Comments for I-COOL http://www.i-cool.org International Coalition of Ocean Observing Laboratories Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:43:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Comment on Over the Boarder! by Scott http://www.i-cool.org/?p=12495&cpage=1#comment-20342 Scott Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:19:44 +0000 http://www.i-cool.org/?p=12495#comment-20342 Great team work on this first major milestone of Challenger's mission! Nilsen & Antonio are piloting us through the favorable currents in the ocean eddy structure, while Dave and Chip reconfigured the glider for flight across this region of low intensity in the Earth's magnetic field. We are now turning from a westerly course to the northwest, using the currents and eddies to move us closer to the Equator and into a more favorable magnetic field. Great team work on this first major milestone of Challenger's mission! Nilsen & Antonio are piloting us through the favorable currents in the ocean eddy structure, while Dave and Chip reconfigured the glider for flight across this region of low intensity in the Earth's magnetic field. We are now turning from a westerly course to the northwest, using the currents and eddies to move us closer to the Equator and into a more favorable magnetic field.

]]> Comment on Early Mappings of the Amazonian Outflow by Scott http://www.i-cool.org/?p=12464&cpage=1#comment-20168 Scott Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:49:35 +0000 http://www.i-cool.org/?p=12464#comment-20168 Frank: Thanks for all your help with the Challenger Glider Deployment in Cape Town. Armed with greater understanding of the horizontal component of the Earth's magnetic field, we have a plan for skirting the low as we head into international waters and turn north. This allows us to return to optimizing our flight characteristics and, in turn, optimizing our data flow for comparisons to the global ocean models. Our Ocean Observatories class in the U.S. met yesterday, about 75 students. There is HIGH interest in working more with your students at the University of Cape Town. We will form several working groups to work on different aspects of the gliders in Antarctica, the Mid Atlantic Bight of the U.S., and the Trans-Atlantic flights of Silbo and Challenger. One of the science-drivers for the Challenger Glider Mission is to asses the accuracy of the global ocean and available regional models as the gliders circumnavigate the planet. It would be great if one of the U.S. working groups can pair up with your students, and collectively compare your Southern Ocean gliders and Challenger with the Global Ocean Models and the satellite data around South Africa. Our students end the semester with a poster presentation. Joint South Africa-USA poster(s) will be great demonstration of our ability to bring students from different nations together. We will be in touch. Again, thanks to everyone in Cape Town for their warm hospitality. Scott, Chip, Dave & Tina. Frank:
Thanks for all your help with the Challenger Glider Deployment in Cape Town. Armed with greater understanding of the horizontal component of the Earth's magnetic field, we have a plan for skirting the low as we head into international waters and turn north. This allows us to return to optimizing our flight characteristics and, in turn, optimizing our data flow for comparisons to the global ocean models.

Our Ocean Observatories class in the U.S. met yesterday, about 75 students. There is HIGH interest in working more with your students at the University of Cape Town. We will form several working groups to work on different aspects of the gliders in Antarctica, the Mid Atlantic Bight of the U.S., and the Trans-Atlantic flights of Silbo and Challenger. One of the science-drivers for the Challenger Glider Mission is to asses the accuracy of the global ocean and available regional models as the gliders circumnavigate the planet. It would be great if one of the U.S. working groups can pair up with your students, and collectively compare your Southern Ocean gliders and Challenger with the Global Ocean Models and the satellite data around South Africa. Our students end the semester with a poster presentation. Joint South Africa-USA poster(s) will be great demonstration of our ability to bring students from different nations together. We will be in touch.

Again, thanks to everyone in Cape Town for their warm hospitality.

Scott, Chip, Dave & Tina.

]]> Comment on Early Mappings of the Amazonian Outflow by Frank http://www.i-cool.org/?p=12464&cpage=1#comment-20136 Frank Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:19:22 +0000 http://www.i-cool.org/?p=12464#comment-20136 Hi Scott and Chip, Watching Challenger with interest. Any chance of updating the dives (T,S,rho)? Also, any ideas about how to start using this a s a practical session with our third year oceanography class? It starts in a weeks time and we will have Monday afternoon practicals in a computer lab , starting 11 Feb through the semester. Many thanks Frank Hi Scott and Chip,
Watching Challenger with interest. Any chance of updating the dives (T,S,rho)? Also, any ideas about how to start using this a s a practical session with our third year oceanography class? It starts in a weeks time and we will have Monday afternoon practicals in a computer lab , starting 11 Feb through the semester.

Many thanks

Frank

]]> Comment on Double Dutch by Alberto http://www.i-cool.org/?p=12406&cpage=1#comment-19896 Alberto Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:15:00 +0000 http://www.i-cool.org/?p=12406#comment-19896 Cool post, congratulations guys. Awesome work. Cool post, congratulations guys. Awesome work.

]]> Comment on Barnacle Analysis by Nilsen http://www.i-cool.org/?p=11984&cpage=1#comment-15765 Nilsen Mon, 02 Jul 2012 14:08:17 +0000 http://www.i-cool.org/?p=11984#comment-15765 Hey DBL, Ru25 was on a reconnaissance mission to look for interesting areas to sample before a research vessel set sail north bound from the Azores. There was a problem however with the pump I believe and it drifted at the surface for a few weeks before being recovered. Hey DBL, Ru25 was on a reconnaissance mission to look for interesting areas to sample before a research vessel set sail north bound from the Azores. There was a problem however with the pump I believe and it drifted at the surface for a few weeks before being recovered.

]]> Comment on Tina at the Wheel by Jacqueline http://www.i-cool.org/?p=2854&cpage=1#comment-15276 Jacqueline Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:50:40 +0000 http://www.i-cool.org/?p=2854#comment-15276 Hi Scott - I work here at Rutgers and had an R U Cool baseball cap at one time. Any idea how I can get another one? Thanks! Jackie Hi Scott - I work here at Rutgers and had an R U Cool baseball cap at one time. Any idea how I can get another one?
Thanks! Jackie

]]> Comment on Quite a Day Indeed by Lizette http://www.i-cool.org/?p=11955&cpage=1#comment-15005 Lizette Thu, 07 Jun 2012 14:37:21 +0000 http://www.i-cool.org/?p=11955#comment-15005 I'm so late on this, but CONGRATS to the entire team on completing the first leg of the mission!!! Great work! I'm so late on this, but CONGRATS to the entire team on completing the first leg of the mission!!!
Great work!

]]> Comment on Barnacle Analysis by DBLandrith http://www.i-cool.org/?p=11984&cpage=1#comment-14908 DBLandrith Sun, 03 Jun 2012 16:18:53 +0000 http://www.i-cool.org/?p=11984#comment-14908 I had noticed a plot of "RU 25" northbound from the Azores in "Google Earth". I could not find any mention of the flight. From the plot in "Google Earth", it appeared to have a problem. Now (June 3) plot is gone. Frustrating. DBL I had noticed a plot of "RU 25" northbound from the Azores in "Google Earth".
I could not find any mention of the flight. From the plot in "Google Earth", it appeared to have a problem. Now (June 3) plot is gone.
Frustrating.
DBL

]]> Comment on Temperature Analysis of Silbo by Miguel http://www.i-cool.org/?p=10802&cpage=1#comment-9818 Miguel Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:22:19 +0000 http://www.i-cool.org/?p=10802#comment-9818 where I can download proplot? where I can download proplot?

]]> Comment on As Einstein said, “The shortest distance between two points is in fact a curve” by Team Building http://www.i-cool.org/?p=10709&cpage=1#comment-9716 Team Building Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:09:01 +0000 http://www.i-cool.org/?p=10709#comment-9716 Interesting post this, look forward to you update. Interesting post this, look forward to you update.

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