Blogs

LISST deployments

930, 927, 929

Put in the calibration constants for each deployment.

The importance of being brief was one of the take away messages from today's NSF Workshop on Science Journalism.

Science journalist, Cheryl Lyn Dybas from NSF hosted the workshop at the 2010 Ocean Science Meeting in Portland. She presented interesting insight into scientific communication.

The center released the new Virtual Columbia River web site today.

The Virtual Columbia River includes self-redundant long-term simulation databases of 4D (space-time) circulation, designed to characterize contemporary variability and change.

The site contains an amazing Columbia River Climatological Atlas.

VisIt

https://wci.llnl.gov/codes/visit/

Convert SELFE native binary format to VTK using the ELIO library and a small C language program I call get3dgrid. The file format is ASCII based and allows for some visualization packages that use VTK to view SELFE output.

Output from VisIt (salinity from the db16 forecast):

http://www.stccmop.org/~pturner/visit/movie.mpeg
http://www.stccmop.org/~pturner/visit/movie2.mpeg
http://www.stccmop.org/~pturner/visit/movie3.mpeg
http://www.stccmop.org/~pturner/visit/movie4.mpeg

Other options:

VTK using the Python scripting interface.

Lindsey Longway intern for CMOP in the tank learning how to use the surface supplied air unit. This is how the Astoria field team services stations which require diving.

OCEANS, CLIMATE AND HUMAN HEALTH 
CHH Atrium Waterfront

5:30 p.m.  Reception with ongoing Poster Presentations
6 p.m. Catered dinner
7:00 p.m. Honor Ceremony for Alan Parker
7:15 p.m. Panel Presentations on Oceans, Climate and Human Health
8:30 p.m. Questions and Answers

Master of Ceremony
Roy Hunter Sampsel

Salinity

http://data.stccmop.org/paul/scatterplot.py?series=saturn03.1300.R.CDOM%...

Temperature

The scientific crew of CMOP's Fall 2009 New Horizon cruise. Adena Kass, Michelle Maier, Pete Kahl, Vikki Campbell, Matt Wolhowe, Natalja Kuvaldina, Justin Reina, Tawnya Peterson, Colleen Durkin, Sara Bender, Yolanda Morales, Grant Law, Morgaine McKibben, Josh Manger, Missy Gilbert, and Patrick Prahl (not pictured: Caroline Fortunado and Fred Prahl)

Morgaine McKibben and Colleen Durkin create marker-masterpieces on foam chunks in preparation for the 2800 meter CTD drop

Josh Manger snaps a shot of Cape Disappointment as the New Horizon clears the Columbia River bar