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Category Archives: Sensors
Predicting Sea Surface Salinity from Space
The simplest definition of salinity is how salty the ocean is. Easy enough, right? Why is this basic property of the ocean so important to oceanographers? Well, along with the temperature of the water, the salinity determines how dense it … Continue reading
Posted in Research Vessels/Ships, Satellite, Science and Technology, Sensors
Tagged NASA, NOAA, Salinity, satellite, Sensor, Space, UD
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Hurricane Katia Footprints
The ORB Lab was having a meeting in the GVis Lab this week and, as usual, the East Coast US 8-Day Averaged Sea Surface Temperature overlay was up on the screens. Dr. Oliver pointed to the screen and noted that … Continue reading
Posted in Outreach, Satellite, Science and Technology, Sensors
Tagged Google Earth, IOOS, MARACOOS, NASA, NOAA, ORB Lab, UD
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Conch Reef Survey for NASA’s NEEMO 15 Project
Dr. Art Trembanis’ Coastal Sediments, Hydrodynamics & Engineering Lab (CSHEL) has been pretty busy lately. Not long ago I did a post about the prototype sub-bottom profiler section that he added to his Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) (see: Sub-Bottom Profiling using an … Continue reading
Posted in AUV/ROV, Science and Technology, Sensors
Tagged AUV, CEOE, CShel, NASA, NEEMO, UD
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NASATweetup for the Final Endeavour (STS-134) Launch
It’s official – I’m heading to Kennedy Space Center in sunny Florida for the Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-134) launch as part of what they call a “#NASATweetup”. I follow @NASA via my personal Twitter account – @cpuguru – and when … Continue reading
Posted in Satellite, Science and Technology, Sensors
Tagged Endeavor, NASA, NASATweetup, Space Shuttle, STS134
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Flat Stanley Rides a REMUS in Antarctica
Flat Stanley joined researchers at Palmer Station in Antarctica in search of penguins and environmental data about their feeding grounds in January. This video showcases just how awesome this icon of international literacy and community can be. Armed with only … Continue reading
Posted in AUV/ROV, Science and Technology, Sensors
Tagged Antarctica, AUV, ORB Lab, Penguins, REMUS
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Trip to Penguin Colony on Biscoe Point
Folks seem to like penguins….so much so that we even made the front page of the University of Delaware website! Hurray! This shot is of the Adélie penguin colony on Humble Island. We had just deployed a satellite transmitter on … Continue reading
Penguins, AUV’s, Satellites: together at last
Can we merge satellite and AUV technology to learn about penguin foraging locations? Continue reading