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New Google Earth underwater terrain |
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Monday, 06 February 2012 13:15 |
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On 2 February 2012, Google Earth announced a major update to the underwater terrain dataset used to show the ocean topography. The update covers seafloor topography from all over the globe and reveals the most accurate 3D view of the ocean seafloor to date. |
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JCU Multibeam training workshop |
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Wednesday, 27 July 2011 00:00 |
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James Cook University has a 19 metre research vessel, RV James Kirby, which also has a Reson SeaBat 8101 multibeam swath system used for seabed mapping surveys. A multibeam echosounder provides dense bathymetry (depth) data for visualising the seafloor in 3-dimensions. |
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RV Sonne depth survey in the Coral Sea |
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Saturday, 18 June 2011 00:00 |
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The 97 metre long RV Sonne is based out of Bremen, Germany but roams the world’s oceans doing mainly geoscience research. The vessel has one of the best deep-water multibeam mapping systems in the world, a Kongsberg Simrad EM120. From 2-18 June 2011, the Sonne conducted a multibeam survey from the Louisville Ridge, north of New Zealand, across the Coral Sea to Townsville, and then to Papua New Guinea. |
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PICASSO-1 studies Osprey Reef |
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Tuesday, 17 May 2011 00:00 |
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PICASSO-1 stands for Plankton Investigatory Collaborating Autonomous Survey System Operon-1. It is an untethered remotely operated vehicle (uROV) used for studying plankton and other deep sea organisms at a range of sizes using imaging tools, such as a high definition television camera, an underwater microscope called the Autonomous Visual Plankton Recorder (AVPR), and metal halide and red/white LED illumination. |
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Award of 'Next Wave' Transit voyage, Brisbane to Lautoka |
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Thursday, 24 February 2011 17:24 |
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The 'Next Wave' Transit voyages are conducted each year onboard Australia's largest blue-water research vessel, RV Southern Surveyor. Applications are invited by marine scientists to carry out underway or opportunistic science during transits between voyages and ports.
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