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HC SVNT DRACONES
Martha’s Vineyard Youth Initiative:
November 2015
Oceanographic Profilers, Water Samplers and Flotation for the Physical and Biogeochemical Research Community
Why study the ocean?
Hic sunt dracones
Franklin map
About those dragons?
Water
Pressure
Dark
Hard to get there!
Dangerous
You’re going to need a bigger boat!
Rise of the Machines
Argo floats
Fast forwarding our knowledge
Moorings, AUVs, Satellites, Nodes
Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Observatory
Mechanical Description (housing)
Fluidic Description
SampleAnalysis
IFCB Dashboard
Take out your phones and google: IFCB Dashboard
Look for: http://ifcb-data.whoi.edu/mvco
IFCB Dashboard
Career in Ocean Sciences
Ask questions
Be interested in sciences
Learn how to solve problems/critical thinking
Learn how to write
Work hard and develop grit
Many avenues to a career in ocean sciences besides scientist: technicians, engineers, AUV drivers, finance/economists, politics, media
IFCB Dashboard
“How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.” Arthur C. Clark
