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Do drifters/drift cards really move like oil?

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Ed Ryan

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 →

Posted in Experiments, Oil Spill | Tagged drift cards, drifters, oil, wave tank

LASER recap and initial results

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Ed Ryan

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 →

Posted in Experiments, LASER

Reaching for the STARSS

Posted on March 19, 2016 by Ed Ryan

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 →

Posted in Aerial photos, Experiments, LASER, STARSS

Homeward Bound

Posted on February 14, 2016 by Ed Ryan

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 →

Posted in Experiments, LASER, Research vessels, Slider Posts

Fishing For Vortices

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Ed Ryan

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 →

Posted in Experiments, LASER, Research vessels

Back in the Saddle

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Ed Ryan

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 →

Posted in Experiments, LASER, Research vessels

Phase 2 Update, Bogucki Group

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Ed Ryan

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 →

Posted in Experiments, LASER, Research vessels

Phase Shift

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Ed Ryan

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 →

Posted in Experiments, LASER, Research vessels

Anglers: Please leave drifters in the water

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Ed Ryan

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 →

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Another Day In Paradise

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Ed Ryan

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 →

Posted in Experiments, LASER, Research vessels
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