Scientific Research at WET Labs

Presentations and Posters
Real-time Monitoring in Estuarine and Coastal Environments. View slides presented at the ERF Conference, Oct. 2005.

Applications of In-situ Fluorometers in Nearshore Waters. View slides presented at the Alliance for Coastal Technologies (ACT), February 2005.

 Correction and Analysis of Spectral Absorption Data taken with the ac-s (presented at Ocean Optics XVII) (MS Word)

  The ac-spectra: an instrument for hyperspectral characterization of inherent optical properties in natural waters (Poster presented at Ocean Optics XVII) (.pdf)

Correction and Analysis of Spectral Absorption Data taken with the WET Labs ac-s (Poster presented at Ocean Optics XVII) (.pdf)

Use of Bio-optical Instrumentation of Long-term Ocean Observing Moorings

The use of Multi-parameter Bio-optical Instrument Systems for Long-term Observations of Ecosystem Community Structure

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Current Research Projects
High Fidelity IOP Observations and Inversions for Radiance in a Dynamic Ocean(RaDyO)
  Agency: Office of Naval Research, Optics and Biology
  PIs: Tommy Dickey, OPL, UCSB; Michael Twardowski, WET Labs
Related article: "Influence of surface waves on measured and modeled irradiance profiles" by J.R.V. Zaneveld, E. Boss, A. Barnard

An In-situ, Biogeochemical Sensor using Excitation-Emission Matrix Fluorometry (XMF)
Agency: NASA, Stennis Space Center Phase II SBIR
PI: Casey Moore, WET Labs

Ocean Optics XVII Technical Poster (pdf)
  The backscattering enigma in natural waters
  Agency: Office of Naval Research, Optics and Biology
  PIs: Michael Twardowski, Ron Zaneveld, Heidi Dierssen, Jim Sullivan

Mapping the spatial dynamics in optically significant nepheloid layers using autonomous, underwater gliders
Agency: ONR, Optics and Biology
PIs: Michael Twardowski, Oscar Schofield, Scott Glenn

An Integrated IOP Sensor for AUVs
Agency: ONR, Phase I SBIR
PI: Michael Twardowski

An Integrated Optical System for Synoptic Remote Sensing Validation: The DOLPHIN
Agency: NASA, Stennis Space Center. Phase II SBIR
PI: Michael Twardowski
NASA publication SpinOff 2005 "Then Why Do They Call the Earth the Blue Planet?"
News release

Autonomous Moored Profilers (see the Profiler Projects .pdf)
Miniaturized Autonomous Moored Profiler (Mini AMP)
Agency: ONR, Phase II SBIR
PI: Andrew Barnard

Coastal Autonomous Profiling and Boundary Layer System (CAPABLE)
Agency: NSF, OTIC program
Collaborators: Jack Barth and Murray Levine (Oregon State University)
PI: Andrew Barnard

A Novel Optical Beam Attenuation Meter (SAM) for Compact Deployment Platforms
Agency: ONR, Phase II SBIR with enhancement option
PI: Michael Twardowski
Ocean Optics XVI Poster (Powerpoint, 1.3 mb)

Multi-disciplinary Ocean Sensors for Environmental Analyses and Networks (MOSEAN)
Agency: NOPP
Lead PI: Tom Dickey (UCSB)
C0-PIs: Dave Karl (U. Hawaii),  Al Hanson (SubChem Systems and U. Rhode Island), Casey Moore

Lidar Sensing of Mixed Layer Depth
Agency: NASA, Phase I SBIR
PI: Ron Zaneveld

Diver Visibility
Agency: ONR, Phase I SBIR
PI: Ron Zaneveld

Using Remote Sensing to Understand the Consequences of Climate, Sea Level Changes and Increased Human Activities in the Coastal Gulf of Maine—An interdisciplinary study of land-sea carbon coupling
Agency: NASA
PI: William Balch, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Co-investigators: George Aiken, USGS, Boulder, CO; Andrew Barnard, WET Labs, Inc; Tom Huntington, USGS, Augusta , ME; Collin Roesler, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences; Huijie Xue, University of Maine

Identification and Quantification of the Temporal and Spatial Scales of Variability in Particulate and Dissolved Material Associated with Specific Land-use Activities in the Penobscot River System
Agency: ONR
PI: Collin Roesler, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Co-Investigator: Andrew Barnard

Incorporation of Sensors into Autonomous Gliders for 4-D Measurement of Bio-optical and Chemical Parameters
Agency: NSF
PI: Mary Jane Perry, University of Maine