INCREASE OF THE RESEARCH CAPABILITIES IN
OCEANOGRAPHY AND RELATED SCIENCES IN SÃO
PAULO STATE: THE ALPHA CRUCIS PROJECT
In 2007, the Center of Management and Strategic Studies
(CGEE), concluded a study named Ocean and Coastal Environments
(available in http://www.cgee.org.br/publicacoes/mar_amb_cost.php). The
objective of this study was to establish an agenda of mid- to long-term
goals in science, technology, and innovation, with the final goal of an
effective occupation of the Brazilian Marine Territory and expansion of
the Brazilian presence in the South and Equatorial Atlantic.
RECOMMENDATIONS Expansion and strengthening of research networks in order
to guide the evaluation of the mineral potential and the technological
characterization of the marine mineral resources of socioeconomic
interest;
Creation of a national center for management of oceanographic
equipment;
Establishment of the Operational Oceanography,
comprising a network of marine environmental monitoring, data
collection platforms and oceanographic database;
Conservation of the coastal zone;
Dissemination of marine science and technology
Establishment of Marine Technological Parks, which include
offshore mariculture activities, biotechnological farms, extraction of
biodiesel from biomass and marine renewable energy
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1. Mineral resources of the Continental Shelf
2. Mineral Resources located beyond the
Jurisditional Shelf
3. Pre-Salt
4. Marine Technology and Environmental
Impact
5. Oceanographic Processes and their Role in
Climatic Changes
6. Fisheries in Deep Waters and Offshore
Acquaculture
7. Short- and Long-Term Climatic Changes
8. Deep marine Ecosystems
Courtesy: Prof. Dr Frederico Brandini
Courtesy: Prof. Dr Frederico Brandini
Courtesy: Dr Luiz Antonio Pereira de Souza
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THE ALPHA CRUCIS (EX-MOANA WAVE)
Length 64 m
Breadth 19 m
Depth 4,9
Gross Tonnage 972 ITC
Speed 12/10/1
Fuel Consumption 290 lph at 10kts
Endurance / Range 70 days / 17,000 mi
Main engines (2) Cat 398 at 850 hp ea.
Total Horsepower 1,700
Generators (2) 300KW at 440v ea
Emergency Generator 75 KW Detroit Diesel Model 471N
General Lab 30 m2
Dry Lab 22 m2
Computer Data Lab 34 m2
Gym 22 m2
Office 7 m2
Wet Lab 30 m2
Conference Rooms 24 m2
Researchers 20
COST (INCLUDING REFIT AND EQUIPMENTS): US$ 10.5 MILLION (US$ 8
MILLION FROM FAPESP AND 2.5 MILLION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SÃO
PAULO)
1. Single-beam echo sounders:
- Scientific echo sounder, with echo integrator, frequencies
from 38/120/200 kHz, Simrad EK-60;
- Hydrographic echo sounder, 12/38 kHz, Kongsberg EA-600;
- Net-sounder, Marport
2. Multi-beam echo sounder Reson Seabat 8160
3. Thermosalinograph Seabird SBE-45 and temperature remote sensor
SBE-38
4. ADCPs (RDI Ocean Surveyor 75 kHz and 150 kHz)
5. Motion sensor Kongsberg MRU-2
6. Meteorological station (wind sensors, temperature, moisture,
atmospheric pressure and solar radiation), Coastal Environment Weather
Pack
7. Sub-bottom profiling Knudsen Chirp 3260, with transducers of 3.5 and
12 kHz
8. Dynamic positioning system L3 NMS6000
9. Mechanical winch, with 5000 m of cable
10. Electromechanical winch, with 5000 m of cable
11. Different types of laboratories: wet, electronic, and chemical.
and... The Alpha Delphini!
COST: R$ 4 MILLION (US$ 2.2 MILLION): 3.2 MILLION FROM FAPESP
AND 0.8 MILLION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Rosely A. Figueiredo Prado
- Alexandre Eid Prates
- Francisco L Vicentini Neto
- José Gustavo Imakawa
- José Helvecio de Moraes Rezende
- Luiz Vianna Nonnato
- Raimundo Adalberto de S Neto
- Rolf Roland Weber