Distributed fiber-optic sensors for real-time monitoring of marine infrastructure, deep ocean, coastal environment and quantifying the risks posed by sea-floor hazards

Distributed optical fiber sensors (DOFS) provide new opportunities
for monitoring the marine environment. I present the physical foundations of this
sensor technology and discuss how it can be applied to radically augment the
networks of subsea sensors that help monitor fundamental marine processes and
to complete our understanding of local, regional, and global interactions in this
environment.