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Illuminating the Hidden Planet: The Future of Seafloor Observatory Science
Author(s): National Research Council (Author), and Resources Commission on Geosciences, Environment (Author), Ocean Studies Board (Author), Committee on Seafloor Observatories: Challenges and Opportunities (Author)
- Publisher: National Academies Press
- Publication Date: September 11, 2000
- Language: English
- Print length: 153 pages
- ISBN-10: 0309070767
- ISBN-13: 9780309070768
Book Description
Despite our reliance on the ocean and its resources, it remains a frontier for scientific exploration and discovery. Seafloor observatories―unmanned systems of instruments, sensors, and command modules―will have power and communication capabilities to provide support for spatially distributed sensing systems and mobile platforms. Illuminating the Hidden Planet is a voyage to the bottom of the sea, advancing oceanographic science further through long time-series measurements, to discover the mysteries of the deep that have, until now, avoided scientific opportunity.
