Still from the live stream camera aboard the Okeanos Explorer showing fan corals.
Océano Profundo 2018

The NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer's current mission, Océano Profundo 2018, is well underway. This telepresence-enabled ocean exploration expedition will collect critical baseline information on unknown and poorly understood deepwater areas surrounding Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. They expect to dive daily through November 19, deploying the ROV at approximately 7:00 am and recovering the vehicle at 3:30 pm ET. Check out the live stream and follow along!

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4 images showing monitors, the team group photo, SEAKIT silhouetted against the sunset, and tracking map showing the location of the ASV.
XPRIZE's Final Round

The GEBCO-NF Alumni Team accomplished their goals for their field tests in the final round of the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE. They were the first team to go, so now they will wait for the other teams to complete their field demonstrations.
 

Photo of the ASV BEN from the stern with the E/V Nautilus in the distance on the horizon.
Caving with BEN

Larry Mayer, grad students Erin Heffron and Corel Moreno, and most of the ASV BEN team are currently aboard the E/V Nautilus in the Channel Islands where they are using BEN to look for submerged caves along the shoreline. Watch the live stream and check out the latest videos and updates on www.nautiluslive.org. ASV ops are between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. PST; ROV dives are between 8:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m. PST.

Photo courtesy Ocean Exploration Trust.
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Semme Dijkstra being interviewed while on the deck of the Gulf surveyor.
On the Water: Mapping the Ocean

Chronicle correspondent Anthony Everett spent a day aboard the R/V Gulf Surveyor with the Summer Hydro students and learned about the initiative to map the entire ocean by 2030

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CCOM/JHC in the News

Seabed 2030 Meeting Held in Stockholm
Offshore Engineer
Nov. 5, 2018

Dr. Larry Mayer was co-chair of the first regional mapping meeting for The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project. The meeting covered the Arctic, Antarctic and North Pacific regions.

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Creatures with 'Pancake Batter'-Sike Appearance Found off Maine: They're 'Scary to Swim Around'
Fox News
Nov. 15, 2018

Jenn Dijkstra is quoted in an article about the prevalence of sea squirts in the Gulf of Maine.

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Scientists to Explore New Sites in Puerto Rico, USVI Waters
WRAL
Oct. 29, 2018

Scientists will explore new sites in deep waters surrounding Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to learn more about coral and fish habitats as part of a 22-day mission.

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Upcoming and Recent Seminars

Providing Nautical Chart Awareness for Autonomous Surface Vessels
Sam Reed
M.S. Defense

Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept.

Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018, 2:30pm
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Quantifying Vertical Uncertainty and the Temporal Variability of the Seafloor to Identify Hydrographic Survey Priorities
Cassie Bongiovanni
M.S. Defense

Earth Sciences/Ocean Mapping
CCOM/JHC

Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, 9:30am
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Sediment Transport and Geomorphic Evolution at a Wave Dominated Tidal Inlet: A Case Study Using Remote Sensing and Numerical Modeling at Oregon Inlet, NC
Josh Humberston
Ph.D. Proposal Defense

CCOM/JHC

Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, 9:00am
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Recent Publications

Automated Identification of Discrepancies Between Nautical Charts and Survey Soundings
Giuseppe Masetti; Tyanne Faulkes; Christos Kastrisios
Mapping the World's Oceans
Larry A. Mayer
Seal Occurrence and Habitat Use during Summer in Petermann Fjord, Northwestern Greenland
K. Lomac-MacNair; Martin Jakobsson; A C. Mix; Francis F. Freire; Kelly Hogan; Larry A. Mayer; Mari Ann Smultea

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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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