David Caress Software Engineer Research and Development Division Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Technical Focus:

• High resolution mapping of the deep ocean seafloor using the MBARI Mapping AUV, an autonomous underwater vehicle equipped with multibeam, sidescan, and subbottom profiler sonars.
• Techniques for the processing of swath mapping sonar data.
• Modeling and inversion of seismic refraction data.

• Morphology and sediment transport processes in submarine canyons
  • Mapping AUV surveys of canyons incising the California margin:
    • Monterey Canyon
    • Mugu Canyon
    • Huneme Canyon
    • Redondo Canyon
    • Santa Monica Canyon
    • Palos Verde Canyo
    • La Jolla Canyon
    • Loma Sea Valley
  • Apparent plunge pool features in submarine canyons
• Morphology and tectonics of seafloor spreading centers
  • Mapping AUV surveys of the Gorda and Juan de Fuca spreading center:
    • Endeavour Segment
    • Coaxial Segment
    • Axial Seamount
    • Cleft Segment
    • North Gorda Segment
• Morphology and subsurface structure of gas hydrate deposits and outcrops
  • Mapping AUV surveys of gas hydrate outcrop sites
    • Barkley Canyon (offshore Vancouver Island)
    • Santa Monica Basin gas seep mounds

• MB-System - an open source software package for the processing and display of swath mapping sonar data.
• High Resolution Seismic Refraction - an effort to conduct on-bottom seismic refraction imaging of the shallow subsurface by deploying hydrophones from an ROV and then shooting on-bottom profiles using an acoustic, swept-frequency (chirp) source mounted on the ROV.

• Curriculum Vitae
• Publications

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
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caress@mbari.org