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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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Demobilization and Remobilization of the Hugh R Sharp
Summer is an especially busy time for research vessels. The UNOLS fleet is making increasing use of containerized portable lab vans to shave some time and effort off of offloading the science party from one cruise and loading up the … Continue reading
Posted in Research Vessels/Ships, Science and Technology
Tagged Research Vessel, RV Hugh R Sharp, UD, UNOLS
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It’s all about the E-Lec-Tricity
We had a gentleman named Matthew Vest come to the GVis lab the other day to show off his do-it-yourself creation. He was looking for information on whether he might be able to showcase it at the upcoming Coast Day … Continue reading
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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A Wind Turbine Experience
Luckily Blaise Sheridan is not afraid of heights, as he climbs up the UD 2-megawatt wind turbine for the second time. With his Master’s thesis revolving around wind energy, he is one of only four people from UD certified to climb … Continue reading
Timelapse of a Day in the ORB Lab’s GVis Room
I was showing the students how to operate the “birdcam” so they can use it to record a series of stills to create a time lapse video of an upcoming research cruise on the RV Hugh R Sharp. We left … Continue reading
Posted in Fun, Outreach, Science and Technology
Tagged Birdcam, ORB Lab, timelapse, 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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