The course offers a combined lab and field course to introduce the most relevant instruments and survey methods of acoustic surface and subsurface imagery to both geophysicists and non-geophysicists. Course participants will acquire a full set of skills, from the basics of analyzing and interpreting seismo-acoustic data, through operational aspects such as cruise planning, watch keeping, logistics, onboard data management and processing, towards data archival and final documenting of shipboard results.

The course is offered to PhD students and post docs from the whole Baltic Sea Region. The number of participants is limited by classroom / vessel capacity, appx. 14 berths. The course will be jointly held with master students from the University of Szczecin and the Maritime Academy, Szczecin, totalling 30 participants. The course is free of charge. However, travel costs to / from Szczecin have to be covered, but some support can be provided by the organizers on request.

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Deadline: 25 June 2010

Source: Bonus

(17/06/10)