Photo of Val Schmidt with visitors in front of the C-Worker 4 ASV.
NOAA's HSRP Visits CCOM

NOAA's Hydrographic Services Review Panel visited CCOM during their biannual meeting and got a first hand look at our anonymous systems research.

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12 new students in a group shot in front of green trees.
Welcome New Students!

Twelve new students have begun their coursework at the Center, including six scholars from the Nippon Foundation/ GEBCO program. It's going to be a great year!

Kristen Mello, swimming in her dive gear, holds up a plastic bag with a sample of the red scrubby seaweed.
Where's the Kelp?

The Gulf of Maine is the latest in a growing list of global hotspots losing their kelp. Jenn Dijkstra and her team are studying the effects of this change to the ecosystem.

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An aerial view of the RVGS and the C-Worker 4 drone cruising side by side.
Shaheen and Hassan Announce $6.4 Million Grant for UNH

U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire have announced that NOAA is awarding the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center a $6.4 grant to continue the Center's work.

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John Hughes Clarke, Jose Cordero, and Anand Hiroji pose together with monitors behind them.
Mapping the Celtic Sea

Professor John Hughes Clarke, master's student Jose Cordero, and post doc Anand Devappa Hiroji are in the Irish Sea aboard the R/V Celtic Explorer. They are part of a transatlantic partnership that is collecting multibeam mapping information for the INFOMAR program (Integrated Mapping for the Sustainable Development of Ireland's Marine Resource).

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CCOM/JHC in the News

Vanishing Kelp: Warm Ocean Takes Toll on Undersea Forests
Concord Monitor
Aug. 23, 2017

Jenn Dijkstra and her team investigate the changes in the ecosystem of the Gulf of Maine, the latest in a growing list of global hotspots losing their kelp,

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University of New Hampshire Lab Expands Global Effort to Map Ocean Floors
The New England Council
Aug. 25, 2017

NEC member UNH—in partnership with the NOAA—is expanding its Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping and Joint Hydrographic Center by adding nine additional labs, offices, and an amphitheater. 

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Researchers at UNH Help National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Map Seafloor
NH1 News
Aug. 14, 2017

Directory Larry Mayer gives an overview of the Center's work in this video.

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Upcoming and Recent Seminars

Evaluating Satellite Derived Bathymetry in Regard to Total Propagated Uncertainty, Multi-Temporal Change Detection, and Multiple Non-Linear Estimation
Ricardo Ramos Freire
Ph.D. Candidate in Ocean Engineering

University of New Hampshire

Thursday, Jul. 20, 2017, 11:00am
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High Speed, High Resolution Seabed Mapping Using Commercial Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Sonar
David Shea
Vice President of Engineering

Kraken Sonar, Inc.

Friday, Apr. 28, 2017, 3:00pm
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HydrOffice QC Tools: Enhancing the Coast Survey Workflow
Matt Wilson
Physical Scientist

NOAA Office of Coast Survey

Friday, Apr. 21, 2017, 3:00pm
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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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