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Research Operations
The competition results are in!
September 2, 2010 — via The VT AUV Team
We have finally obtained an analyzed the final score sheet from the competition! We have known we didn’t do very well, not scoring any points in either of the prelims, but we had no idea how well we did in the bonus “second life” round. As it turns out, in that round, we [...]
Hurricane articles
September 2, 2010 — via I-COOL
This is a picture that deals with the after math of humans not being able to predict hurricanes properly. In the last century humans have tried yet not fully seceded in predicting hurricanes and their devastation to the area it can hit. There has been much improved in the ways we can predict and accurately [...]
Fall Semester Begins
September 1, 2010 — via I-COOL
We are all excited about the new semester
Fall Semester Begins
September 1, 2010 — via I-COOL
We are all excited about the new semester
The Waiting
September 1, 2010 — via Waitt Institute
1 September, 2010
Prelude to a transit: ROV 101
August 31, 2010 — via Waitt Institute
31 August, 2010
Recovering Mary Ann
August 30, 2010 — via Waitt Institute
Video from 2010
August 29, 2010 — via Naval Academy Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Team
Check out this youtube video of our run that won us 2nd Place overall.
First Sidescan Data
August 28, 2010 — via Waitt Institute
28 August, 2010
Atlantic Crossing: A Robot’s D…
August 27, 2010 — via I-COOL
Atlantic Crossing: A Robot’s Daring Mission premieres today at the Blue Ocean Film Festival! http://fb.me/Gz0WSqiG
Atlantic Crossing: A Robot’s D…
August 27, 2010 — via I-COOL
Atlantic Crossing: A Robot’s Daring Mission premieres today at the BLUE Ocean Film Festival! http://fb.me/HWMWjT24
Data Emerges From Below
August 27, 2010 — via Waitt Institute
27 August, 2010
Girls in the Water
August 26, 2010 — via Waitt Institute
26 August, 2010
Closing in on the Destination
August 26, 2010 — via Waitt Institute
25 August, 2010
MSNBC Blogs Expedition Titanic
August 26, 2010 — via Waitt Institute
NBC News WorldBlog
Expedition Titanic
August 26, 2010 — via Waitt Institute
Titanic: Rediscovering the Past
August 26, 2010 — via Waitt Institute
New Expedition to "Virtually" Raise the Titanic
Want to join?
August 24, 2010 — via The VT AUV Team
If you are at all interested in joining the team, you should come to one of the interest meetings! We have several, so you can’t use the excuse that it doesn’t fit your schedule! They are: Friday, Aug. 27 @ 5:00PM Monday, Aug. 30 @ 5:00PM Tuesday, Aug. 31 @ 5:00PM All of the interest meetings are [...]
Website fixed!
August 24, 2010 — via The VT AUV Team
The website works again!
Website Broken!
August 20, 2010 — via The VT AUV Team
Unfortunately, something has gone wrong with the website recently and all of the blog posts from the last year and the home page are not showing up. We are looking into it, and hopefully it will get fixed soon!
Glider update August 5 2010
August 5, 2010 — via DeepWater Horizon Oil Spill » DeepWater Blog
Sorry for the lack info of the over the last week, but it has been the particuarly overwhelming. Regardless, the gliders have been flying and doing well. We start with info from the iRobot/APL team which successfully recovered the Seaglider on July 30. The Seaglider deserves a toast having flown for over 70 days, and [...]
Rutgers professor’s eye-opening journey to the bottom of the sea
August 5, 2010 — via I-COOL
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Marine census promises first full look at the oceans’ teeming life
August 3, 2010 — via I-COOL
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Ocean greenery under warming stress
August 2, 2010 — via I-COOL
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100728/full/news.2010.379.html http://fb.me/EsZ1Rkrv
Mid-week update.
July 28, 2010 — via DeepWater Horizon Oil Spill » DeepWater Blog
Figure 1: IOOS Overview. iRobot Seaglider is at the drill site, Navy Seaglider 137 is heading south, away from the drill site and towards the Loop Current Eddy. Navy Seaglider 135 and SIO/WHOI Spray 40 are at the northeast edge of the Loop Current Eddy. USF and Mote Slocum Gliders are on the Florida shelf. [...]
The Aftermath
July 26, 2010 — via The VT AUV Team
You may have noticed that we stopped updating this blog on the second day of qualifying (Saturday). As per the last qualifying update, we spent the rest of the first qualifying day adding new algorithms to get the AUV to go in a straight line. On Saturday (the second qualifying day), we unfortunately [...]
July 26, 2010
July 26, 2010 — via DeepWater Horizon Oil Spill » DeepWater Blog
Storm and Gulf activities have impacted Gulf operation, but gliders are doing well. We we have 7 gliders in the water. Two up in the spill vicinity. 2 offshore in the cyclonic eddy. 3 along the west cosat of Florida. So lets start with the 2 in the spill vicninity. There we have the Navy glider [...]
Bonnie Dissipates over Louisiana
July 25, 2010 — via DeepWater Horizon Oil Spill » DeepWater Blog
Figure 1: Cut and Paste from the NOAA National Hurricane Center early morning update on Bonnie: THE REMNANT LOW OF BONNIE…CENTERED ABOUT 25 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA…CONTINUES TO PRODUCE DISORGANIZED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. RE-DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYSTEM IS NOT EXPECTED BEFORE THE LOW REACHES THE SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA COAST EARLY THIS MORNING. [...]
Bonnie heads towards Louisiana
July 24, 2010 — via DeepWater Horizon Oil Spill » DeepWater Blog
Figure 1: Official track forecast for Tropical Storm Bonnie from the NOAA National Hurricane Center. Official discussion indicates the track guidance has Bonnie heading down the center of the envelope. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCDAT3+shtml/240847.shtml? Figure 2: Collection of the offshore wind reports from Oceanweather. The counterclockwise wind pattern around Bonnie’s broad low pressure field is observed. Figure 3: Highest waves, running [...]
Bonnie approaches Florida
July 23, 2010 — via DeepWater Horizon Oil Spill » DeepWater Blog
Figure 1: The official NOAA track forecast for Tropical Storm Bonnie. The track crosses over the west Florida Shelf late friday night into early saturday morning. By early Sunday morning it is passing the drill site. Figure 2: Here are the marine weather reports compiled by Oceanweather. Today’s winds are from the east over much of [...]
‘R U COOL?’ Library Dives Deep With Oceanographers
July 22, 2010 — via I-COOL
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