Ocean Tech
Ocean Seismic Network Seafloor Observatories
Our knowledge of the physical characteristics of Earth’s deep interior is based largely on observations of surface vibrations that occur after large earthquakes. Using the same techniques as CAT (Computer Aided Tomography) scans in medical imaging, seismologists can “image” the interior of our planet. But just as medical imaging requires sensors that surround the patient, seismic imaging requires sensors surrounding the earth.
A New Way to Catch the Rain
The carbon budget of the upper ocean includes an important loss to the deep ocean…
Replacing the Fleet
When R/V Atlantis arrived in Woods Hole for the first time on a bright, beautiful…
WHOI and Access to the Sea
In the mid-term future, two WHOI ships (Knorr in about 2006 and Oceanus in about…
A Northern Winter
As the 1996-1997 ship schedule began to take shape in 1995, we learned that Voyage…
“What a Year!”
Four technologies that have been developing separately for some time were brought together this year…
Access to the Sea
Oceanographic fieldwork has traditionally meant going to sea on a ship. In recent years, it…
The Magnetic Thickness of a Recent Submarine Lava Flow
Submarine lava flows and their associated narrow feeder conduits known as dikes constitute the basic…
Alpha, Bravo, Charlie…
The ocean weather station idea originated in the early days of radio communications and trans-oceanic…
The Bermuda Station SA Long-Running Oceanographic Show
A time series of hydrographic measurements was initiated at Bermuda in 1954 and continues to…