Technical Workshop on Applications of Iridium Telecommunications

to Oceanographic and Polar Research

University of Washington

Applied Physics Laboratory

Henderson Hall

1013 NE 40th Street

Room 602 - Hardisy Conference Room

Seattle, Washington

19-21 May 2004

Agenda

Wednesday, 19 May 2004

0800Coffee

0830 - 0845Introduction (Stephen R. Piotrowicz, Ocean.US/NOAA; Steven G. Ackleson, Office of Naval Research)

0845 - 0905A 24x7 9600 baud Continuous Mobile to Mobile Connection for Network to Network Connectivity- Gary L. Ferentchak (Raytheon Polar Services)

0910 - 0930Using Iridium to Transmit Geodetic GPS Data from Remote Antarctic Installations - Paul Tregoning (Australian National University)

0930 - 1000Experiences with an Iridium Based Communications System in Polar Regions - Victor Frost (University of Kansas)

1000 - 1020Polar Experience with Iridium:Dial-up and SBD - David Meldrum and Duncan Mercer (Scottish Association of Marine Sciences)

1020 - 1040Break

1040 - 1100Experiences with Real-time Data Retrieval from Remote Observatories using Iridium Communications Links - Dan Detrick (University of Maryland)

1100 - 1120Iridium Data Transfer from North Pole Deployed Ocean Flux Buoys - Tim Stanton (U.S. Naval Postgraduate School)

1120 - 1140Communications in Rapid Environmental Assessment - Alex Trangeled (NATO SACLANT Center)

1140 – 1210Experiences with Real-Time Data Retrieval from Remote Stations using Iridium; and Data Distribution: GTS and IOOS - Steve Collins (U.S. National Data Buoy Center)

1210 - 1310Lunch

1310 - 1330Seaglider Communications Performance: Results from Two Years of Open Ocean Operations - Neil Bogue and James Bennett (University of Washington)

1330 - 1350ARGO, Profiling Floats, and Iridium - Stephen C. Riser and Dana Swift (University of Washington)

1350 - 1410First Experiences with an Irdium Telemetry System on the DOLAN Buoy in the Atlantic -Eberhard Kopiske (University of Bremen)

1410 - 1430An Overview of PMEL Iridium Ocean Observatories - Christian Meining (Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

1430 - 1500Real-time Over-the-horizon Communications for MBARI's Ocean Observing System - Lance McBride (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)

1500 - 1520Break

1520 - 1540Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System (GoMOOS) -Robert Stessel (University of Maine)

1540 - 1600Experiences with a Small Moored Surface Telemetry Buoy Including the Subsurface Inductive Data Link - Andreas Pinck (Institute für Meereskunde, Universität Kiel)

1600 - 1620Use of Iridium in a Small Moored Buoy, and on a Large Commercial Vessel - Jonathan Campbell (Southampton Oceanography Center)

1620 - 1640Iridium Enabled TCP/IP for Coastal Ocean Observing Systems - Christopher Calloway (University of North Carolina)

1640 -1830Iridium Satellite LLC, System Update – Scott Scheimreif and Kent Keeter (Iridium Satellite LLC).

1830Adjourn

Thursday, 20 May 2004

0800Coffee

0830 – 0900NAL Research Update – Ngoc Hoang (NAL Research)

0900 - 1200Working Group Discussions

1000 - 1030Open Break Period

1200 - 1300Lunch

1300 - 1330Plenary - Brief Working Group Presentations

1330 - 1700Working Group Discussions

1500 - 1530Open Break Period

1700 Adjourn

Friday, 21 March 2004

0800Coffee

0830 - 1000Working Group Presentations

1000 - 1020Break

1050 - 1130Discussion - Next Steps

1130Adjourn