Call for Submissions - Sensing of the Ocean and Seafloor Using Fibre-Optic Cables: Technologies, Techniques and Applications (OT018)
Glover, Hannah E
Dear Colleagues,
Please consider submitting an abstract to our upcoming session at the 2026 Ocean Sciences Meeting on "Sensing of the Ocean and Seafloor Using Fibre-Optic Cables: Technologies, Techniques and Applications". We are excited to hear about your new applications of fibre-optic techniques (e.g., DTS, DAS, DSS, OFS) as well as your novel results and insights into fundamental oceanographic processes! We especially encourage submissions from graduate students and early career researchers. See the full session description below, and please get in touch with us if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Emma Gregory (Chair, Emma.G...@noc.ac.uk)
Hannah Glover (Co-chair, glov...@oregonstate.edu)
Carl Spingys (Co-chair, car...@noc.ac.uk)
Ethan Williams (Co-chair, ethan.w...@ucsc.edu)
Session Description:
Seafloor fibre-optic cables are being used to detect a variety of marine phenomena and ocean parameters, including temperature, turbulence, tides, breaking waves, ice dynamics, storms, tsunamis, earthquakes and marine mammals. The ongoing expansion of distributed optical fibre sensing (DOFS) techniques, including distributed acoustic sensing (DAS), distributed temperature sensing (DTS) and interferometric methods, is significantly improving signal to noise, resolution and reach from shore for these measurements. In addition, new applications for ocean and environmental sensing are continually being discovered. This session aims to bring together those working on method development, data analysis and interpretation, and especially oceanographers interested in the applications and capabilities of these methods for future observations. DOFS has the potential to transform ocean environmental sensing, leveraging an extensive existing global cable network to make measurements across a broad range of resolutions and scales, filling in key gaps in conventional observation systems.
We welcome contributions across all aspects of marine fibre-optic sensing, including:
- Method development (DTS, DAS, SMART cables, etc) and derivation of new ocean or seafloor parameters
- DOFS observations of oceanographic, acoustic, biological, geological, meteorological, cryospheric or anthropogenic phenomena
- Calibrations, comparisons, and integrations of fibre-optic data with conventional in-situ or remote sensing techniques
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Hannah Glover, she/her/hers
Research Associate
Oregon State University | College of Engineering
Office: Batcheller 350, Ph: 603-479-6235
https://blogs.oregonstate.edu/wengrovelab/