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RV/Folger Middlebury College's Research Vessel! Current Project: High-Resolution Bathymetric Mapping of Lake Champlain, Vermont.

One of the last photos of yesterday. Lake mud is awesome!! Eric P. —- through the wo...
16/10/2021

One of the last photos of yesterday. Lake mud is awesome!!
Eric P. —- through the world of Facebook magic, your message was lost unfortunately. Can you resend?

Allison’s Friday lab. Tearing into a 4ft sediment core
15/10/2021

Allison’s Friday lab. Tearing into a 4ft sediment core

Thursday lab with Allison’s Oceanography class — taking sediment cores and of course, wearing the orange gloves is a mem...
15/10/2021

Thursday lab with Allison’s Oceanography class — taking sediment cores and of course, wearing the orange gloves is a memory moment.

As we end our season, a great sunset to guide us home.
12/10/2021

As we end our season, a great sunset to guide us home.

Malletts Bay —— Almost done. Looks like we’ll have to wait for next year to finish it.
12/10/2021

Malletts Bay —— Almost done. Looks like we’ll have to wait for next year to finish it.

Multibeam mapping is slow in shallow water and indeed, Malletts Bay fits this classification quite well. The first imag...
12/10/2021

Multibeam mapping is slow in shallow water and indeed, Malletts Bay fits this classification quite well. The first image was accomplished with a full 10-hour day on October 1. It took 3 more days on October 6, 8 & 11 to get to the coverage map shown in the second image. Will be interesting to see what we get done today!!!

Another exceptional day for multibeam mapping in Malletts Bay. Took the first profile of sound velocity in the SE portio...
12/10/2021

Another exceptional day for multibeam mapping in Malletts Bay. Took the first profile of sound velocity in the SE portion of outer Malletts Bay using the ship’s CTD (Conductivity Temperature Depth) system.

11/10/2021

Part 2 shows how the collected data is used to “paint” the bottom of the lake.

11/10/2021

This short video will be part 1 of how the sonar operator monitors the quality of the data on the right hand display.

When it comes to controlling and monitoring the multibeam system , the sonar operator has 2 displays that have to be con...
11/10/2021

When it comes to controlling and monitoring the multibeam system , the sonar operator has 2 displays that have to be continuously monitored. The right hand monitor Is used to paint the depth in real-time where the reds/oranges represent shallow water and blues/purples are deeper. In essence, it rapidly displays how well the operators are mapping the bottom. For the highest quality navigational charts that are to be made from this data, no gaps (shown in white) are permitted. Wells talk about this display today and leave the other one (the master control) for tomorrow.

Today’s program was devoted to Asst Professor Eric Moody’s Aquatic Ecology class.
05/10/2021

Today’s program was devoted to Asst Professor Eric Moody’s Aquatic Ecology class.

While we were traveling back to Point Bay Marina (Charlotte) after a long day of surveying in Malletts Bay, couldn’t res...
02/10/2021

While we were traveling back to Point Bay Marina (Charlotte) after a long day of surveying in Malletts Bay, couldn’t resist taking a few pictures of the sunset While near the Four Brothers islands.

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