A full day of mooring deployments from R/V Oceanus! A beautiful day with a little fog in the morning, but lots of sunshine in the afternoon. Lots of sea life out here including seabirds lined up in long rows at the internal wave fronts, pelicans patrolling by, sea lions, a whale slapping its tail, and a BIG mola mola. Nice … Read More
Installing underway instruments on the R/V Ride
After the Ride deploys all of the moorings at the beginning of the trip, the scientists and engineers will switch into “survey mode” along with the rest of the research vessels big and small and aircraft. During survey mode, all of the underway instruments will be used, including an over-the-side mounted Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP). This instrument is attached to … Read More
First SAR Images Available at CSTARS
A web page showing all satellite SAR images obtained and processed so far, as downloadable GeoTIFFs and as browse images for basic orientation (Google Earth screen shots), went online today at CSTARS: The URL of the page is https://www.cstars.miami.edu/cstars-projects/inner-shelf. So far there are two COSMO-SkyMed images acquired on Sep 05, 02:22 UTC (Sep 04, 19:22 PDT) and Sep 05, 13:14 UTC … Read More
Readying gear on the R/V Sally Ride
While the Oceanus is making its way to the inner shelf study area, the science party of the R/V Sally Ride have been furiously loading and readying gear in San Diego for departure on Thursday. The sun has hiding behind fairly thick clouds for the last two days which has certainly made it easier for loading and everyone is very excited about departure! Readying … Read More
Radiometer aboard R/V Oceanus
Chris Chickadel’s radiometer mounted on the port side of the R/V Oceanus’ flying bridge looking forward. Thanks to Mei Sato and the OSU Marine Technicians for making this happen. Taken in Newport just before sailing.