CARTHE drifters track Miami sewage leak
On Tuesday, June 20, 2017, a 63 inch sewage pipe broke and began leaking into the Biscayne Canal, according to a No Contact with Water advisory issued by Miami Dade Continue Reading →
A message from our Director
A message from CARTHE director Tamay Ozgokmen at the conclusion of SPLASH: I would like to congratulate everybody who has participated in SPLASH, because this was an experiment that was truly Continue Reading →
Work hard, play hard
Over the past month, the CARTHE team has worked tirelessly to conduct an elaborate experiment with hundreds of pieces of equipment and nearly as many people. We have overcome challenges, Continue Reading →
High tech drones (plus some low tech problem solving)
CARTHE relied on high resolution cameras mounted to drones to track the initial transport of drift cards (biodegradable bamboo plates) during the SPLASH experiments to measure currents. The acquired images Continue Reading →
Kodiak the Zodiac: The one boat fleet
By Kaushik Srinivasan The UCLA Zodiac and its myriad array of on-board instruments have primarily been designed to measure oceanic phenomena that can be collectively grouped under the moniker of ‘submesocales’. Submesoscales Continue Reading →
Back to the Small Scale
By Nathan Laxague Hey folks- I’m back in the saddle and ready to report on the Walton Smith’s recent operations. Yesterday (4/25/17), it was decided that we would focus our Continue Reading →
Surveying the ocean from the sky
An integral part of CARTHE research is aerial ocean observations. In the past, we have used balloons, kites, helicopters, drones, and planes. During SPLASH, we are using 5 drones (drone post Continue Reading →
Triple D! Dense Drifter Deployment
On Saturday, April 21, 2017, the R/V Walton Smith made it to the Louisiana area and met the UCLA, University of Miami, Naval Postgraduate School, and the FSU/UM/UD Drone boats Continue Reading →
Sunny Skies and Following Seas
by Nathan Laxague Ahoy there, ye rapscallions, hornswogglers, and ne’er-do-wells. My name is Nathan Laxague. I’m a postdoctoral researcher working under Dr. Brian Haus, the SPLASH (Submesoscale Processes and Lagrangian Continue Reading →
Making a SPLASH
After months of planning, preparation, and testing, the CARTHE team has set off for the Gulf of Mexico to conduct another large scale experiment. The Submesoscale Pathways and Lagrangian Analysis on Continue Reading →