A thin fiber cable laying system for mobile deep seafloor observation

Author

Kawaguchi, Katsuyoshi ; Nishida, Takato ; Obana, Shinichi

Author_Institution

Deep Sea Res. Dept., Japan Marine Sci. & Technol. Center, Yokosuka, Japan

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

667

Abstract

This paper describes the development of submarine thin fiber cable and its laying system for mobile and expandable deep seafloor real-time observatory for geo-scientific studies. The thin fiber cable laying system was designed to handle easily by the general research apparatuses on the research vessels and has a ability to lay more than 10 km of cable on the seafloor. The performance of the laying system was confirmed by the several towing tank experiments using the genuine research apparatus

Keywords

cable laying; oceanographic equipment; oceanographic techniques; optical cables; ships; submarine cables; geo-scientific studies; mobile deep seafloor observation; real-time measurement; research apparatus; research vessels; seafloor real-time observatory; submarine thin fiber cable; system performance; thin fiber cable laying system; towing tank experiments; Cable shielding; Communication cables; Observatories; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber sensors; Optical sensors; Sea floor; Underwater vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS, 2001. MTS/IEEE Conference and Exhibition

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-933957-28-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.2001.968803

Filename

968803