Do drifters/drift cards really move like oil?
CARTHE recently took a field trip to the Ohmsett Oil Spill Response Research & Renewable Energy Test Facility in New Jersey. The oil spill wave tank is 203 meters long Continue Reading →
Category: Experiments
LASER recap and initial results
The CARTHE team spent years planning for LASER (LAgrangian Submesoscale ExpeRiment), 1 month at sea, and will analyze and publish results for the next few years. This was by far the Continue Reading →
Reaching for the STARSS
CARTHE’s mission is to study ocean currents in order to understand how oil and other material get transported. We do this in part by conducting large-scale field experiments. Our latest major Continue Reading →
Homeward Bound
Nathan Laxague Hello again, for the last time. The Masco VIII scientific party is back in Miami, safe and sound. Their work concluded after the final drifter deployment outlined in Continue Reading →
Fishing For Vortices
Nathan Laxague Salutations, blog-readers. The truth is out there! The past several days have been a finishing-up of sorts. We finished assembling drifters. We finished the Aerostat drift-card imaging. We Continue Reading →
Back in the Saddle
Nathan Laxague Howdy, folks. The R/V F.G. Walton Smith and I have reunited in the so-called Port of Gulfport. Also back is the Masco VIII, and with it the components of our Continue Reading →
Phase 2 Update, Bogucki Group
Francis I have been aboard the R/V F.G. Walton smith now for 10 days. It has been a wild experience for me and my team here from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Continue Reading →
Phase Shift
Nathan Laxague Ahoy, CARTHE blog devotees. Long days and spotty internet conspired to pinch the blog stream down to a trickle. Now that I’m back on land and flush with Continue Reading →
Anglers: Please leave drifters in the water
Scientists with the Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment (CARTHE) are currently (Jan 15-Feb 15, 2016) conducting an experiment in the northern Gulf of Mexico using biodegradable, surface Continue Reading →
Another Day In Paradise
Nathan Laxague Ho there, LASER blog followers- On Saturday morning, it was decided that the R/V F.G. Walton Smith would hole up in Key West for the night (and for Sunday Continue Reading →