Feature Articles

NOAA ADDRESSES THE MARINE DEBRIS PROBLEM
Dr. Holly A. Bamford, Kris McElwee and Carey Morishige (NOAA Marine Debris Program) create partnerships and innovative solutions to fight an ocean and coastal threat.

MULTISPECTRAL MEASUREMENTS OF FLUORESCENCE AND PHYTOPLANKTON
Dr. Tomohiro Horiuchi (Alec Electronics Co. Ltd.) and Dr. Fabian Wolk (Rockland Oceanographic Services Inc.) illustrate new types of in-situ instruments that measure phytoplankton composition and concentration.

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION IN A SHELTERED SEA
Charlotte Beels, Griet De Backer and Pieter Mathys (Ghent University) outline a case study of the wave power resource in a sheltered area of the southern North Sea, the Belgian Continental Shelf.

A NEW METHOD FOR PREPARING CALIBRATION CHAMBER SPECIMENS
Huai-Houh Hsu (Chienkuo Technology University) explains how to prepare large-sized silty sand specimens using a water spray method.

AUTONOMOUS OCEAN BUOY DELIVERS HIGH POWER IN ANY ENVIRONMENT
David A. Sharp, Dr. Douglas Veilleux and William Komm (Raytheon Co. Integrated Defense Systems) show how a U.S. Navy diesel-powered buoy relays acoustic data to a host platform for real-time analysis.

PERFORMANCE LIMITS OF REAL-TIME CONTACT-BASED TRACKING
Stefano Coraluppi and Craig Carthel (NATO Undersea Research Centre) explore achievable surveillance limits with a high-performance fusion engine.

ICING WIND TUNNEL STUDY OF A WIND TURBINE BLADE DEICING SYSTEM
Guy Fortin, Jean Perron (Université du Québec à Chicoutimi) and Christine Mayer (Roche Itée) simulate the deicing of wind turbine blades with controlled electro-thermal systems.

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