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Sea Briefs is a report on the results of the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium.
Editor: Laura Bowie
This newsletter
is available in PDF format from:
masgc.org/seabriefs
MASGC supports applied, interdisciplinary marine science research, education and outreach efforts to foster the sustainable development and management of the Mississippi and Alabama coasts and nearshore ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi-Alabama
Sea Grant Consortium
703 East Beach Drive
Ocean Springs, MS 39564
Phone: 228-818-8838
E-mail: seabriefs@masgc.org
MASGP 08-011-04
NOAA Gives a Lift
NOAA
takes a “ride-along” student to conduct ocean
research
David Rosenfield
participated in a valuable experience as a “student
ride-along” last year when he assisted the crew of the
NOAA ship Ka’Imimoana.
The crew of the research vessel collects oceanographic data and replaces moored
ocean buoys in
the western Pacific Ocean. Rosenfield is a Ph.D. student at
The University of Southern Mississippi in the Marine
Sciences Department and was able to get his feet wet during
a regular maintenance cruise that collected
measurements used to monitor the earth’s climate. Along
the way, the
researchers took advantage of ship
time and also collected physical and chemical oceanic data along the
ship’s track.
Helping out on
a research vessel was a first for Rosenfield, and it gave
him an idea of the activities in which many oceanographers
participate after graduation. When he wasn’t
busy deploying sensors, connecting
moorings and buildings buoys, there was plenty of valuable
interaction with senior oceanographers.
“As a physical oceanographer who does all of his work from behind a computer, this experience helped familiarize me with the data that I use daily and gave me a greater respect for the hard work required to gather remote oceanographic data,” Rosenfield said.
“With a little perseverance and the ability to do school work from a distance, this valuable experience can be acquired by almost any student,” he said.
Because the ship
time was made available through NOAA as part of the Tropical Atmosphere
Ocean project, and because Rosenfield worked for them aboard the ship, the only funds required were for airfare and hotel accommodations.
MASGC
made these funds available.