Proceedings Of The Marine

SUM 2013

Proceedings magazine is a communication tool for the Coast Guard's Marine Safety & Security Council. Each quarterly magazine focuses on a specific theme of interest to the marine industry.

Issue link: https://uscgproceedings.epubxp.com/i/149372

Contents of this Issue

Navigation

Page 87 of 98

Autonomous remote power module. Photo courtesy of Mr. Hank Statscewich at University of Alaska, Fairbanks. involvetheuseofproductsderivedfromcoastalradar systemsandlocalexpertknowledge,integratedwith informationprovidedbysatelliteimageryandon-ice sensorsystems. Autonomous Stations Thecenterisalsodevelopingradarsystemsforremote areas and extreme environments to monitor ice movementandshippingalongtheNorthwestPassageby establishingstationsthatcanrunautonomouslyto reportdata.Designedtorunasastand-aloneplatform,thesystemwilloperateprimarilyonwindand solarpowerandsecondarilyonaliquidfuelgenerator to provide coastal radar data. Itssizeandindependenceallowittobedeployedin areaswherepowerandcommunicationsystemsdo notexist.GiventhelackofinfrastructureandcommunicationacrosslargecoastalareasofAlaska,this effort is critical to providing information to the Coast Guardandotherstakeholders. Ongoing Efforts Finally,MIREESismovingforwardtoconductcollaborativeprojectsthatmergethreeseparatetechnologies: • anautonomouspowersupply; • automaticidentifcationsystemdigitaldistress callingradioreceivertechnology; • algorithms that permit high-frequency shorebasedradars,whicharecommonlyusedtomeasuresurfacecurrents. Byassessingtheperformanceofthesetechnologies inaggregate,MIREEShopestogivetheCoastGuard theabilitytotrackanddetectvesselsoperatinginU.S. Arcticwaters. www.uscg.mil/proceedings USCG Arctic Challenges During congressional testimony in 2011, Admiral Robert Papp, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, addressed some challenges the Coast Guard faces for operating in the Arctic region. He said, "Operations in the Arctic's extreme cold, darkness, and iceinfested waters require specialized equipment, infrastructure, and training. Our current Arctic capabilities are very limited. We have only one operational icebreaker. We do not have any coastal or shore-side infrastructure. Nor do we have a seasonal base to hangar our aircraft or sustain our crews." 1 Endnote: 1. Defending U.S. Economic Interests in the Changing Arctic: Is There a Strategy? Verbal testimony before the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard Hearing, July, 2011. About the authors: Mr. Theophilos Gemelas is a program manager at the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate. He oversees four cooperative agreements with university recipients that represent two DHS Centers of Excellence: the National Center for Border Security and Immigration, and the Center for Maritime, Island, and Remote and Extreme Environment Security. Ms. Tara Duggan is an associate at Booz Allen Hamilton. She has seven years of experience in the management consulting industry, and her project work has covered project management, process improvement, and knowledge management. For more information: See www.dhs.gov/fles/programs/ editorial_0498.shtm and www.cimes.hawaii.edu/. Summer 2013 Proceedings 85

Articles in this issue

Links on this page

Archives of this issue

view archives of Proceedings Of The Marine - SUM 2013