IRIS/JOI Scientific Submarine Cable Steering Committee

9612368 Butler提供的资金用于继续IRIS/JOI电缆指导委员会（CSC）的工作和继续运营从关岛到日本尼宫的TPC-1电缆。CSC还与其他国家和国际组织进行协调，为现有和计划中的有线电视节目提供技术建议，并向广大科学界提供服务。协调角色有三个方面：与电缆应用相关的国家和国际团体联络，与广泛的日本电缆计划的具体联络，以及与工业和工业组织的定期联系。其目的是确保以技术上准确的方式处理电缆在长期海底观测中的应用，并确保世界各地感兴趣的调查人员了解正在进行或计划中的涉及海底电缆的科学项目。

9612368 Butler Funding is provided to continue the work of the IRIS/JOI Cable Steering Committee (CSC) and for continuing operation of the TPC-1 Cable which runs from Guam to Nimomiya, Japan. The CSC also provides coordination with other national and international groups, technical advice to existing and planned cable programs, and outreach to the broad scientific community. The coordination role has three facets: liaison with national and international groups for which cable applications are pertinent, specific liaison with the extensive Japanese cable program, and regular contact with industry and industrial organizations. The purpose is to ensure that cable applications to long-term seafloor observations are treated in a technically accurate manner and that interested investigators around the world are aware of ongoing or planned scientific programs which involve submarine cables.