Screen grab of Larry sitting in front of a bank of monitors in a dark room wearing a cap and headset.
Larry Mayer on the Wondros Podcast

Larry Mayer had a delightful conversation with the hosts of the Wondros podcast while he was aboard the E/V Nautilus. Because the expedition was underway, he was able to show some of the ship operations in real time. Check it out!

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screenshot from the team's program showing the Ottawa River
Team SEGU United Wins at Canadian Hydro

Congratulations to team SEGU United for taking first prize in the Speed Mapping Challenge—From Data to Chart! Already one of three winning teams, the final rankings were announced at the Canadian Hydro Conference and SEGU United came out on top. The team includes CCOM Ph.D. Candidate Tamer Nada and CCOM alum Jose Cordero, and is guided by Dr. Christos Kastrisios. Well done!

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Larry Mayer receiving the Sam Masry award.
Larry Mayer Honored with Sam Masry Award

Congratulations to Larry Mayer who was presented with the Sam Masry Award for outstanding contributions to the hydrographic profession. The award is give by the Canadian Hydrographic Association at their biannual conference.

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Scuba diver uses special camera to take stereo images of seaweed on the seafloor.
Gulf Surveyor on NH Chronicle

A segment on NH Chronicle introduces the R/V Gulf Surveyor with Semme Dijkstra, and highlights research on invasive seaweed by Jenn Djikstra and her lab. Enjoy! 

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2022 Field Season

CCOM's field season is well underway! Check out the Field Season Calendar to see where we've been and where we are going.

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CCOM/JHC in the News

Cracking the Case of Arctic Sea Ice Breakup
MIT News
Jun. 1, 2022

A high-frequency echosounder from CCOM is part of a distributed sensor network that may help identify the physical processes contributing to diminishing sea ice in Arctic—the Earth's fastest-warming region.

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Engineers on E/V Nautilus Expedition Test 3 Remotely Operated Vehicles
Hawai'i Public Radio
May. 26, 2022

As the OECI Technology Integration expedition wraps up testing of robotic vehicles for ocean exploration, Larry Mayer explains how uncrewed vessels can be more effective than traditional mapping methods.

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Winds of Change
UNH Today
Apr. 20, 2022

CCOM Research Professor Jennifer Miksis-Olds comments on new UNH/Vineyard collaboration that will deploy underwater acoustic devices intended to record ambient ocean sounds and vocalizations from dolphins, whales and other mammals in the vicinity of  Martha’s Vineyard.

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Upcoming and Recent Seminars

Current Status of Office of Coast Survey’s National Bathymetric Source
Katrina Wyllie and Glen Rice

National Bathymetric Source Project
NOAA Office of Coast Survey 

Friday, Jun. 24, 2022, 3:00pm
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Understanding Physical Properties of Gas Bubbles in the Ocean: How Does Reality Affect What We Think We Already Know?
Alexandra Padilla
Doctoral Dissertation Defense

Ocean Engineering

Friday, May. 27, 2022, 9:00am
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The Impact of Hurricanes on the Acoustic Detection of Cetaceans
Aditi Tripathy
Master's Defense

Ocean Engineering

Thursday, May. 12, 2022, 10:00am
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Recent Publications

The International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean Version 2
Martin Jakobsson; Larry A. Mayer; al et
Perspectives on Ocean Mapping
Chiaki Okada; Dulap Ratnayake; Elaina O'Brien; Elias Adediran; Nicki Andreasen; Sally Jarmusz; Sara Cardigos
Acoustic Predictors of Active Fluid Expulsion From a Hydrothermal Vent Field, Offshore Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand
Erica Spain; Geoffroy Lamarche; Vanessa Lucieer; Sally Watson; Yoann Ladroit; Erin Heffron; Arne Pallentin; Joanne M. Whittaker

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Spotlight on...

QAX: An Innovative Tool for Quality Assurance in Ocean Mapping
An open-source project — jointly steered by AusSeabed, NOAA OCS and UNH CCOM — has recently released the first version of QAX, an innovative tool to facilitate quality assurance of seabed mapping data.
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