UNH mascot Gnarlz( in wildcat costume head and UNH hockey jersey) poses with ODD sign in front of a monitor showing a bathymetric projection of a sandbox.
Ocean Discovery Day 2023

Ocean Discovery Day 2023 was a rousing success! Over the course of two days, approximately 2,500 people visited Chase Ocean Engineering Laboratory and enjoyed more than 44 different exhibits. There was undeniable energy throughout the two days with so many curious minds learning more about our oceans, coastlines, and estuaries. 

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The red DriX ASV departing from its launch cradle with the E/V Nautilus behind.
DriX is the MVP

Larry Mayer gives an overview of the OECI Multi-Vehicle Exploration expedition aboard the E/V Nautilus and highlights how recent upgrades to the ASV DriX that make it a key component of multi-vehicle ocean exploration.

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The red tower of the DriX shows above its gray metal launch cradle.
DriX is back on the Nautilus!

The DriX joins WHOI's AUV Mesobot and the Univ. of Rhode Island's Deep Autonomous Profiler on the E/V Nautilus for the OECI Multi-Vehicle Exploration cruise around the Geologists Seamounts south of the Main Hawaiian Islands. ASV team leader Val Schmidt gives an update on what's new with DriX this year. 

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NOAA Administrator Announces New Ocean Mapping Center of Excellence

NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad toured CCOM's facilities during a visit to UNH to announce the expansion of NOAA and UNH's 24-year mapping partnership with a new Center of Excellence for Operational Ocean and Great Lakes Mapping.

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GEBCO Grad Daina Mathai Maps the St. Mary's River

As part of her GEBCO experience, recent program graduate Daina Mathai sailed on the NOAA vessel Bay Hydro II as it mapped the St. Mary's River, using an Echoboat 240 USV for the most shallow areas. The St. Mary's hadn't been thoroughly mapped since 1974 so the data they captured during this survey will be used to update NOAA's charts.

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CCOM/JHC in the News

Seabed 2030 Named Winner of Prestigious International Superyacht Society Award
Seabed 2030 Press Release
Oct. 31, 2023

On behalf of Seabed 2030, CCOM Associate Director Brian Calder accepted the Excellence in Improving the Image of Yachting Award last week at the International Superyacht Society (ISS) Design and Leadership Awards Gala in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. 

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Navy launches board to help services leverage new science and tech
Defense News
Sep. 21, 2023

CCOM's Tara Hicks Johnson spoke with U.S. Navy Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti about the Robonation SeaPerch underwater remotely operated vehicle kit on display during the 26th International Student Robotic Submarine (RoboSub) competition on Aug. 2, 2023.

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NOAA Administrator Announces New Ocean Mapping Center of Excellence at UNH
UNH Today
Sep. 21, 2023

Center of Excellence for Operational Ocean and Great Lakes Mapping expands partnership.

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Upcoming and Recent Seminars

From Echosounders to Ecosystems: Seafloor Habitat Mapping in a Shifting Ocean Climate
Dr. Craig Brown
Associate Professor

Department of Oceanography
Dalhousie University. 

Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, 3:10pm
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Potential Vorticity Dynamics Driving Variability in Mean Tidal Currents Flowing Through Bounded Estuarine Channels
Katie Kirk
Doctoral Dissertation Defense

Oceanography
CCOM/JHC

Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, 2:00pm
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Biophysical Drivers of Sedimentation in Salt Marsh Environments with Implications for Coastal Resiliency
Tom Lippmann
Professor

Earth Sciences and Ocean Engineering
UNH

Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, 3:10pm
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Recent Publications

Mapping Northern Greenland Waters
Martin Jakobsson; Larry A. Mayer
From Kelp Forests to Cunner: The Long-Tendrilled Impact of a 50-Year Career Studying Marine Ecology in the Gulf of Maine
Jennifer A. Dijkstra; Erica L. Westerman
Spatial Distributions of Cold-Water Coral Mound Associates with Respect to Biotope Boundaries
Benjamin J. Stablow; Thomas E. Lovejoy; Jennifer L. Salerno; Thomas C. Wood; Jennifer A. Dijkstra; Mashkoor A. Malik; Esther C. Peters

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Spotlight on...

QAX: An Innovative Tool for Quality Assurance in Ocean Mapping
An open-source project — jointly steered by AusSeabed, NOAA OCS and UNH CCOM — has recently released the first version of QAX, an innovative tool to facilitate quality assurance of seabed mapping data.
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