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2018 Field Season

The CCOM 2018 field season is in full-swing! In addition to all of the work taking place in the lab, at the coast, and in Great Bay, we are participating in 18 research cruises between May and November. Check out our field season calendar to see where in the world we'll be!

Background photo courtesy of Matt Pickett, Oceans Unmanned.
 

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Gimme Shelter

CCOM research assistant professor Jenn Dijkstra and her team have found that changes in the seascape may impact the behavior of fish—leaving them with fewer options for refuge and making them more vulnerable to predators. 

Photo credit: Kristen Mello

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2018 Seacoast SeaPerch Challenge

Student groups used STEM skills to build mini-ROVs and, on April 13, had the opportunity to put them through their paces at the annual Seacoast SeaPerch Challenge in UNH's Swasey Pool.

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Photo of the ASV Maxlimer on still water.
Next in XPRIZE

The GEBCO-NF XPRIZE team has qualified for the final round of the $7m XPRIZE competition to find innovative ocean mapping technologies.

Photo courtesy of the BBC.

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New Frontiers in Ocean Exploration

The annual ocean exploration supplement to Oceanography is out! This beautiful publication highlights the 2017 field season of the E/V Nautilus, the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, and the R/V Falkor. Our collaboration with these vessels is integral to our work at CCOM and many of our researchers contributed to these stories of discovery.

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CCOM/JHC in the News

Invasive Seaweed in Gulf of Maine May Threaten Fish Who Need Protection from Predators, Report Says
Boston Globe
May. 25, 2018

As invasive species of seaweed take over some areas of the ocean off Maine, certain fish could be at risk of losing protection from predators, according to CCOM research assistant professor Jenn Dijkstra and her team.

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UNH Researchers Find Invasive Seaweed Makes Fish Change Their Behavior
UNH Today
May. 22, 2018

Recently published research by Jenn Dijkstra, Brandon O’Brien, Kristen Mello, and Amber Litterer shows that invasive species of seaweed in the Gulf of Maine affect the behavior of fish and will most assuredly affect the food chain.

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INFOMAR Sets Sail on Survey to Map the Celtic Sea Seabed
Coast Monkey
Apr. 23, 2018

John Hughes Clarke joins an INFORMAR cruise aboard the Celtic Explorer.

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Upcoming and Recent Seminars

Improved Sound Speed Control Through Remotely Detecting Strong Changes in the Thermocline
LCDR Jose M. Cordero
M.S. Defense in Ocean Engineering/Ocean Mapping

CCOM/JHC

Friday, Jul. 20, 2018, 10:00am
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Unmanned Tech for Ocean Protection: How Commercial Drones are Being Utilized for a Variety of Ocean and Coastal Research and Management Requirements
CDR Matt Pickett, NOAA (Ret)

Oceans Unmanned

Tuesday, May. 15, 2018, 11:00am
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An Analysis of Subbottom Profile Data in the Northern Marianas Area
Tiziana W. Munene
Directed Research Project

Earth Sciences/Ocean Mapping

Thursday, May. 3, 2018, 3:00pm
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Recent Publications

A Bathymetry- and Reflectivity-Based Approach for Seafloor Segmentation
Giuseppe Masetti; Larry A. Mayer; Larry G. Ward
The Nippon Foundation—GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project: The Quest to See the World’s Oceans Completely Mapped by 2030
Larry A. Mayer; Martin Jakobsson; Graham Allen; B. Dorschel; Robin Falconer; Vicki L. Ferrini; Geoffroy Lamarche; Helen Snaith; Pauline Weatherall
Algorithmic Implementation of the Triangle Test for the Validation of Charted Soundings
Christos Kastrisios; Brian R. Calder

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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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