![]() to advance the innovation economy and support the creation of new high-skill jobs. The State of Rhode Island recently established an Innovation Campus competition through URI and the R.I. The PIA also expands the Division’s reach to small businesses developing technologies of interest to NUWC and the Navy, as well as other academic institutions and non-profits that partner with URI.ĭuring the visit, Coughlin confirmed Division Newport’s support for the newly created R.I. The PIA between the URI BEC and NUWC Newport is designed to increase the likelihood of success in the conduct of cooperative or joint activities with small business firms and institutions of higher education to support strategic efforts in industry engagement, workforce development, and technology-based economic development. national standardizing activity in the area of underwater acoustic measurements. The visit also included a tour of NUWC’s Underwater Sound Reference Division Laboratory, which serves as the U.S. 13 visit built on the existing educational partnership agreement (EPA) with the University and provided an opportunity to discuss new avenues for collaboration under the recent partnership intermediary agreement (PIA) with URI’s Business Engagement Center (URI BEC). Michael Coughlin and other senior leaders to discuss their mutual roles in economic and workforce development. David Dooley visited Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport to meet with Commanding Officer Capt. standards maintained by the Underwater Sound Reference Division (USRD).University of Rhode Island (URI) President Dr. This objective was satisfied by performing a series of acoustic measurements in an acoustic tank and in open bodies of water using methods and standards traceable to U.S. The overall objective of this study was to acquire and analyze calibrated acoustic source data for a number of commonly used marine geophysical survey systems as required to support subsequent sound source verification of these systems in situ by future BOEM-USGS studies. This report presents results of work performed under interagency agreements (IAs) between BOEM, USGS and the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport (NUWCDIVNPT) of the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). Thus, characterizing the acoustic fields radiated by marine geophysical acoustic survey systems is a critical first step to understanding the potential for these surveys to impact marine ecosystems. BOEM is advancing this objective by characterizing the acoustic energy radiated by geophysical survey systems used on the continental shelf, and other shallow bodies of water under U.S. The BOEM is working to ensure that environmental mitigation requirements are scientifically supported, cost effective, operationally feasible, and impact reducing. Given the significant scientific questions and uncertainty about the potential impacts associated with noise in the marine environment, an increasing number of regulatory requirements and precautionary mitigation strategies are being applied to lower-energy geophysical surveys including those of short duration and limited geographic footprint. ![]() The USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP), USACE Civil Works, and NOAA National Ocean Service (NOS) Office of Coast Surveys use the same technology for similar purposes on the shallower inner continental shelf (ICS). In particular, geophysical surveys support infrastructure siting, sand resource delineation, geomorphic characterization, environmental monitoring, archaeological resource identification, and mapping of shallow hazards. Geophysical survey systems are used by these agencies (and commercial interests) to support exploration and development on the outer continental shelf (OCS) including marine transportation, oil and gas, marine mineral, and renewable energy projects. Navy (USN), and the National Science Foundation (NSF). Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Marine geophysical acoustic survey systems are critical to the mission of several federal agencies including the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), U.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division-Newport, Technical Report 12,203 INTRODUCTION Characteristics of Sounds Emitted During High-Resolution Marine Geophysical Surveys Crocker, S.E., and F.D.
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