CCOM on Chronicle!

The Center was featured on NH Chronicle on Thursday, June 13th on WMUR.

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Scenes from the 2013 SeaPerch Competition: 2 boys control their ROVs poolside, a simulated oil rig blowout, and a girl controls her ROV poolside.
2013 SeaPerch Competition

The second annual UNH SeaPerch Competition was held on Saturday, May 11th, 2013. 17 teams from NH and Maine schools and community groups competed in the challenge, using ROVs that they built themselves.

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cover of the 2012 CCOM Executive Summary and a spread from the 2012 CCOM Progress Report.
Progress Report and Executive Summary

The 2012 Annual Progress Report and the Executive Summary are now available for your reading pleasure. The Summary includes the new Research to Operations (or R2O) section.

The Progress Report is available here>>

Or, if you don't have that much time, the Executive Summary is here>>

Screen capture from the WindVis2 Weather Viewer
WindVis2 Weather Viewer

Now you can have the latest weather forecast model data from NOAA NCEP with the WindVis2 Weather Viewer. The viewer is available for installation as a tool for individuals to check the current forecast, or it can be configured as a public display,

Download WindVis2 here>>

Watch a demonstration video here>>

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Images from ROV class testing their ROVs in the test tank.
J-Term ROV class was a great success!

This year's J-Term ROV class was a first for UNH. Thirteen students immersed themselves in all aspects of ROV science and applications, guided by an impressive team of instructors.

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CCOM/JHC News

170 Delegates Attend FEMME 2013
Hydro International
Apr. 22, 2013

Organized by Kongsberg Maritime, FEMME is the Forum for Exchange of Mutual Multibeam Experiences, a biennial conference for multibeam users. Larry Mayer gave the opening address and Jonathan Beaudoin spoke about Multibeam Echosounder System Optimization for Water Column Mapping of Undersea Gas Seeps.

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Research Profile: Larry Mayer – Picturing the Arctic Ocean Floor
Campus Journal
Jan. 23, 2013

During three decades of ocean exploration, Larry Mayer has made great discoveries and revealed the mysteries of the seafloor.

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Scientists Develop New Use for Sonar Technology During Deepwater Horizon Spill
UNH Today
Jan. 17, 2013

CCOM researchers Larry Mayer and Tom Weber are co-authors on a PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) article that describes the various approaches that aimed to determine the integrity of safely shutting the Macondo Well. Here they share lessons learned from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.

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Upcoming and Recent Seminars

Deepwater Horizon Gulf Oil Spill: Translating Lessons Learned into More Resilient Response
Nancy Kinner

Coastal Response Research Center
Center for Spills in the Environment

Friday, May. 10, 2013, 3:00pm
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Seabed Phosphate Mining at 400 Meters
Robin K.H. Falconer

Chatham Rock Phosphate Ltd
New Zealand

Friday, May. 3, 2013, 3:00pm
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Understanding the Planetary Life Support System: Next Generation Science in the Ocean Basins
John Delaney
Professor of Oceanography

University of Washington

Friday, Apr. 26, 2013, 3:00pm
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Recent Publications

Geomorphometry and processes that built Necker Ridge, central North Pacific Ocean
J.V. Gardner; B.R. Calder; M.A. Malik
So, how deep is the Mariana Trench?
J.V. Gardner; A.A. Armstrong; B.R. Calder; J. Beaudoin
Acoustic Surface Backscatter vs Incidence Angle from Glacial Ice
V.E. Schmidt; A.K. Hamilton; D. Mueller; S. Brucker; T. Hamilton; A.L. Forrest; B.E. Laval

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Spotlight on...

Andy McLeod, CCOM Factotum
Andy McLeod comes to work everyday to fix things, design things and build things―all to further the Center's research.
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