August 15, 2019 – Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative

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CARTHE researchers launch the Ship Tethered Aerostat Remote Sensing System (STARSS) from the M/V Masco VIII during the Lagrangian Submesoscale Experiment (LASER). STARSS was part of a large-scale oceanographic campaign designed to observe oceanic dispersion over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales and understand transport and dispersion of oil and other buoyant materials. Left to right: Jean Mensa, Guillaume Novelli, undergraduate student Mike, Daniel Carlson, and Cedric Guigand. Photo credit: Maristella Berta (National Research Council-Institute of Marine Science, CNR-ISMAR, Venice, Italy).

Study Tests STARRS Imaging of Short-Lived Small-Scale Dispersion on Ocean’s Surface

August 15, 2019

Researchers described field methods and observations using the Ship-Tethered Aerostat Remote Sensing System (STARSS) to better understand how buoyant material moves and disperses on the ocean’s surface.