ABC News correspondent with ocean floor graphics
Center Images Illustrate Flight 370 Search Area

ABC News uses graphics prepared by Rochelle Wigley and Larry Mayer to demonstrate the search area for the missing Malaysian jetliner. 

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Cover and open spread of the executive summary. The cover shows the NOAA Ship Hassler with semaphore flags displayed.
2013 Executive Summary

The 2013 Annual Progress Report Executive Summary is now available for your reading pleasure.

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Lloyd's List Awards, North America, Maritime, 2014 with compass roses in the background.
Congratulations to Lee Alexander

Prof. Lee Alexander is the winner of the 2014 Lloyd's List Awards for Maritime Services. Lee was nominated by the Shipping Federation of Canada and FEDNAV, primarily for his involvement in ECDIS and e-Navigation, and for helping to organize and conduct the annual Canadian Mariners Workshop for the past 10 years.

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Colin Ware on Ocean Mysteries

Colin Ware appeared on Jeff Corwin's Ocean Mysteries television series to demonstrate his mammal tracking software on sea lions. The video of the episode is now available on line. Colin's segment begins at about the 8 minute mark.

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Larry Mayer testifying before House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
Dr. Mayer Goes to Washington

Dr. Larry Mayer testified before the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation at a Feb. 4 hearing on “Finding Your Way: The Future of Federal Navigation Programs,” where he highlighted CCOM’s Chart of the Future project.

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CCOM/JHC News

Objects in new search area for missing jet need to be checked, Australia says
Boston Globe
Mar. 29, 2014

Indian Ocean Mapping Project director Rochelle Wigley describes the ocean floor in the new search area for the missing Malaysian jetliner.

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Research Professor Receives Maritime Services Award
UNH Campus Journal
Mar. 12, 2014

Lee Alexander, research affiliate professor at the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center, is the winner of the 2014 Lloyd's List Awards for Maritime Services.

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UNH science discussions on tap at Brewery
Seacoast Online
Feb. 28, 2014

At the next Portsmouth Science Café, on March 5th, UNH professors Larry Mayer and Diane Foster lead a discussion on sea changes—from ocean mapping in the Artic to beaches in a changing environment.

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Upcoming and Recent Seminars

Identification, Characterization and Consequences of Habitat-forming Species
Jenn Dijkstra
Affiliate Assistant Professor

CCOM/JHC

Friday, Apr. 25, 2014, 3:00pm
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Navigating the Marine Geophysical Data Life Cycle: From Acquisition and Synthesis to Publication and Open Access
Vicki Ferrini
Research Scientist

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Columbia University

Friday, Apr. 18, 2014, 3:00pm
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Integration of Technology for a Clean Ocean
Rachael Z. Miller
Founder/Executive Director

Rozalia Project

Friday, Apr. 11, 2014, 3:00pm
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Spotlight on...

Val Schmidt and the Lost AUV
Val Schmidt was on Little Cayman Island in the Caribbean assisting University of Delaware Associate Professor Art Trembanis with AUV operations. There was a bit excitement when an AUV was lost during a deployment. Val tells the story…
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