Feature Articles
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March 2013 Issue
ELECTRONIC CHARTING
VESSEL MANAGEMENT
PORTS & HARBORS
DREDGING
HOMELAND SECURITY
COVER
Vertical base surface overlaid on a combined RESON A/S (Slangerup, Denmark) Seabat 7125 multibeam and Terrapoint (Hamilton, Canada) ALMIS-350 lidar 3D point cloud scene showing a quay wall section for an inspection survey for the Port of Quebec, Canada, in June 2011. The color scale’s range is 3 meters. A good condition sheet pile section is visible on the left, a concrete delamination of about 1-meter thickness is in the middle, and an undermining of about 1.5-meter thickness is on the right. The no-data strip is due to a tidal shift between the multibeam and lidar acquisition times. (Photo Credit: CIDCO / Mosaic 3D, Canada)
Features
- A PATHWAY TO MULTITHREAT ASSESSMENT THROUGH INTEGRATED MULTIBEAM SONAR
- MATERIAL SELECTION FOR SEAWATER SENSORS
- SUCCESSFUL CAPTURE OF ULTRADEEP SEA ANIMALS FROM THE PUERTO RICO TRENCH
- AUV DESIGNED FOR MARINE MEASUREMENTS
- GLOBAL MARINE RENEWABLE ENERGY CONFERENCE —Conference Preview
- A REAL-TIME SYNOPTIC VIEW OF OCEAN CURRENTS
- REAL-TIME NETWORK OF WEATHER AND OCEAN STATIONS
February 2013 Issue
INSTRUMENTATION
MEASUREMENT
PROCESSING &
ANALYSIS
COVER
Florida State University launches its Modular Instrumentation Lander and Equipment Toolsled in the Gulf of Mexico. The sled is interfaced by a MacArtney A/S (Esbjerg, Denmark) NEXUS system and is intended to apply multiple instrumentation solutions to analyze the consequences of Deepwater Horizon. (Photo courtesy of Henrik Mathiesen onboard the RV Weatherbird).
Features
- CABLE-FREE AUTOMATIC PROFILING BUOY
- WIRE-FOLLOWING PROFILER FOR THE OCEAN OBSERVATORIES INITIATIVE
- SITE-CHARACTERIZATION OF OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY AREAS
- DEEP NINJA COLLECTS PROFILES DOWN TO 4,000 METERS
- SUB-BOTTOM PROFILING FROM SMALL AUVS
- FIELD SENSOR FOR IN-SITU DETECTION OF MARINE BACTERIAL BIOFILMS
- IN-SITU GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION OF SEDIMENT REMOBILIZATION PROCESS
January 2013 Issue
REVIEW &
FORECAST
COVER
RAdm. Jonathan White, oceanographer and navigator of the U.S. Navy, stands in front of the 1897 6-inch transit circle telescope at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. For more than 100 years, this telescope was used to determine a navigational time reference and the fundamental positions of celestial objects.
Features
- OBTAINING A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE
- MINIMIZING RISKS IN A CLIMATE-CHANGED WORLD
- A DECADE OF GROWTH TOWARD A SUSTAINED AND INTEGRATED OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM
- ADVANCING THE DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF OCEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY
- INNOVATION AND UNITY IN ADVANCING OCEAN SCIENCES
- US COAST GUARD WORKS TO IMPROVE OPERATIONS
- USGS SCIENCE IN THE CHANGING ARCTIC
- CLIMATE STUDIES OF OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS GET NEW FOCUS
- NASA’S AQUARIUS MISSION PROVIDES NEW OCEAN VIEW
- PRIORITIZING OCEAN SCIENCES IN A CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT
- THE NATIONAL OCEAN POLICY FOSTERS COLLABORATION FOR HEALTHIER OCEANS
- OFFSHORE INDUSTRY CAPABILITIES INCREASE EVEN AS REGULATIONS RISE
- INCREASED ACTIVITY IN THE ARCTIC CALLS FOR MORE US PREPARATION, LEADERSHIP
- THE FUTURE OF THE COAST GUARD AND MARITIME TRANSPORTATION IS NOW
- COLLABORATION HELPS TO UNDERSTAND AND ADAPT TO OCEAN, CLIMATE CHANGES
- NATIONAL OCEAN POLICY CREATES MORE RED TAPE, HURTS ECONOMY
- MORE MHK DEVICES IN THE WATER, BUT FUNDING, LEGISLATIVE CHALLENGES REMAIN
- IMPROVING OCEAN TECHNOLOGY IS KEY TO RESEARCH, OFFSHORE OIL AND DEFENSE
- DEEPWATER EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT DRIVE OPTIMISM IN OIL AND GAS MARKET
- FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE: LANDINGS AND FARMED PRODUCTION UP
- FIRING LINE REPORT: OCEAN INDUSTRY EXPECTS MODEST GROWTH, DESPITE SHAKY WORLD ECONOMY
- DRILLING TOOLS FOR INSTALLATION OF OFFSHORE WIND FOUNDATIONS
- ADVANCES IN MULTISENSOR ARRAYS TO MONITOR OIL AND GAS RELEASES
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