Scientific Research at WET Labs
Presentations and Posters
The
Underwater Bioluminescence Assessment Tool (UBAT) poster,
presented at Ocean Optics XIX, Oct. 2008.
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 StructureCurrent Research Projects
Underwater Bioluminescence Assessment Tool (UBAT)
Agency:
Office of Naval Research, Phase II STTR PI:
Andrew Barnard, James. F. Case 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
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
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
