Webbinarium om Polar Connect: 7 oktober 2024

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The Swedish Polar Research Secretariat invites you to a webinar on Polar Connect. The goal of Polar Connect is to build a submarine communication cable system between Northern Europe and East Asia, equipped with environmental sensing technology. Please see the Polar Connect Vision 2030 for more information.

Polar Connect will enable novel Arctic Research Infrastructure and provide access to unprecedented data from the deep Ocean. As part of the European Union Connecting Europe Facility (CEF Digital) funded project ‘North Pole Fiber’, we will present and discuss opportunities for scientific data collection along the route of Polar Connect with a focus on the seas between the Nordics and Svalbard.

This is an excellent opportunity to engage in and shape future sensing efforts on Polar Connect. Please circulate this invitation within your organization.

Project Partners and Organizers

Webinar Details:

Agenda (tentative)
Part I

1. Introduction to Polar Connect
Polar Connect and its route through the Arctic. Latest news related to Polar Connect.
2. Science Opportunities on Polar Connect
Presentation of the various avenues available for scientific data collection.
3. Sensing with Submarine Cables
Examples of already conducted studies that use scientific data from submarine cables.
4. Technological Advances in Sensing on Submarine Cables
Developments in sensing from a technical perspective. Visions for submarine cable sensing.

Part II

5. Extended Q&A with all speakers
6. Discussion Session
Engage in fruitful discussions and explore potential synergies with Polar Connect. Discussion of sensing opportunities and wishes from the scientific community in detail - separated by topic in breakout rooms: oceanography, geophysics/seismology, marine biology.
7. Wrap-up and Next Steps
Final information, planned future events, and next steps for interested parties.

For more information on Polar Connect, the North Pole Fiber project, and sensing technology, please visit:

All the best,

Julia & the Polar Connect Team. Contact: julia.muchowski@polar.se

 

Keywords: Arctic Observing, Fram Strait, North Sea, Norwegian Sea, Greenland Sea, Submarine Cable Sensing, SMART Sensors, Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS), Passive Underwater Acoustics, Year-around Long-term Arctic Ocean Observations, Arctic Oceanography, Deep Ocean Temperature and Salinity, Arctic Marine Biology, Seismology, Geophysics, Ocean and Climate Sciences, Arctic Ocean Research Infrastructure

22-EU-DIG-NPF

Publiceringsdatum: 02 Sep 2024