Prepping some of the 150 thermistors to be deployed from the R/V Oceanus. Raelynn Heinitz (OSU undergrad student), Una Savic (OSU grad student), Mei Sato (OSU postdoc) and Marnie Jo Zirbel (not pictured) hard at work. One more day of transit ….
R/V Oceanus sails from Newport, Oregon
The R/V Oceanus has sailed from Newport, Oregon, with a loaded deck and an eager science team. We were greeted by gray whales right out of the bay. We’re ready to deploy 11 temperature moorings and 8 bottom landers. The Miami Doppler Marine Radar, installed by Hans Graber and Bjoern Lund and operated by Lisa Nyman, is working well and … Read More
Radar image from Lion’s Head
Backscatter average from 2017-08-30 2300 UTC showing internal wave signatures, and other frontal activity. Maximum range is 8km.
OSU X-band Site @Chevron GRP
Our shore based radar tower at the Guadalupe Restoration Project is up and running since Thurs afternoon. Example image above shows two sets of incident internal waves (~6km and ~3km offshore) at 737pm (local) on Aug 31. Red symbols are one of MacMahan’s arrays and blue symbols are Falk’s. So far, when zoomed in, rip current fields are also evident … Read More