Dr. Jim Yoder has always been fascinated by the microscopic plants that grow in the ocean. Early in his career he studied them in his lab and wondered if his flasks really matched the ocean environment. Little did he realize how new technologies like satellites would soon be able to give him a much larger picture.
Tags: airplane, chlorophyll, NASA, ocean plants, satellite
Huijie Xue forecasts the underwater weather of the Gulf of Maine: its temperature, its salinity, and its currents. And a lot of people are tuning in.
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Tags: buoy, codar, gulf of maine, huijie xue, modeling, physical oceanography, satellite
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