Measure. Model. Mitigate.
Ocean 180 Video Challenge is a national video competition for ocean scientists, judged by middle school students. Scientists are challenged to bring their latest research papers to life in a short Continue Reading →
CARTHE graduate student Conor Smith is featured in an article by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative: After the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, many Gulf residents wanted to know where Continue Reading →
The use of drones during the Surfzone Coastal Oil Pathways Experiment (SCOPE) helped scientists from CARTHE study how oil moves from offshore onto our beaches! This is an innovate approach Continue Reading →
While assisting the SCOPE team conduct experiments on the research vessel, our group was also collecting bacterial samples directly from the sea surface and subsurface water about 20 cm deep. Continue Reading →
Summary During the summer months of 2014, I worked under Dr. Shuyi Chen to compare data from OSCAT and TRMM satellites with the UMCM-WMH model for 10-meter wind speed and Continue Reading →
The SCOPE Drifters are an important tool for measuring the movement of surface currents, but they only tell part of the story. In recognizing this aspect, EPA-approved biodegradable Rhodamine Continue Reading →
The Surfzone Coastal Oil Pathways Experiment (SCOPE) is a large nearshore field experiment being executed on a public beach in the Florida panhandle between Pensacola and Destin. Our scientists are using drifters, Continue Reading →
Day 5 Started at 5am – dawn patrol, couldn’t access Eglin Airforce Base beach where 90% of our ebb drifters beached, so we had to come up with an alternative Continue Reading →
Day 1 – Truck arrived. It was unloaded and the boats are now in the water. We have the instruments set-up and ready to go for tomorrow. Day 2 – We got Continue Reading →
The Surfzone Coastal Oil Pathways Experiment (SCOPE) is planned for the period from the 1st of December to the 21st of December. The team will arrive on the 29th to “scope” things out Continue Reading →