Andy Armstrong
Hydrographic Hall of Fame

We are very proud to announce that Capt. (Ret.) Andy Armstrong has been chosen to be inducted into The Hydrographic Society of America's Hydrographer Hall of Fame. Congratulations Andy!

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In the Weeds

CCOM researchers Colin Ware and Jenn Dijkstra have developed a novel method for analyzing the amount of refuge available in seaweeds for small aquatic creatures to hide from predators. 

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The DriX ASV in its docking platform on the water silhouetted against the evening sky.
Getting to Know DriX

CCOM's ASV Team will spend a year working with iXBlue's DriX ASV. This is the first time the DriX has been tested in the U.S. After an evaluation period at CCOM, the ASV will visit some other areas of the U.S., as well as some other countries. Click the link for more photos and videos.

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Still from a video of Larry's interview.
A World-Class Honor

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has elected ocean mapping pioneer Larry Mayer, director of the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping at the University of New Hampshire, as a foreign member. Mayer is among 175 foreign members of the academy, best known for selecting the Nobel Prize winners. Congratulations Larry!

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Image shows pink acoustic curtain with gas plumes appearing as blue flares rising from the seabed.
Sounding the Sparkling Depths

Associate Professor Tom Weber and grad students Liz Weidner and Erin Heffron sailed aboard New Zealand's R/V Tangaroa where they worked to use echocounders to quanitify the amount of gases coming up form the ocean floor, and to find a way to measure the size and rate of the bubbles. 

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CCOM/JHC in the News

Five Deeps Expedition to Share Bathymetric Data
The Maritime Executive
Mar. 11, 2019

An MOU was signed between The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project and the Five Deeps Expedition, laying the groundwork for previously unexplored areas of the seafloor to be mapped and the resulting data made available for public use, creating significant opportunities for graduates of CCOM's GEBCO training program.

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URI Names New $125 Million Research Ship “Resolution”
GoLocalProv News
Feb. 14, 2019

CCOM is part the East Coast Oceanographic Consortium which was chosen by the NSF to operate a new state-of-the-art research vessel. The ship has been named the R/V Resolution and will be launched in 2021.
 

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UNH Professor Elected to Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Foster's Daily Democrat
Dec. 14, 2018

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has elected ocean mapping pioneer Larry Mayer, director of the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping at the University of New Hampshire, as a foreign member. Mayer is among 175 foreign members of the academy, best known for selecting the Nobel Prize winners Congratulations Larry!

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Upcoming and Recent Seminars

From Meadow to Micro: Using Experimental Fluid Mechanics to Study Seagrass Beds and Oil Spills
Tracy Mandel
Postdoctoral Scholar

University of California, Merced

Friday, Mar. 22, 2019, 3:10pm
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Bipolar Robotics - From the Arctic to the Antarctic with a Stop for Fisheries in the Middle Latitudes
Hanumant Singh

Center for Robotics
Northeastern University

Friday, Mar. 8, 2019, 3:10pm
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Development and Experimental Validation of End-Fire Synthetic Aperture Sonar for Sediment Scattering Studies
Shannon-Morgan Steele
Master's Thesis Defense

Oceanography
CCOM/JHC

Friday, Mar. 8, 2019, 1:00pm
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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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