Papers

Technical Papers

All presentations should conform to topics related to the theme, “Versatility – A Recall to Life for Sonobuoys” or areas of sonobuoy interoperability. The presentations are expected to address new and innovative aspects of alternative uses of sonobuoys, and/or interoperability. Presenters are encouraged to refrain from using a “sales pitch” approach to describe products and/or services.

Government/SG41 member nation presentations should also be related to this theme, and should provide status of their respective ASW programs, future directions and potential challenges to industry.

All presentations are expected to last no more than 30 minutes including questions. Electronic projection equipment will be available along with appropriate interpreters. Abstracts should be submitted to the Technical Coordinator, Mr. Irv Shaffer at shaffer@navmar.com, no later than 30 May 2008 for inclusion in the program. All papers are to be UNCLASSIFIED and security markings are unnecessary.

Call For Papers - Instructions to Authors

General Comments

A computer driven overhead projection device, with Flash drive and CD ROM drive running Windows XP with the MS Office XP Pro family of applications will be available for presentations at the conference. A microphone, speaker system and screen will also be available. If you will need additional equipment, please notify the Technical Coordinator, Mr. Irv Shaffer (address shown below).
A formal record of the meeting will be made from softcopies (MS Office XP Pro family of applications on Flash drive or CD ROM). A softcopy should be sent to the Technical Coordinator two months prior to the conference. To guarantee successful reproduction of the papers and to attain the desired uniformity of format, authors are asked to adhere to the following instructions.
All media must be UNCLASSIFIED. Softcopies should be in the MS Office XP Pro family of applications.
Color copies of papers will be accepted.

Text Size

The proceedings will be printed on USA letter size paper, dimension 8 ½” x 11”. Clearly it is desirable that authors submit their papers on this size paper, but it is recognized that in many cases other paper sizes will be used. In all cases the main body of the text should be of the dimensions 6 ½” x 9”. The text is to be written in single column format using Times New Roman, 12-point type and single spacing, and should be full justified. Text must appear on one side of the page only.

Margins

As stated, the main body of the text must fall within 6 ½” x 9” region, thus the margins will be different for different sizes of paper.

Letter-size paper (8 ½” x 11”)

Make the left and right margin should be 1”, with the text full justified. The top and bottom margins should be 1”.

Other Paper Sizes

Use 1” top and bottom margins and 1” right and left margins, text full justified. If necessary the hard copy submitted will be reduced to fit on a sheet 8 ½” x 11”.

Title, Authors, and Affiliations

Use 14-point, Times New Roman, upper-case boldface for the title, which should be centered on the page. Leave extra white space both above and below the title (see sample page). The authors’ names and affiliations appear below the title and are centered as well. Use 12-point, Times New Roman, mixed-case boldface for the authors’ names and 12-point, Times New Roman, mixed-case for the authors’ affiliations. Headings should be 12-point, Times New Roman, upper-case boldface, and sub-headings should be 12-point, Times New Roman, mixed-case boldface with sub-sub headings 12-point Times New Roman mixed-case italics.  Number the main headings as 1., 2., etc., and sub-headings as 1.1, 1.2, etc., leaving sub-sub-headings unnumbered.  Do not number the headings for the abstract or the references.

References

Use any consistent style and numbering method.  All references should be mentioned in the text.

Figures

Figures are to be integrated into the main body of the text if possible, but may be consolidated at the end by those authors who wish. Color figures may be submitted but may be reproduced in black and white.

Suggested Topics (Not All Inclusive)

* Monitor and track marine migrations (fish, mammals)
* Monitor marine life communications (and behavior)
* Mark and track open ocean icebergs
* Monitor and track under-ice marine life (seals, whales, narwhals, shrimp)
* Monitor ice activity (pressure ridge cracking and movement)
* Monitor environmental conditions (at sea or on land)
            - Wind (wind noise)
            - Precipitation (rain, snow, ice or hail impact noise)
* Monitor land stations acoustically
            - Foot traffic
            - Vehicle traffic
            - Airborne traffic
* Monitor animal migrations (mass herds, single trail animals
* Monitor animal communications (and behavior)
* Monitor RF environment (on the ocean surface, on land)
* Monitor Optical environment on land and on sea surface
            - Active optical (LASER) ranging for fog, clouds, pollutants
              (obtaining propagation and attenuation measurements)
            - Active optics (Lasers) penetrating the water column
* Monitor geo-magnetic activity (from the ocean surface, on land)
* Monitor electric fields
* Implantation of sensors into the ocean bottom
* Active sub-bottom profilers using a surface link

Security Classification and Markings

All papers are to be UNCLASSIFIED.