Comit Happenings
COMIT Wraps Integrative Topographic and Bathymetric Survey of Lower Tampa Bay
Above: Hobie Boeschenstein from SeaTrac piloting the SP-48. The Center for Ocean Mapping and Innovative Technologies (COMIT), an element of the University of South Florida’s College of Marine Science in St. Petersburg, recently completed a four-week field...
Tampa Bay Nested Survey Project – Student Blog #2
The chase boat making its way through thick fog which persisted during several days of our survey. Written by: Catalina Rubiano; Master's student with Dr. Alastair Graham. It’s the end of my third semester as a Master’s student at the College of Marine Science, and...
Tampa Bay Nested Survey Project – Student Blog #1
Me (far left) and my fellow COMIT students (from left, Catalina Rubiano, Bea Combs, Steven Paul, and Rosemary Burkhalter-Castro), plus CMS research staff member, Heather Broadbent, PhD (far right). Photo credit: Sarah Grasty Written by: Catherine Dietrick; Doctoral...
Mapping the Big Bend – Student Blog #3
Sunset during our last night. As a new marine science graduate student this Fall at USF College of Marine Science, I was very excited to embark upon my first research cruise experience. This was also my first time doing a hydrographic survey, so anticipation was high....
Mapping the Big Bend – Student Blog #2
Me reeling in the underway sound velocity profiler, a key piece of equipment on a mapping cruise. Our team has been underway for four days during which time we have been mapping in a target area outlined by NOAA’s Office of Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping (IOCM)...
Mapping the Big Bend – Student Blog #1
The R/V WT Hogarth docked at USF CMS before we left on November 10, 2021.If you’ve ever wondered what living at sea feels like, asking a marine scientist is good start. As a marine science graduate student at USF College of Marine Science (USF CMS), I can tell you...
COMIT Scientists ‘Map the Gaps’
Above: Chief Scientist, Matthew Hommeyer (left), and FIO Science Technician, Andrew Warren, prepare to deploy the underway sound velocity profiler (underway SVP) towfish aboard the R/V W.T. Hogarth in February 2021. After three postponements due to COVID-19 and a slew...
HSRP Meeting Recap
Dr. Steve Murawski had the pleasure of presenting at NOAA's Hydrographic Services Review Panel's (HSRP) spring meeting, March 3 - 4, 2021. The slides presented on behalf of COMIT can be viewed here. The focus of the first day’s session was Coastal Data and Information...
COMIT Seminar Announcement! Dr. Shachak Pe’eri from NOAA Coast Survey Development Lab
The Center for Ocean Mapping and Innovative Technologies is pleased to present its first seminar. Dr. Shachak Pe'eri will be presenting on March 9, 2021 at 3pm EST. Dr. Shachak Pe’eri is the current Division Chief of the Coast Survey Development Lab at NOAA. Dr....