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09/07/2018

MODIS satellite images show high concentrations of phytoplankton along the west coast. Visit NVS for remote sensing of chlorophyll, water temp, surface currents, etc: http://nvs.nanoos.org/Explorer

09/07/2018

The UWHPS team will be building a new hull for its upcoming two-year schedule of competitions. Are you an nterested UW student? Join them!

The Knotty Dawg, UW's human powered submarine had an exciting finish competing in London at the European International Submarine Races this summer! The team was especially proud of installing electronic joystick controls this year and having the first-ever finish by two female sub pilots! A&A team members Ahrif McKee, Luis Cortez, Lucas Campbell, and Riley Harris traveled to London for the competition. Interested students will have an opportunity to join the UWHPS - University of Washington Human Powered Submarine team this fall as it will start to build a new hull from scratch for the next two years of competition.

09/05/2018

This video is about the May 23rd, 2016 ESP Deployment off the coast of Washington State. University of Washington Applied Physics Lab NANOOS (IOOS) NOAA Northwest…

09/05/2018

SODA – Reports from the Field

Colleagues with the -sponsored Stratified Ocean Dynamics of the Arctic (SODA) Team are aboard the R/V Sikuliaq this month providing regular field updates. “What sets the distribution and mixing rates of heat in the upper Arctic Ocean?” is a question they are trying to answer. They’ve equipped the vessel with various tools to sample water layers and mixing, and to image surface waves and turbulent fluxes in the atmosphere.

Follow their reports and see photos by clicking “Updates from the Field” at:
http://www.apl.washington.edu/project/project.php?id=soda

Vertical and lateral water properties and density structure within the Arctic Ocean are intimately related to the ocean circulation, and have profound consequences for sea ice growth and retreat as well as for propagation of acoustic energy at all scales. Recently, there has been significant arctic....

08/31/2018

Ahoy, boaters. It will be a busy holiday weekend on the water. Get prepared by visiting the NVS Boaters app…
http://nvs.nanoos.org/Boaters

Stay safe on the water this Labor Day weekend! Visit the NVS Boaters App for near real-time weather and sea conditions and forecasts, tidal heights, surface currents, NOAA nautical charts, routing capabilities and marina info: http://nvs.nanoos.org/Boaters

08/30/2018

VISIONS’13

In late August 2013 the installation of the world’s largest undersea observatory reached a major milestone. “Plugging into” the deep ocean became a reality with the successful installation of power and communication cables, junction boxes, and the first scientific instruments — including the high-definition video camera deployed in the caldera of Axial Seamount to view an active high-temperature hydrothermal vent.

This year’s VISIONS’18 wrapped on August 5th.
https://interactiveoceans.washington.edu

08/30/2018

() PSC's Sarah Dewey continues to share her fieldwork experience as a . Go to the actual IG post to view deployment clips! To learn more about .apl, go to http://psc.apl.uw.edu/research/projects/sizrs/
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At last, we deploy our science assets! The .apl team uses dropsondes to study the interaction between clouds and sea ice, and airborne expendable current and conductivity-temperature-depth probes to understand the ocean's activity and composition under the ice. And finally, the buoy goes out the back in a picture-perfect deployment. Success!

08/29/2018

Heading out to the beach this Labor Day weekend? Make sure to check out the NVS Beach View App for current conditions, forecasts, live webcams, Surfrider Foundation water quality data, and links to beach closures in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia: http://nvs.nanoos.org/BeachView

08/29/2018

All 11 U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System ( ) Regional Associations are now certified by NOAA for their data management and infrastructure practices!

“Users can rely on the data or information tools offered through these regional associations and be assured it is as reliable and trusted as the data from other federal sources like NOAA.”

Our regional was certified in spring 2018.

Mariners, fishing and shipping industry can access federal-quality data from NOAA partners

08/28/2018

APL-UW Polar Science Center's graduate student Sarah Dewey is flying with SIZRS and sharing photos along the way…

() PSC's Sarah Dewey is AGU's while in the field! Don't forget to sub .apl on IG!
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Hello all! I'm Sarah Dewey, a graduate student at and the AGU for the next few days. I study the Arctic Ocean, especially the Beaufort Sea seasonal ice zone north of Alaska. I'm part of the .apl field project, which measures the ocean's and atmosphere's physical properties to try to understand the impacts of and on the seasonally-varying sea ice cover. Here I am in the field aboard a Twin Otter, preparing to deploy ocean sensors into holes in the ice. Stay tuned for some more awesome photos of fieldwork and sea ice!

08/24/2018

On August 27-29, 2018, an Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Deep Ocean Observing Workshop will be held in Seattle, WA. This workshop will provide an interdisciplinary forum to develop deep ocean…

08/23/2018

“You have to set up ways to encourage participants at all levels of ability and comfort — creating a welcoming space for everyone to pitch ideas.”
– Anthony Arendt, APL-UW Research Scientist

A team from the University of Washington, New York University and the University of California, Berkeley has developed an interactive workshop in data science for researchers at multiple stages of...