The Power of Scientific Collaboration is Perennial
;s R/V Falkor (too). Their findings provide new insights into the fate of volcanic debris in marine environments.Additionally in the November issue, Celia Konowe looks at the critical role gliders play in gathering data for understanding climate change and marine biodiversity. An upcoming project is the Sentinel Mission, a collaboration between Teledyne Webb Research and Rutgers University in support of the UN Ocean Decade. It aims to send a Slocum Sentinel Glider on the first circumnavigation of the earth by an autonomous underwater vehicle.The mission will commence in the coming year, bringing together
Wavefront's Intruder Detection Sonar Chosen for Corvettes
Sonar technology company Wavefront Systems has been awarded a contract by global defense company MARSS Group to deliver its Sentinel IDS® (Intruder Detection Sonar) as part of MARSS’s NiDAR surveillance system for a fleet of Corvette-class vessels deployed in South-East Asia.The NiDAR platform will fuse a range of new and legacy sensors – including Wavefront’s Sentinel IDS sonar, navigational radars and infrared cameras – into a single user interface, to provide a highly accurate and rapid means of detecting and classifying underwater and surface threats to the vessel
Viridien, SLB Conclude Multi-Client Survey in Australia's Bonaparte Basin
challenging to image due to the presence of carbonates and the shallow water.The new survey will provide modern, high-quality data over an area lacking recent, or any 3D data. The data also partially covers a carbon storage block, recently awarded as permit G-13-AP.The survey deployed Sercel Sentinel MS multi-component streamers and the Sercel QuietSea marine mammal monitoring system.“We are delighted to have partnered with SLB for the first time in Australia to successfully complete this large data acquisition project. The new high-quality data set will give interested players greater
Passive Monitoring Systems Deployed for Australian Projects
Sentinel Subsea has deployed monitoring systems in Australia to support the decommissioning of subsea assets for a major client in collaboration with Baker Hughes.Two of the company’s passive subsea integrity monitoring systems, WellSentinel™ Coral, were deployed that enable the continuous monitoring of temporary suspended wells in the remote field. The systems were installed onto two 18 ¾” wellheads from a vessel of opportunity, and no in-well intervention was required.In another project, Sentinel Subsea successfully deployed two WellSentinel™ Coral-Frond Hybrid systems
Sharks in Brazil Test Positive for Cocaine
role in the development of embryos."The scientists collected the samples between September 2021 and August 2023 as they monitored environmental impacts of pollution on marine life.Because sharks were predators, Hauser-Davis said they were central figures in the food chain and were considered "sentinel species" that could provide early warnings about environmental threats to humans.The scientists did not list what effects cocaine and other recreational drugs might have on sharks, although other studies have shown brown trout can become addicted to methamphetamine.Scientists elsewhere have
Teledyne Marine Pays Tribute to Doug Webb
sustained ocean observation at the 2024 Ocean Sciences Meeting, which was held in New Orleans, LA.Following the presentation, Webb proceeded to tour the Teledyne Marine facility and was given an up-close view of “REDWING (Research and Education Doug Webb Inter-National Glider),” the Slocum Sentinel glider named in his honor which is about to commence the first-ever global circumnavigation by a subsea glider later this year
Solstad’s Normand Navigator Boards ROVs Ahead of New Job
vessel owner said.The Normand Navigator is a 142.6 meters long vessel of Vard 3 07 design, built in 2015. It is capable of accommodating 130 people.Omega Subsea Robotics, a joint venture between Solstad and Omega Subsea, currently has eight ROVs in its fleet, which are onboard Normand Frontier, Normand Sentinel, Normand Maximus, and Normand Navigator
Teledyne Webb Research Unveils Slocum Sentinel Glider
Teledyne Webb Research announced the launch of its newest autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), the Slocum Sentinel Glider, set to debut at Oceanology International (OI) in London in March 2024.Designed for oceanographic monitoring across myriad applications, the new AUV expands the capabilities and endurance of the vehicle by building on the technology of Teledyne Webb Research’s Slocum G3 Glider, offering greater endurance and payload capability.The Slocum Sentinel Glider scales the standard Slocum Glider through an increased diameter and length – 13 inches in diameter and over 8 feet long.
TCarta Plans Bathymetric Mapping Workshop for Jamaica
to building our expertise, so that we can use these tools more flexibly.”This year’s workshop seeks to produce SDB maps of the entire coastal area of Jamaica, including the environmentally and economically important Pedro Cays. Participants will extract seafloor depth data from multispectral Sentinel-2 satellite imagery and use NASA ICESat-2 LiDAR data for validation. The resulting data sets will include water depth measurements at 10-meter resolution to an average depth of 20 meters.“The 2024 workshop will be led by hydrographers from TCarta’s Colorado and Jamaica offices,&rdquo
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