AutoNaut Completes a 16-week, 4,000-mile Mission on the Atlantic continental shelf break
develop the science program. Other stakeholders became associated in the data collection program as the project developed and the route changed. These included the Irish Marine Institute, Galway Marine Institute of Technology, OSNAP and iFADO partners, NOC, CEFAS, University of Exeter, and the UK Met Office. The data collected are made freely available to all partners.The sensor fit for this deployment was loaned to AutoNaut, for which we are grateful. It comprised:Nortek Signature500 ADCP, fitted through the hullSeiche PAM, fitted to a small fin below the hull rather than as a towed
UK Met Office Selects Sonardyne Acoustic Releases for Mooring Weather Buoys
Acoustic release transponders from Sonardyne were chosen by the UK’s Met Office to secure its network of moored buoy Marine Automatic Weather Stations (MAWS) in the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean.Sonardyne’s RT 6s and deck topside command units will be used to support deployment and retrieval of the MAWS buoys from theirlocations as far north as the Faroe-Shetland Channel and down to the southwestern approaches and the English Channel in the south.Because many of the buoys are moored in more harsh North Atlantic waters, they have to be designed to withstand extreme conditions, includingsignifi
Case Study: Autonaut Put to the Test
develop the science program. Other stakeholders became associated in the data collection program as the project developed and the route changed. These included the Irish Marine Institute, Galway Marine Institute of Technology, OSNAP and iFADO partners, NOC, CEFAS, University of Exeter, and the UK Met Office. The data collected are made freely available to all partners.The sensor fit for this deployment was loaned to AutoNaut, for which we are grateful. It comprised:Nortek Signature500 ADCP, fitted through the hullSeiche PAM, fitted to a small fin below the hull rather than as a towed
Sanchi Oil Spill Puts Coral Reefs at Risk
; The NEMO ocean model is supported by U.K. National Capability funding from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). This model is widely used by both U.K. and international groups for research into ocean circulation, climate and marine ecosystems, and operationally as part of the U.K. Met Office’s weather forecasting
World Temperatures Hit New High in 2016
surface temperatures over land and the oceans in 2016 were 0.94 degrees Celsius (1.69 degrees Fahrenheit) above the 20th-century average of 13.9C (57.0F), according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). U.S. space agency NASA reported almost identical data, and the UK Met Office and University of East Anglia, which also track global temperatures for the United Nations, said 2016 was the hottest year on record. Temperatures, lifted both by man-made greenhouse gases and a natural El Nino event that released heat from the Pacific Ocean last year, beat the previous record
UK’s Largest Marine Robot Mission is Underway Off NW Scotland
providing vehicles and piloting support include Liquid Robotics, Boeing, RS Aqua and Blue Ocean Monitoring, Royal Navy are deploying and recovering the submarine gliders, software experts such as Esri UK, Helyx and SeeByte will help us visualize incoming data, and Plymouth Marine Laboratory and UK Met Office will ensure we have the most up-to-date satellite images and weather forecasts to support mission planning.”  
Robot Fleet Completes Pioneering Mission
the opportunity to gain experience of piloting in harsh conditions”. The pioneering trials were co-ordinated by the National Oceanography Centre, in partnership with 20 other organisations representing the marine robotics industry, research organisations, and marine data users such as the UK Met Office and the Royal Navy. Dr Russell Wynn of NOC, who was the scientific co-ordinator of the project, said: “Overall the project has been hugely successful and we have collected a huge amount of valuable scientific and engineering data. By working in partnership and sharing our resources and
Planet Ocean Get UK AXYS Watchman Contracts
Planet Ocean inform that they are supporting the UK Met Office and Plymouth Marine Laboratory to gather real-time Met-Ocean Data with their AXYS Watchman (WM-500) data acquisition and telemetry systems. The WM-500 can be configured to control a large variety of sensors providing data manipulation, logging and have the ability to interface with a variety of communication systems. The UK Met Office (UKMO) are using these systems in their range of inshore and offshore data buoy hulls provided by a growing range of manufacturers. The