Cover of UNH Magazine showing the DriX ASV in the water at sunset.
What Lies Beneath

CCOM research is the cover story of the Winter 2025 issue of UNH Magazine.

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Scenes from Chronicle's visit: sit-down interview, VisLab large display, ASV Lab
Chronicle Visits CCOM

Chronicle's Anthony Everett recently visited CCOM to interview Larry Mayer about the Center's participation in the GEOEO24 expedition to Northern Greenland. Click through to watch the segment.

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Larry Mayers stands in front of the VisLab's multi-panel, large display which is showing a bathymetric image of the seafloor.
Larry Mayer to Chair U.S. Arctic Research Commission

CCOM Director Larry Mayer has been appointed chairperson of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission (USARC). USARC is an independent federal agency that advises the President and Congress on Arctic research. Larry was previously appointed to the USARC in 2016.

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Red USV DriX in the ocean.
Two DriX Are Better than One

Get all the details about the upcoming Dual DriX Project in the Gulf of Maine where uncrewed surface vehicles DriX 12 and DriX 23 will be tested in ocean mapping and data acquisition with shore-based operations.

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From left: Larry Mayer with asv on tether, Brian Calder, Liz Weidner
News from the Top of the World!

In a pair of posts, Liz Weidner describes the crucial organizational structure aboard a research vessel while Brian Calder discusses the scientific process as illustrated by an investigation into the lack of sediment in the Victoria Fjord. Enjoy!

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CCOM/JHC in the News

Greenland Ice Cap is Now the Largest Contributor to Global Sea Level Rise — But Why?
Chronicle, WCVB
Feb. 21, 2025

Anthony Everett interviews Larry Mayer about the GEOEO24 expedition to Northern Greenland in the summer of 2024.

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Healy Back in Seattle After Three-Phase Arctic Deployment
Maritime News
Dec. 14, 2024

USCGC Healy returned to Seattle after 73-days of supporting scientific research missions, search and rescue operations, and training exercises in the Arctic. CCOM grad students Andrew Niedbala and Kaan Cav sailed during one of the three legs of the deployment.

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Thousands of Previously Unknown Mountains and Hills Spotted in Best-Yet Seafloor Map
Science
Dec. 12, 2024

Larry Mayer comments on the most detailed global map of the sea floor yet, created with radar data from the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite.

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Upcoming and Recent Seminars

Machine Learning Approach to Extraction of Shallow Bathymetry from ICESat-2 Data
Yuri Rzhanov
Research Professor

CCOM/JHC

Friday, Mar. 7, 2025, 3:10pm
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The Near-Bed Hydrodynamics in Aquatic Vegetation Canopies and Implications for Sediment Transport
Mario Conde Frias
Assistant Professor

Physics and Geosciences Department
Universidad del Norte, Colombia

Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, 3:10pm
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Restoring Multibeam Backscatter Records: Directional Notch Filters and Waterfall Geometric Warping
Luciano Fonseca
Professor of Electronic Engineering

University of Brasília - FCTE

Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, 3:10pm
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Recent Publications

Calculating 3D Rugosity Maps for Complex Habitat Scans
Kindrat Beregovyi; Jennifer A. Dijkstra; Thomas Butkiewicz
Direct measurements of sediment geoacoustic properties in the New England Mud Patch and shelf break
Megan S. Ballard; Dante D. Garcia; Kevin M. Lee; Gabriel R. Venegas; AndrewR. McNeese; Preston.S. Wilson; J.D. Chaytor
Integration of a Kongsberg EM712 aboard a DriX Uncrewed Surface Vehicle
Val Schmidt; Larry Mayer

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Spotlight on...

2023 Progress Report
The 2023 Executive Summary provides an overview of the Center's accomplishments and includes links to individual task narratives for a more in-depth descriptions of each task.
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