Signature Ceremony
On January 18, three CAS institutes, namely, the Institute of Acoustics, the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, and the Shenyang Institute of Automation, signed an agreement to jointly set up a laboratory for meso-scale oceanographical observation. CAS Vice President Li Jiayang and President of the CAS Guangzhou Branch Chen Yong were present to witness the event. On behalf of our institure, Director Tian Jing signed the cooperation agreement.
The three sides agree that efforts will be made, by pooling their resources, to address common and hot issues in the real-time observation in the fields of meso-scale oceanology and hydro-acoustics. Starting from jointly building a new scientific vessel for maritime studies, the new lab will carry out real-time and simultaneous surveys by taking advantages of interdisciplinary studies in major sea areas and sections. It will also establish a long-time series monitoring system by sharing ocean observation platforms such as buoy systems, shore-based stations, and underwater vehicles.
Over the past years, the institutes have maintained a long-time partnership and carried out a number of national research tasks including underwater robots, measurement technology for ocean current profiles, marine optical buoy technology, and ship-borne ocean optical profiling system. Since the 1990s, the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology and Institute of Acoustics have jointly conducted several large-scale scientific experiments, such as a comprehensive exploration in the waters of Nansha Islands. They have also participated in the Asian Seas International Acoustics Experiment.
Director Tian Jing
Deputy Director Zhang Chunhua
Academician Zhang Renhe