Abstract:
Oceanographic buoy technology
is a diverse field loosely represented
by the Buoy Technology Committee
of the Marine Technology Society.
Information on oceanographic
buoy systems and related is often
disseminated anecdotal while some
results are communicated and
published at various Ocean Technology
conferences and in technical
reports and journal articles. Every 4
to 6 years a Buoy Workshop has
been organized to provide a forum
for less formal and more open
exchanges of successes and failures
in the development of this challenging
segment of technology. The
Buoy Workshops have served the
purpose of a focused exchange of
state of the art technology in a
single defined area. Buoy research
and technology is performed by
small groups in diverse locations.
Frequently there is little interchange
about ongoing work and lessons
learned beyond the immediate
research team. The 1996 Buoy
Workshop was suggested and
supported by the Office of Naval
Research, in order to foster communication
and exchange. The Buoy
Workshop was organized to follow
with a half day of overlap the 23rd
Annual Undersea Cable and
Connector Workshop of the Marine
Technology Society. Both workshops
were held at the end of
March at the same hotel in San
Diego under the auspices of the
Marine Technology Society. About
80 people attended the two-day
exchange about buoy technology
successes and failures.
