Wed July 23

Today we had a lecture on how to use the HOT DOG Data sets. HOT DOG is the Hawaiian Ocean Time series and Data Organization and Graphing Series. It is fairly complicated, but there are simplified instructions on an educational site...http://www.mbari.org/earth/2008/schedule.htm#Wednesday

go to Friday >look under the names of Stephanie and Becky > look at HOT Data

You have to know which cruise to look up and what kind of data you want.

We also had a presentation on Satellite imagery, and the many ways it is being used today.
In the afternoon, we went to the Marine Hatfield Science Center and had a fabulous talk on an isopod, an invasive species off the coast of Oregon that castrate Blue Mud Shrimp (and kill off their food supply by sterilizing them). The invasive species are becoming such a problem due to ballast water from ships. As of Tues this week, July 22, the EPA will regulate ballast water. We then went to the Oregon Coast Aquarium and had a behind the scenes tour followed by a wonderful dinner. We got home late after a long day.