Robots Ahoy!

The NF-GEBCO XPrize team is a favorite to win! The competition's final challenge will be held by the end of the year in a yet to be disclosed location, but the team is confident they can handle anything that comes their way.

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Young girl looks into a tank containing chain catsharks.
Ocean Discovery Day

Get ready to handle sea stars and lobsters, learn about horseshoe crabs, manipulate sand to create a real-time topographic map, and so much more. Join us on Sept. 29 for Ocean Discovery Day and dive into marine science!

 

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New students pose under the trees outside.
2018 Incoming Students

This year, we welcome our largest incoming class ever—21 students! And our GEBCO program is in its fifteen year! Welcome aboard!

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The BEN ASV suspended over the deck of the NOAA Ship Fairweather.
BEN and the Fairweather

The BEN ASV went where no robotic boat has gone before—far above the Arctic Circle. During the expedition, BEN became the first ASV to deploy from a NOAA vessel in Alaskan waters.

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Semme Dijkstra being interviewed while on the deck of the Gulf surveyor.
On the Water: Mapping the Ocean

Chronicle correspondent Anthony Everett spent a day aboard the R/V Gulf Surveyor with the Summer Hydro students and learned about the initiative to map the entire ocean by 2030

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CCOM/JHC in the News

Dive into Marine Science at UNH’s Ocean Discovery Day
Foster's Daily Democrat
Sep. 20, 2018

Ocean Discovery Day provides visitors with an opportunity to explore the wonders of the sea through interactive exhibits and demonstrations at the Chase Ocean Engineering Lab at UNH in Durham. The event is free to the public and runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 29.

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CCOM at UNH Partners with FarSounder
Marine Technology News
Sep. 19, 2018

CCOM/JHC has added 3D forward-looking sonar technology expert FarSounder as a partner in its Industrial Associates Program.

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Mapping the Future
Marine Technology News
Sep. 1, 2018

Marine Technology reporter catches up with Dr. Jyotika Virmani, Ph.D., Senior Director, Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE, and members of the GEBCO-NF Alumni Team as the conclusion to the $7 Million Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE fast approaches.

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Upcoming and Recent Seminars

Coastal Infrastructure Impacts from Sea Level Rise Induced High Tide Flooding and Groundwater Rise
Jennifer Jacobs
Professor

UNH Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Friday, Sep. 21, 2018, 3:10pm
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Design and Analysis of Aquaculture Structures at the University of New Hampshire
Corey Sullivan
Research Engineer

School of Marine Science
and Ocean Engineering
University of New Hampshire

Friday, Sep. 7, 2018, 3:10pm
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The Center for Ocean and Coastal Mapping and The Center for Ocean Engineering: An Introduction to the Programs and Their Varied Research
CCOM and OE Researchers
Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, 3:10pm
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Recent Publications

The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project: The Quest to See the World's Oceans Completely Mapped by 2030
Larry A. Mayer; Martin Jakobsson; Graham Allen; B. Dorschel; Robin Falconer; Vicki L. Ferrini; Geoffroy Lamarche; Helen Snaith; Pauline Weatherall
A Bathymetry- and Reflectivity-Based Approach for Seafloor Segmentation
Giuseppe Masetti; Larry A. Mayer; Larry G. Ward
Algorithmic Implementation of the Triangle Test for the Validation of Charted Soundings
Christos Kastrisios; Brian R. Calder

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Spotlight on...

Manage Your Sound Speed
Sound Speed Manager streamlines the use of sound speed profiles in survey acquisition and data processing. The app provides support for commonly-used formats, model-based profile enhancement, and database management with built-in functionalities for analysis and visualization. Sound Speed Manager is an open-source project jointly developed by CCOM and NOAA Coast Survey Development Laboratory.
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