Results of United States-Russia workshop in ocean and oceanic atmosphere technology

This paper describes the results of the first “open” US-Russia workshop on ocean technology held in Moscow April 15-18, 1996. Russia has been very active and made great strides in marine, maritime, and naval technology, especially during the preceding decades as part of the Soviet Union. A cooperative workshop was long overdue and provided a forum for: equitable exchange of technological advances; identification of areas of mutual interest; and developing potential areas for cooperative research and opportunities for government, university and industry partnerships. Workshop plans, initiated in 1991 through NSF and NOAA collaboration, were ultimately funded through a grant to Stevens Institute of Technology by NSF in 1994. The major topics covered were: environmental remote sensing, hydro-acoustic systems and methods, ocean instrumentation and methods, underwater vehicles and systems, and ocean-atmosphere interaction