Fred Spiess
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Fred Spiess's Degrees
- PhD Oceanography University of California, San Diego
- Masters Oceanography University of California, San Diego
- Bachelors Marine Biology University of California, Santa Barbara
Why Is Fred Spiess Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Dr. Fred Noel Spiess was a naval officer, oceanographer and marine explorer. His work created new advances in marine technology including the FLIP Floating Instrument Platform, the Deep Tow vehicle for study of the seafloor, and the use of acoustics for underwater navigation and geodetic positioning.
Fred Spiess's Published Works
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Published Works
- East Pacific Rise: Hot Springs and Geophysical Experiments (1980) (691)
- Corals on seamount peaks provide evidence of current acceleration over deep-sea topography (1986) (411)
- Hydrothermal heat flux of the “black smoker” vents on the East Pacific Rise (1980) (240)
- Methane-rich plumes on the Carolina continental rise: Associations with gas hydrates (1995) (203)
- Precise GPS/Acoustic positioning of seafloor reference points for tectonic studies (1998) (185)
- Three‐dimensional modeling of a magnetic reversal boundary from inversion of deep‐tow measurements (1980) (156)
- Marine Physical Laboratory Deep Tow Instrumentation System. (1973) (98)
- Suboceanic Geodetic Measurements (1985) (86)
- East Pacific Rise Crest: A Near-Bottom Geophysical Profile (1969) (86)
- Broadband seismology in the oceans: Lessons from the Ocean Seismic Network Pilot Experiment (2001) (85)
- Deep tow studies of the Tamayo transform fault (1979) (85)
- Abyssal bedforms explored with a deeply towed instrument package (1977) (80)
- Ocean Seismic Network Pilot Experiment (2003) (78)
- Plate motion at the ridge-transform boundary of the south Cleft segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge from GPS-Acoustic data (2008) (55)
- Flip‐Floating Instrument Platform (1963) (54)
- A Pair of Young Cratered Volcanoes on the East Pacific Rise (1979) (51)
- Deep-Tow Observations at the East Pacific Rise, 8°45'N, and Some Interpretations (1980) (44)
- Near-bottom geophysical study of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge median valley near lat 37° N: Preliminary observations (1975) (44)
- Origin of Florida Canyon and the role of spring sapping on the formation of submarine box canyons (1990) (40)
- No spreading across the Southern Juan de Fuca Ridge axial cleft during 1994–1996 (1999) (39)
- Temperature and video logs from the upper oceanic crust, Holes 504B and 896A, Costa Rica Rift flank: implications for the permeability of upper oceanic crust ☆ (2004) (36)
- Analysis of a possible sea floor strain measurement system (1985) (33)
- Dissolution and collapse features on the eastern Mediterranean Ridge (1984) (30)
- Computer‐aided interpretation of side‐looking sonar images from the eastern intersection of the Mid‐Atlantic Ridge with the Kane Transform (1998) (27)
- Centimeter-Level Positioning of Seafloor Acoustic Transponders from a Deeply-Towed Interrogator (2005) (24)
- Seafloor seismic stations perform well in study (1999) (22)
- Erosion on the Line Islands archipelagic apron: Effect of small-scale topographic relief (1976) (21)
- AN ACOUSTIC TRANSPONDER SYSTEM (1966) (21)
- Alpha-Emitting Isomer: Polonium-211 (1954) (19)
- Photogeologic study of a segment of the East Pacific Rise axis near 21°N latitude (1984) (18)
- First ocean-research-ship-supported fly-in re-entry to a deep ocean drill hole (1992) (16)
- Detailed geophysical studies on the northern Hawaiian Arch using a deeply towed instrument package (1969) (15)
- Acoustic techniques for Marine Geodesy (1980) (15)
- Employing geodesy to study temporal variability at a mid‐ocean ridge (1995) (13)
- Scientific Rationale for Establishing Long-Term Ocean Bottom Observatory/Laboratory Systems (1987) (13)
- Report of a workshop on technical approaches to construction of a seafloor geomagnetic observatory (1995) (13)
- Morphological development of the Florida Escarpment: observations on the generation of time transgressive unconformities in carbonate terrains (1991) (12)
- ABYSSAL EROSION AND SCARP RETREAT : DEEP TOW OBSERVATIONS OF THE BLAKE ESCARPMENT AND BLAKE SPUR (1999) (12)
- Gravity measurements in the northeastern pacific Ocean (1957) (12)
- Search for the "Thresher": Assistance to the Navy by the scientific community in this search effort proved to be essential. (1964) (11)
- Tests of the LaCoste and Romberg Surface‐Ship Gravity Meter II (1959) (10)
- Near‐bottom seismic profiling: High lateral variability, anomalous amplitudes, and estimates of attenuation (1980) (10)
- Location and Enumeration of Underwater Explosions in the North Pacific (1968) (10)
- Polar ice test of the scale dependence of G (1987) (9)
- Acoustic Imaging (1971) (9)
- Models of near‐bottom magnetic anomalies on the East Pacific Rise Crest at 21°N (1974) (8)
- Fine Scale Mapping Near the Deep Sea Floor (1976) (8)
- Tests of a new submarine gravity meter (1958) (7)
- Fine Grained Deep Ocean Survey Techniques (1978) (7)
- Evaluation of teleseismic waveforms and detection thresholds from the OSN pilot experiment (1999) (6)
- Wide swath precision echo sounder (1984) (5)
- The meteor expedition : scientific results of the German Atlantic expedition, 1925-27 (1985) (5)
- Display Processing For Side-Scan Sonar Images (1980) (5)
- Accurate GPS measurement of the location and orientation of a floating platform. [for sea floor geodesy] (1990) (4)
- Seafloor Geodetic Monitoring with the Plate Boundary Observatory (2000) (4)
- Some Origins and Perspectives in Deep-ocean Instrumentation Development (1980) (4)
- Sea Floor Strain Measurement Using GPS and Acoustics (1997) (4)
- Deep-sea borehole re-entry with fiber optic wireline technology (2000) (4)
- Near-Bottom Acoustic Observations of Abyssal Topography and Reflectivity (1974) (4)
- Survey of Chase Disposal Area (NITNATOW) (1971) (4)
- Space‐time measurement of oceanic motions from a range‐gated Doppler sonar (1976) (3)
- The Marine Physical Laboratory at Scripps (2003) (3)
- SLOPE DISTRIBUTIONS OF THE EAST PACIFIC RISE CREST (1970) (3)
- Shipboard Cruise Report on Leg Five of Expedition South Tow. (1973) (3)
- DEEP-OCEAN NEAR-BOTTOM SURVEYING TECHNIQUES (1987) (2)
- Wireline CORKs Deployed for Long-term Hydrogeological Investigations in Holes 504B and 896A, Costa Rica Rift, and the First In-situ Video Collected from Within Upper Oceanic Crust (2001) (2)
- Morphology of Florida Escarpment chemosynthetic brine seep community sites (1988) (2)
- Tools and techniques for deep water sediment sampling around a ship wreck (1998) (2)
- Seven Tow, Leg 8, Cruise Report. (1970) (1)
- FLIP (Floating Instrument Platform): A major Fred Fisher contribution to ocean science (2006) (1)
- First results from a deep tow multibeam echo-sounder (1994) (1)
- Report of FLIP-Ambient Noise Operations of April and August 1971. (1971) (1)
- Recovery of equipment from the ocean floor (1974) (1)
- The MPL sound velocimeter: An instrument for in situ sound velocity measurements in the deep ocean (1997) (1)
- The George H. Scripps Memorial Marine Biological Laboratory of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego (1979) (1)
- Large Column-Supported Floating Platforms (1985) (1)
- Mapping Of Small Scale (Outcrop-Size) Seqimentological Features On Modern Submarine Fans (1978) (1)
- Variability of acoustic reflectivity over a manganese nodule field (1983) (1)
- Precision acoustic geodetic measurement of seafloor motion over 10 km (1996) (1)
- Ambient noise and elastic wave propagation in the deep seafloor (1990) (1)
- Magnetic observations in studies of sea-floor spreading. (1969) (1)
- JOINT NORTH SEA WAVE PROJECT (JONSWAP) PROGRESS---AN OBSERVER'S REPORT (1975) (1)
- Fine-scale bathymetry used for submersible studies of the East Pacific Rise (1980) (1)
- Real-time positioning and navigation for ocean applications using GPS (2003) (1)
- Lessons from the Ocean Seismic Network Pilot Experiment (1999) (1)
- Analysis of a method for precisely relating a seafloor point to a distant point on land (1985) (0)
- GPS - Acoustic Geodetic Measurements System (1993) (0)
- Underwater acoustics for seafloor geodesy (1997) (0)
- Motivating the underwater acoustics community: 50s and 60s version (2001) (0)
- Progress report on the development of the seafloor borehole array seismic system (phase II) : July 14, 1992 to January 31, 1996 (1996) (0)
- Chapter II – Oceanic Environment (1970) (0)
- ABYSSAL HILL SLOPE DISTRIBUTIONS AND SONAR BEARING ERRORS (1968) (0)
- Annual Report. Advanced Ocean Engineering Laboratory (1970) (0)
- Geodetic measurements at sea floor spreading centers (1978) (0)
- Deep Tow Search Operation (1993) (0)
- 11. Marine Acoustic Techniques (1987) (0)
- Incoherent beamforming with interference patterns (2000) (0)
- SeisCORK meeting report (2006) (0)
- Frederick Hendrick Fisher (2006) (0)
- Advanced Ocean Engineering Laboratory Technical Progress Report (1973) (0)
- Development and Testing of a Drill Hole Instrument Placement System (1991) (0)
- Deep-towed RUM III: a third-generation remote underwater manipulator (1978) (0)
- A Study of the Thermal Boundary Layer of the Ocean (1973) (0)
- Cable Splicing Technology: Splicing of 0.68 Inch Electro-Mechanical Cable (1989) (0)
- Annotated record of the detailed examination of Mn deposits observed from bottom photography taken during the INDOMED-1 expedition (1979) (0)
- Marine Physical Laboratory Program in Acoustics and the Ocean Environment. (1982) (0)
- Response : Magnetic Observations in Studies of Sea-Floor Spreading (1969) (0)
- The 1960's: technology pushes ocean research (2003) (0)
- Fellows Committee Actions (1994) (0)
- Precise acoustic measurements of seafloor transponder and towed‐vehicle positions (2000) (0)
- APPENDIX II. LTO-PPG MEMBERSHIP AND MEETING HISTORY (1999) (0)
- Rudnick, Philip ⋅ 1904–1982 (1983) (0)
- The Ocean Sciences section: Who are we? (1992) (0)
- SOME SHORT-LIVED ALPHA EMITTERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF POLONIUM 211 (1951) (0)
- AGU reviews Honors Program (1993) (0)
- Final Report for N00014-75-C-0749. (1981) (0)
- Note from the section president (1991) (0)
- Stable Floating Platform. (1970) (0)
- Statusof GPS/Acoustic Measurements of Seafloor Strain Accumulation Across the Cascadia Subduction Zone (1993) (0)
- First Results Flom a Deep Tow Multibearal (2006) (0)
- FLIP—a Stable Ocean‐Going Platform for Acoustic Experiments (1961) (0)
- Advanced Tethered Vehicle (ATV) Activation Project (2006) (0)
- Multi-Scale Studies of Seafloor Topography (1994) (0)
- Ocean acoustics: by Ivan Tolstoy and C. S. Clay. 293 pages, diagrams, illustrations, 534 × 9 in. New York, McGraw-Hill book Co., 1966. Price, $15.50 (1967) (0)
- Up periscope! Observations on ocean research policy and administration (as seen from below) (1989) (0)
- 1983 Maurice Ewing Medal (1983) (0)
- Report of the Working Group on Marine Sulfides (1987) (0)
- Broadband borehole seismic system integration tests : report of the system integration tests at MPL/SIO (1998) (0)
- Amplitudes in seismic profiling data: Multilayer interference and attentuation effects at 4 and 6 kHz (1978) (0)
- Program in Marine Physics Applied to Navy Undersea Missions (1992) (0)
- Technical Progress Report. Advanced Ocean Engineering Laboratory (1971) (0)
- DEEPLY-TOWED ECHO-SOUNDER RECONNAISSANCE OF A FLEET TACTICAL RANGE SITE, (1968) (0)
- Arrays versus Lenses as Directional Acoustic Sensors (1973) (0)
- Program for Continued Development and Use of Ocean Acoustic/GPS Geodetic Techniques (1997) (0)
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