration of a cabled ocean observatory: Complexity is greater than the sum of the off-the-shelf parts. OCEANS ‘10 MTS/IEEE Seattle, USA, September 2010.

2010, R. Chapman, L. Thomsen and M. Hofbauer. Monitoring gas hydrate stability conditions at a deep sea cold seep. AGU Ocean Sciences Conference, Portland, February 2010.

2010, Davis E.E. and M.L. Heesemann. Highlights of Recent CORK Hydrologic Borehole Observatory Results: Applications to Oceanography, Seismology, and Geodynamics. American Geophysical Union fall meetings, San Francisco, US, 12-17 December 2010. Web link  

2010, R. N. Edwards, K. Schwalenberg, E.C. Willoughby, R. Mir and C. Scholl. Marine Controlled Source Electromagnetics and the Assessment of Seafloor Gas Hydrate. in M. Riedel, E.C. Willoughby and S. Chopra, eds., Geophysical Characterization of Gas Hydrates, SEG, in press.

2010, R. N. Edwards, K. Schwalenberg, E.C. Willoughby, R. Mir and C. Scholl. Marine controlled source electromagnetics and the assessment of seafloor gas hydrate.

in M. Riedel, E.C. Willoughby and S. Chopra, eds., Geophysical characterization of gas hydrates, SEG monograph, in press.

2010, R.N. Edwards, R. Mir, E.C. Willoughby and K. Schwalenberg. The Assessment and Evolution of Offshore Gas Hydrate Deposits Using Seafloor Controlled Source Electromagnetic Methodology (100114-079). OCEANS '10 IEEE Sydney, Australia, May 24-27, 2010.

2010, R.N. Edwards, R. Mir, E.C. Willoughby, K. Schwalenberg and C. Scholl. The assessment and evolution of offshore gas hydrate deposits using seafloor controlled source electromagnetic methodology. IEEE Oceans-10 Conference, Sydney, Australia, May 2010.

2010, P. Favali, R. Person, C. Barnes, Y. Kaneda, J. Delaney and S-K Hsu. Seafloor observatory science. Oceans Observations ’09, Proceedings Volume 2, in press.

2010, Martin Hofmann. Designing a Network for Ocean Observatories. OCEANS ‘10 MTS/IEEE Seattle, USA, September 2010.

2010, J. Howes. NEPTUNE Canada. UT3, Oceanology, May 2010 issue, pp. 55-56, in press.

2010, Reyna Jenkyns. NEPTUNE Canada: Data Integrity from the Seafloor to your (Virtual) Door. OCEANS ‘10 MTS/IEEE Seattle, USA, September 2010.

2010, Robert K., M. Matabos, J. Sarrazin, P.M. Sarradin, R.W. Lee and S.K. Juniper. Cameras on the neptune canada seafloor observatory: Towards monitoring hydrothermal vent ecosystem dynamics. American Geophysical Union fall meetings, San Francisco, US, 12-17 December 2010. Web link  

2010, Murray Leslie, Eric Guillemot, Nic Scott, Vincent Auger. Video acquisition, archiving, annotation and analysis: NEPTUNE Canada’s real-time, annotated georeferenced library of deep sea video. OCEANS ‘10 MTS/IEEE Seattle, USA, September 2010.

2010, S. P. Leys, J. Gedge, Y-H Yang, J. Lee and K. Shepherd. Observing suspension feeders graze: a NEPTUNE observatory in 3D. In Okey, T.A., and K.L. Wallace, editors. The first Barkley Sound Knowledge Symposium, February 2010, Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre. The Tsawalk Partnership, West Coast Aquatic, Port Alberni, British Columbia.

2010, J. Longo and R. Dobell. Enlisting digital fishers to assess data from the deep and elicit judgment from the crowd. In Okey, T.A., and K.L. Wallace, editors. The first Barkley Sound Knowledge Symposium, February 2010, Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre. The Tsawalk Partnership, West Coast Aquatic, Port Alberni, British Columbia.

2010, Aron M., J. Sarrazin, P.M. Sarradin and G. Mercier. Elaboration of a video processing platform to analyze the temporal dynamics of hydrothermal ecosystems. American Geophysical Union fall meetings, San Francisco, US, 12-17 December 2010 Web link  

2010, Best M., C.R. Barnes, F. Johnson, L. Pautet, B. Pirenne and Founding Scientists of NEPTUNE Canada. Large research infrastructure for Earth-Ocean Science: Challenges of multidisciplinary integration across hardware, software, and people networks. American Geophysical Union fall meetings, San Francisco, US, 12-17 December 2010. Web link  

2010, Matabos M. and members of the NEPTUNE Canada Endeavour Science Team. Monitoring Endeavour vent field deep-sea ecosystem dynamics through NEPTUNE Canada seafloor observatory. American Geophysical Union fall meetings, San Francisco, US, 12-17 December 2010. Web link  

2010, R. Mir and R.N. Edwards. Controlled Source EM and 3D modeling of resistive targets. 7th International Workshop on Methane Hydrate Research & Development, Wellington New Zealand, May 2010.

2010, R. Mir, R. N. Edwards. Three-Dimensional CSEM Modelling of Resistive Targets. 7th International Workshop on Methane Hydrate Research & Development, Te Papa, Wellington, New Zealand, May 10 - 12, 2010.

2010, Dwight Owens, Eric Guillemot, Reyna Jenkyns, Mairi Best, Benoît Pirenne. Ocean observatories and social computing: Potential and progress. OCEANS ‘10 MTS/IEEE Seattle, USA, September 2010.

2010, Rona P., K.G. Bemis, C. Jones, D.R. Jackson, K. Mitsuzawa and D.R. Palmer. Partitioning Between Plume and Diffuse Flow at the Grotto Vent Cluster, Main Endeavour Vent Field, Juan de Fuca Ridge: Past and Present. American Geophysical Union fall meetings, San Francisco, US, 12-17 December 2010. Web link  

2010, R. Pawlowicz and R. Tanasichuk. Seasonal variations in Barkley Sound water mass characteristics and deep renewal 2004-2009. In Okey, T.A., and K.L. Wallace, editors. The first Barkley Sound Knowledge Symposium, February 2010, Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre. The Tsawalk Partnership, West Coast Aquatic, Port Alberni, British Columbia.

2010, Rich Pawlowicz and Bob McClure. Inverted echosounder for continuous high-resolution water column profiling from the NEPTUNE (Canada) ocean observatory. OCEANS 2010, 20-23 Sept 2010., pp. 1-8. Web link  

2010, M. Riedel, E.C. Willoughby, and S. Chopra. Gas Hydrates – Geophysical Exploration Techniques and Methods. in M. Riedel, E.C. Willoughby and S. Chopra, eds., Geophysical Characterization of Gas Hydrates, SEG, in press.

2010, L. Roach, E.C. Willoughby and R. N. Edwards. Long-term seafloor compliance monitoring of the Bullseye Vent gas hydrate system. 7th International Workshop on Methane Hydrate Research & Development, Wellington New Zealand, May 2010.

2010, G.C. Rogers, R.D. Meldrum, R. Baldwin, A. Rosenberger, T.L. Mulder. First Observations from the NEPTUNE Canada Seismograph Network. Seismological Research Letters, Vol. 81, p.369, Abstract.

2010, G.C. Rogers, R. Meldrum, T.R Mulder, R. Baldwin and A. Rosenberge. First observations from the NEPTUNE Canada Seismograph Network. Seismological Research Letters Vol. 81, No. 2.

2010, Mihaly, S. and NEPTUNE Canada Science team. Water Column Sampling Capabilities of the NEPTUNE Canada Regional Cabled Observatory. American Geophysical Union fall meetings, San Francisco, US, 12-17 December 2010. Web link  

2010, D. Schillinger, P. Archambault, A.E. Hay, K. Juniper, A. Metaxas, P. Snelgrove. Benthic Dynamics in Barkley Canyon: Preliminary Results Using the NEPTUNE Canada Cabled Undersea Observatory. Ocean Sciences, Portland OR, Eos Trans. American Geophysical Union, 91(26), Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract.

2010, D.J. Schillinger, P. Archambault, A.E. Hay, K. Juniper, A. Metaxas and P. Snelgrove. Benthic Dynamics in Barkley Canyon: Preliminary Results Using the NEPTUNE Canada Cabled Undersea Observatory. AGU 2010 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland OR, February 2010.

2010, D. Schillinger, A.E. Hay. Physical processes in Barkley Canyon via NEPTUNE Canada: First results from a (hopefully) long-term program. Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Annual Congress, Ottawa. Web link  

2010, D. Schillinger, A.E. Hay. Physical processes in Barkley Canyon via NEPTUNE Canada: First results from a (hopefully) long-term program. Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Annual Congress, Ottawa. Web link  

2010, D.J. Schillinger and A.E Hay. Physical processes in Barkley Canyon via NEPTUNE Canada: First results from a (hopefully) long-term program. CMOS/CGU Congress, Ottawa, June 2010.

2010, Ron Schouten, Jeff Proctor, Aurora Walker. Mobile access to the NEPTUNE Canada project: Reuniting scientists with their instruments. OCEANS ‘10 MTS/IEEE Seattle, USA, September 2010.

2010, A. Swidinsky and R.N. Edwards. Electromagnetic scattering by thin resistive bodies. SEG Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado.

2010, A. Swidinsky and R.N. Edwards. Joint inversion of navigation and gas hydrate resistivity structure using a fixed transmitter and a moving, linear receiver array: A model study. 7th International Workshop on Methane Hydrate Research & Development, Wellington New Zealand, May 2010.

2010, A. Swidinsky, and R.N. Edwards. The electromagnetic response of a horizontal electric dipole in a layered anisotropic medium: A student perspective. Geophysics, in press.

2010, A. Swidinsky, R. N. Edwards. The transient electromagnetic response of a resistive sheet: an extension to three dimensions. Geophysical Journal International, 182: 663–674. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04649.x

2010, A. Swidinsky and R.N. Edwards. Transient electromagnetic imaging of thin resistive targets: Applications for gas hydrate assessment. 7th International Workshop on Methane Hydrate Research & Development, Wellington, New Zealand, May 2010.

2010, A. Swidinsky and R.N. Edwards. Transient electromagnetic imaging of thin resistive targets: Applications for gas hydrate assessment. EAGE conference, Barcelona, Spain.

2010, R. Tanasichuk. Interannual variation in euphausiids (krill) in Barkley Sound, 1991-2009. In Okey, T.A., and K.L. Wallace, editors. The first Barkley Sound Knowledge Symposium, February 2010, Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre. The Tsawalk Partnership, West Coast Aquatic, Port Alberni, British Columbia.

2010, S.M. Taylor and Brian Bornhold. Connecting the dots: Ocean research and public policy.

OCEANS 2010 IEEE - Sydney, 24-27 May 2010, pp. 1-5.

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2010, R. Thomson, E.E. Davis, M. Heesemann, S.F. Mihaly, A. Rabinovich, I. Fine, J.Y. Cherniawsky. The 2009 Samoan Tsunami Recorded by the NEPTUNE Canada Tsunami Array off the coast of British Columbia and Washington. AGU Ocean Sciences Conference, Portland, February 2010.

2010, E.C. Willoughby, M. Riedel, and S. Chopra. Introduction to Geophysical Imaging. in M. Riedel, E.C. Willoughby and S. Chopra, eds., Geophysical Characterization of Gas Hydrates, SEG, in press.

2010, E. C. Willoughby, L.A.N. Roach, R. Mir and R.N. Edwards. Long-term seafloor observatory monitoring of marine gas hydrate with NEPTUNE Canada. 7th International Workshop on Methane Hydrate Research & Development, Wellington New Zealand, May 2010.

2010, E.C. Willoughby, E.C., K. Latychev, R.N. Edwards, K. Schwalenberg and R.D. Hyndman. Seafloor Compliance Studies of Marine Gas Hydrates. in M. Riedel, E.C. Willoughby and S. Chopra, eds., Geophysical Characterization of Gas Hydrates, SEG, in press.

2010, E.C. Willoughby, K. Latychev, R.N. Edwards and K. Schwalenberg. Seafloor compliance assessment of gas hydrate deposits. in M. Riedel, E.C. Willoughby and S. Chopra, eds., Geophysical Characterization of Gas Hydrates, SEG monograph, in press.

2010, Zyla, T.A., G. Spence, M. Riedel and M.J. Whiticar. Tracking and Quantifying Methane Bubble Plumes on the North Cascadia Margin. American Geophysical Union fall meetings, San Francisco, US, 12-17 December 2010. Web link  

2009

2009, S. Allen, R. Thomson and S. Mihály. Oceanographic situation of the water column vertical profiler: Neptune Canada. Canadian Meteorological and Society Congress, Halifax. Abstract in Program CD.

2009, Y. Auffret, J. Sarrazin, J-Y. Coail, L. Delauney, J. Legrand, J. Dupont, L. Dussud, G. Guyader, A. Ferrant, S. Barbot, A Laes, K. Bucas, P-M. Sarradin. TEMPO-Mini: a custom-designed instrument for real-time monitoring of hydrothermal vent ecosystems. Martech conf. proceedings, November 2009.

2009, Y. Auffret, J.Y. Coail, L. Delauney, J. Legrand, J. Dupont, L. Dussud, G. Guyader, A. Ferrant, S. Barbot, A. Laes, K. Bucas, J. Sarrazin and P-M Sarradin. TEMPO-Mini: a custom-designed instrument for real-time monitoring of hydrothermal vent ecosystems. Third international workshop on marine technology MARTECH, 19-20 Novembre 2009, VILANOVA I LA GELTRÚ- Barcelona.

2009, C.R. Barnes, M.M.R. Best, F.R. Johnson, P. Phibbs, B. Pirenne. Design, Observing and Data Systems, and Final Installation of the NEPTUNE Canada Regional Cabled Ocean Observatory. Joint Assembly of American Geophysical Union, Geological Association of Canada, Canadian Geophysical Union, Toronto, Abstract in Program CD.

2009, C.R. Barnes, M.M.R. Best, F.R. Johnson, P. Phibbs, B. Pirenne. Latest progress in building the world¹s first regional cabled ocean observatory: NEPTUNE Canada. Canadian Meteorological and Society Congress, Halifax. Abstract in Program CD.

2009, C.R. Barnes, M.M.R. Best, B.D. Bornhold, F.R. Johnson, P. Phibbs and B. Pirenne. NEPTUNE Canada regional cabled ocean observatory: installed and on-line!. American Geophysical Union, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, Abstract in Program CD.

2009, C. Barnes, M.M.R. Best, and A. Zielinski. The NEPTUNE Canada regional cabled ocean observatory. Sea Technology, v. 49, no. 7, pp. 10-14.

2009, C.R. Barnes. Transforming the ocean sciences through cabled observatories. IEEE Aerospace Conference, Bozeman, Idaho. Abstract in Program CD.

2009, K.G. Bemis, K. Bennett, J. Takle, P.A. Rona and D. Silver. Using numerical models and volume rendering to interpret acoustic imaging of hydrothermal flow. American Geophysical Union, Annual Meeting, San Francisco.

2009, M.M.R. Best, C.R. Barnes, F.R. Johnson, P. Phibbs, B. Pirenne. NEPTUNE Canada regional cabled observatory: Transforming ocean science from the coast to the deep sea. European Seafloor Observatory Network (ESONET) Workshop on the Virtual Institute of Scientific Users of Deep-Sea Observatories (VISO), Tromsø (Norway).

2009, M. Fretwell. A tidal wave of data. Achieving Business Excellence. July issue, pp. 114-117.

2009, S.F. Mihály, S. F., R. E. Thomson, and R. E. McDuff. Interaction of Deep Ocean Currents with the Juan de Fuca Topographic Complex-NEPTUNE Canada Science. Canadian Meteorological and Society Congress, Halifax. Abstract in Program CD.

2009, M. Riedel, E. C. Willoughby, R.N. Edwards, R. D. Hyndman, G. D. Spence, R. Chapman, M.-A. Chen, I. Novosel, and K. Schwalenberg. Gas hydrate offshore Vancouver Island, northern Cascadia Margin. In T. Collett, A. Johnson, C. Knapp, and R. Boswell, eds., Natural gas hydrates: Energy resource potential and associated geologic hazards: AAPG Memoir 89, pp. 433-450.

2009, M. Riedel, E.C. Willoughby, R.D. Hyndman, G.D. Spence, N.R. Chapman, N. Edwards, M.-A. P. Chen, I. Novosel, and K. Schwalenberg. Gas hydrates at the Northern Cascadia Margin, in Natural Gas Hydrates – Energy Resource Potential and Associated Geological Hazards. AAPG Memoir 89, T. Collett, A. Johnson, C. Knapp, and Ray Boswell, eds.

2009, G.C. Rogers, R. Meldrum, R. Baldwin, A. Rosenberger, T. Mulder. The NEPTUNE Canada Seismograph Network. American Geophysical Union, Annual Meeting, San Francisco.

2009, G.C. Rogers, R.D. Meldrum, R. Baldwin, A. Rosenberger, T. Mulder. The NEPTUNE Canada Seismograph Network. EOS, Transactions of the AGU, Vol. 90(52), Fall Meeting Supplement, ABSTRACT S51D-05.

2009, J.Y. Sarrazin, Y. Auffret, J. Blandin, J.Y. Coail, L. Delauney, S. Dentrecolas, P. Dorval, J. Dupont, L. Dussud, A. Ferrant, G. Guyader, C. Le Gall, J. Legrand, D. Leroux, P. Léon, J.P. Lévèque, P. Rodier, R. Vuillemin, P.M. Sarradin. Community and environmental dynamics on the deep-sea floor through two observatory approaches. Ocean Biology Observatories Workshop, Mestre, Italy, September 2009.

2009, A. Swidinsky and R.N. Edwards. The transient electromagnetic response of a resistive sheet: Straightforward but not trivial. Geophysical Journal International, 179, pp. 1488-1498.

2009, A. Swidinsky, and R.N. Edwards. The transient electromagnetic response of a resistive sheet: straightforward but not trivial. Geophysical Journal International, 179: 1488–1498. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04393.x.

2008

2008, Willoughby, E. C., K. Latychev, R. N. Edwards, K. Schwalenberg, and R. D. Hyndman. Seafloor compliance imaging of marine gas hydrate deposits and cold vent structures. J. Geophys. Res., 113, B07107, doi:10.1029/2005JB004136. Web link