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Category Archives: Research Vessels/Ships
Caley Ocean Systems CTD Handling System
One of the interesting innovations on the RV Hugh R Sharp is the incorporation of a “CTD Handling System” from Caley Ocean Systems. The video above was taken from the wet lab of a CTD Rosette being deployed and … Continue reading
My IT is Greener than Your IT (or Server Virtualization FTW)
Carbon Carbon Everywhere Carbon footprint, carbon emissions, carbon taxes…carbon carbon carbon. That’s all we’re hearing these days. If we do something that implies that we’re using less carbon then voila! We’re suddenly “Going Green”. As a carbon-based life form, I’m … Continue reading
Posted in IT Stuff, Research Vessels/Ships
Tagged Carbon, co2, Green IT, Hyper-V, IT, Virtualization, wind turbine
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CTD and Dissolved Oxygen Measurement via Winkler Titration
Last fall I was on the RV Hugh R Sharp for a short research cruise out in the Delaware Bay. We were sharing the Sharp with chief scientist Dr. George Luther, who was doing a mooring deployment that contained a dissolved oxygen sensor (among … Continue reading
Posted in Research Vessels/Ships, Sensors
Tagged CTD, dissolved oxygen, RV Hugh R Sharp, Sensor
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Clean Energy from the Ocean: The Mid-Atlantic Wind Park
Drew Murphy, Northeast Region President of NRG Energy Inc., presented the August 19, 2010 lecture in the University of Delaware’s Coastal Currents Lecture Series. NRG owns offshore wind energy developer NRG Bluewater Wind. Mr. Murphy’s excellent presentation on the company’s planned … Continue reading