Echoview and the Gulf of Mexico oil spill
Posted on Wednesday, 1 December 2010 | Permalink
Echoview has seen use in recent months in the Gulf of Mexico, with scientists using Echoview as part of their suite of tools for detecting and monitoring the impact of the oil spill.
In July, Echoview senior programmer David Millington joined researchers at sea to provide direct assistance to these efforts.
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1 David Millington joins NOAA scientists aboard the NOAA vessel Pisces
2 NOAA vessel Thomas Jefferson surveys the oil spill
David Millington joins NOAA scientists aboard the NOAA vessel Pisces
In July, Echoview senior programmer David Millington joined NOAA scientists Charles Thompson and Mike Jech on the NOAA vessel Pisces. Amongst other things, David was there to assist in the use of Echoview to visualise and process data from Simrad's ME70 scientific multibeam echosounder.
The vessel visited the site of the Deepwater Horizon while surveying the oil spill. Other acoustic scientists and Echoview users onboard included:
- Dave Demer and Randy Cutter from the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
- Reka Domokos from the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
- Joe Godlewski from the NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center
- Todd Kellison from the NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center
- Sarah Stienessen from the NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center
- Warren Mitchell from North Carolina State University
- Tom Weber from the University of New Hampshire
Interesting targets detected with the ME70 included a number of whales, the Deepwater Horizon wreck and wellhead, the submerged oil plume from the spill and a number of natural oil seeps.
NOAA vessel Thomas Jefferson surveys the oil spill
Echoview in use aboard the Thomas Jefferson
The Thomas Jefferson sonar survey
On board the Thomas Jefferson
