Tools & Technology
Porting AUV Sentry to the Robot Operating System
Ian Vaugh, WHOI Sponsored by: AOP&E Department
Read MoreNew Initiative Launched to Help Protect New Yorks Great Whales
Colonization in slow motion
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Featured image: Glider Pilot
After a journey of more than two months from Miami, a team recovers a Spray glider on the continental shelf…
Read MoreWHOI to be Featured in Upcoming BBC Program ‘Blue Planet Live’
Scientists, engineers, vehicle operators, and ship crew from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) will be a featured part of the upcoming BBC program, Blue Planet Live, which will air over four nights beginning March 24. The series will include two live broadcasts from the research vessel Atlantis showing launch and recovery of the human-occupied submersible Alvin.
Read MoreMesobot, Follow that Jellyfish!
WHO scientists and engineers are developing an innovative autonomous deep-sea vehicle with hovering and manuevering capabilities that will allow it to follow animals without disturbing their environment and behavior.
Read MoreAssembling of Mesobot Frame
New Techniques Open Window into Anatomy of Mollusks
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) scientists are using advanced medical imaging techniques and diagnostic tools to reveal the internal structures…
Read MoreA ‘Ticking Time Bomb’ in the Arctic
Scientists discover that the amount of heat in a major Arctic Ocean circulation system has doubled over the past 30 years. If the temperatures continue to spike, it could eventually spell trouble for the ice above.
Read MoreThe Deep-See Peers into the Depths
Decades of research from many WHOI scientists and engineers have culminated in a multifaceted vehicle to explore deep-sea marine life.
Read MoreOcean Observatories
Citizens, sailors, and scientists have observed the seas for centuries, first from the shore, then from ships and submersibles, and…
Read MoreMoorings & Buoys
Many ocean processes that scientists want to study are either invisible from the surface or they play out over long…
Read MoreShips
Researchers rely on sophisticated ships to get a firsthand look at the ocean environment and to carry their tools and…
Read MoreUnderwater Vehicles
In order to understand the ocean, scientists often find they have to get themselves or their instruments into very specific…
Read MoreTools & Technology
Researchers use a variety of instruments and tools to sample and study the ocean.
Read MoreAcoustics
High-resolution bathymetry of extinct asphalt volcanoes off the coast of California. The bathymetry was collected using the autonomous underwater vehicle Sentry.…
Read MoreImaging
Harnessing the Power
Can wind developers and ocean scientists work together to get US offshore wind cranking?
Read MoreSonar Single Beam
Echo sounding is the key method scientists use to map the seafloor today. The technique, first used by German scientists…
Read MoreAcoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP)
What is it and why do we use it? An Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler, or Acoustic Doppler Profiler, is often…
Read MoreMultibeam Bathymetry
Multibeam bathymetry is based on the fact that more beams are better than one. About 30 years ago, the US…
Read MoreAutonomous Hydrophone Array (AHA)
Looking for new volcanic eruptions on the global mid-ocean ridge and understanding when and where eruptions take place is one…
Read MoreCoding Curiosity
The ocean is an extreme environment that is hard for humans to explore. One solution is building deep-sea robots that can autonomously make decisions on what to look for and where.
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